National Black Writers Conference 2025 Biennial Symposium
The Center for Black Literature's National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium (NBWC2025) returns and we are honoring Black Young Adult & Middle Grade Literature titans Tony Medina and Rita Williams-Garcia!
Thursday March 27 2025 - Saturday March 29 2025
Held in-person and Virtually at Medgar Evers College Brooklyn NY
The Keynote Conversation and Award ceremony will be moderated by Jacqueline Woodson. Other confirmed participating Young Adult/Middle Grade writers include: Derrick Barnes Ibi Zoboi Oluegbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Tracey Baptiste among others.
This Symposium a culturally enriched literary gathering of writers educators literary professionals and the general public specifically targets Young Adult (YA) and Middle Grade (MG) Literature by Black authors a genre that has expanded over the last two decades. This genre serves as an energizing force for cultivating and nurturing the critical reading and writing habits of a cross-generation of readers and writers helps to affirm students’ self-esteem literacy identity and awareness of the contributions of literature by Black writers.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Center for Black Literature | Medgar Evers College, CUNY , 1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, United States
