Torch Literary Arts
@torchliteraryarts.bsky.social
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit amplifying Black women writers across the diaspora.
Torch is Black 24/7, 365!
This Black Friday, show up and support Black women writers. Support Torch Literary Arts!
Donate: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
But don't take our word for it.
🗣Hear what people are saying about Torch.
This Black Friday, show up and support Black women writers. Support Torch Literary Arts!
Donate: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
But don't take our word for it.
🗣Hear what people are saying about Torch.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Torch is Black 24/7, 365!
This Black Friday, show up and support Black women writers. Support Torch Literary Arts!
Donate: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
But don't take our word for it.
🗣Hear what people are saying about Torch.
This Black Friday, show up and support Black women writers. Support Torch Literary Arts!
Donate: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
But don't take our word for it.
🗣Hear what people are saying about Torch.
During this season of gratitude, we are most grateful for you. Thank you for being part of the Torch community.
Wishing you and yours a peaceful holiday season.
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Wishing you and yours a peaceful holiday season.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
During this season of gratitude, we are most grateful for you. Thank you for being part of the Torch community.
Wishing you and yours a peaceful holiday season.
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Wishing you and yours a peaceful holiday season.
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Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
We're just 10 days away from Giving Tuesday, and the support is rolling in!
Give: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
With the help of a match and individual donors, we've raised $700 of our $7,000 goal!
BONUS - Give $100 or more, and your name will be proudly displayed in the NEW Torch Center!
Give: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
With the help of a match and individual donors, we've raised $700 of our $7,000 goal!
BONUS - Give $100 or more, and your name will be proudly displayed in the NEW Torch Center!
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We're just 10 days away from Giving Tuesday, and the support is rolling in!
Give: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
With the help of a match and individual donors, we've raised $700 of our $7,000 goal!
BONUS - Give $100 or more, and your name will be proudly displayed in the NEW Torch Center!
Give: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
With the help of a match and individual donors, we've raised $700 of our $7,000 goal!
BONUS - Give $100 or more, and your name will be proudly displayed in the NEW Torch Center!
It's Friday! Check out "Pennies" by Torch Magazine Friday Feature, Leslie T. Grover. Read online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-leslie-t-grover
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It's Friday! Check out "Pennies" by Torch Magazine Friday Feature, Leslie T. Grover. Read online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-leslie-t-grover
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction
Save the date to support Torch Literary Arts on Giving Tuesday, December 2nd. You can also give NOW to make sure you don't miss it!
✨Give Today: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
✨Give Today: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Save the date to support Torch Literary Arts on Giving Tuesday, December 2nd. You can also give NOW to make sure you don't miss it!
✨Give Today: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
✨Give Today: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
Save the Date! Join Torch Literary Arts on December 2nd to raise $7,000 to support and amplify Black women writers across the diaspora. ✨ Give: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Save the Date! Join Torch Literary Arts on December 2nd to raise $7,000 to support and amplify Black women writers across the diaspora. ✨ Give: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
Torch Magazine is open to submissions from Black women writers. Selected submissions will receive $150 and be showcased in our Friday Feature.
Submit: torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine 🔥
Submit: torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine 🔥
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Torch Magazine is open to submissions from Black women writers. Selected submissions will receive $150 and be showcased in our Friday Feature.
Submit: torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine 🔥
Submit: torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine 🔥
Watch Torch creative nonfiction fellow Starr Davis read at the 2025 Torch Fellows Reading at the Carver Museum.
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Watch Torch creative nonfiction fellow Starr Davis read at the 2025 Torch Fellows Reading at the Carver Museum.
It's Friday! Check out "God Whispers on Leyland Drive" by Torch Magazine Friday Feature, Mecca M. Miles, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-mecca-m-miles
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's Friday! Check out "God Whispers on Leyland Drive" by Torch Magazine Friday Feature, Mecca M. Miles, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-mecca-m-miles
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry
Tonight! Don't miss this reading by Tiana Clark and Donika Kelly at 7PM at Black Pearl Books!
Free RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/
Free RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Tonight! Don't miss this reading by Tiana Clark and Donika Kelly at 7PM at Black Pearl Books!
Free RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/
Free RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/
Announcing Torch Magazine's November 2025 Feature, Myriam J. A. Chancy!
Visit Torch Magazine to read an excerpt from Village Weavers: A Novel, along with an interview: torchliteraryarts.org/post/november-2025-feature-myriam-j-a-chancy
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Visit Torch Magazine to read an excerpt from Village Weavers: A Novel, along with an interview: torchliteraryarts.org/post/november-2025-feature-myriam-j-a-chancy
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November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Announcing Torch Magazine's November 2025 Feature, Myriam J. A. Chancy!
Visit Torch Magazine to read an excerpt from Village Weavers: A Novel, along with an interview: torchliteraryarts.org/post/november-2025-feature-myriam-j-a-chancy
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Visit Torch Magazine to read an excerpt from Village Weavers: A Novel, along with an interview: torchliteraryarts.org/post/november-2025-feature-myriam-j-a-chancy
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Registration is open for the workshop - From the Lion’s Mouth: The Writer as Historical Witness with Sandra Jackson-Opoku!
Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/workshop-from-the-lions-mouth-the-writer-as-historical-witness-with-sandra-jackson-opoku
Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/workshop-from-the-lions-mouth-the-writer-as-historical-witness-with-sandra-jackson-opoku
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Registration is open for the workshop - From the Lion’s Mouth: The Writer as Historical Witness with Sandra Jackson-Opoku!
Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/workshop-from-the-lions-mouth-the-writer-as-historical-witness-with-sandra-jackson-opoku
Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/workshop-from-the-lions-mouth-the-writer-as-historical-witness-with-sandra-jackson-opoku
Don't miss the Torch Showcase at the Texas Book Festival Lit Crawl!
11/8
7:45 PM
Cheer Up Charlies
Featuring:
C. Prudence Arceneaux
Ebony LaDelle
Carrie R. Moore
Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo
Fabienne Josaphat
🎉Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/torch-tbf-lit-crawl-showcase
11/8
7:45 PM
Cheer Up Charlies
Featuring:
C. Prudence Arceneaux
Ebony LaDelle
Carrie R. Moore
Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo
Fabienne Josaphat
🎉Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/torch-tbf-lit-crawl-showcase
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Don't miss the Torch Showcase at the Texas Book Festival Lit Crawl!
11/8
7:45 PM
Cheer Up Charlies
Featuring:
C. Prudence Arceneaux
Ebony LaDelle
Carrie R. Moore
Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo
Fabienne Josaphat
🎉Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/torch-tbf-lit-crawl-showcase
11/8
7:45 PM
Cheer Up Charlies
Featuring:
C. Prudence Arceneaux
Ebony LaDelle
Carrie R. Moore
Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo
Fabienne Josaphat
🎉Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/torch-tbf-lit-crawl-showcase
It's Friday! Check out "Higher Power" by Torch Magazine Friday Feature, Grace Morse, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-grace-morse
#torchliteraryarts #TorchMagazine #CNF
#torchliteraryarts #TorchMagazine #CNF
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It's Friday! Check out "Higher Power" by Torch Magazine Friday Feature, Grace Morse, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-grace-morse
#torchliteraryarts #TorchMagazine #CNF
#torchliteraryarts #TorchMagazine #CNF
Margo Jefferson is Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, and a 2022 recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction. She has published three books: Constructing a Nervous System: a memoir (2022); Negroland: a Memoir (2015;) and On Michael Jackson (2005).
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
October 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Margo Jefferson is Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, and a 2022 recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction. She has published three books: Constructing a Nervous System: a memoir (2022); Negroland: a Memoir (2015;) and On Michael Jackson (2005).
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
Torch Literary Arts welcomes new board member, Rachel E. Winston, and extends immense gratitude to retiring board secretary, Stephanie L. Lang.
Learn more: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-announces-transitions-to-2025-board-of-directors
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Learn more: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-announces-transitions-to-2025-board-of-directors
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October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Torch Literary Arts welcomes new board member, Rachel E. Winston, and extends immense gratitude to retiring board secretary, Stephanie L. Lang.
Learn more: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-announces-transitions-to-2025-board-of-directors
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Learn more: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-announces-transitions-to-2025-board-of-directors
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Join us on Nov. 3rd at 6:30 p.m. CT at BookPeople to welcome Ashley D. Farmer and Dr. Ashanté Reese to celebrate Queen Mother!
RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-and-torch-literary-arts-present-ashley-d-farmer-queen-mother-tickets-1462311205179?aff=bp
RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-and-torch-literary-arts-present-ashley-d-farmer-queen-mother-tickets-1462311205179?aff=bp
October 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Join us on Nov. 3rd at 6:30 p.m. CT at BookPeople to welcome Ashley D. Farmer and Dr. Ashanté Reese to celebrate Queen Mother!
RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-and-torch-literary-arts-present-ashley-d-farmer-queen-mother-tickets-1462311205179?aff=bp
RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-and-torch-literary-arts-present-ashley-d-farmer-queen-mother-tickets-1462311205179?aff=bp
Join us for An Evening with Tiana Clark and Donika Kelly at Black Pearl Books!
Thursday, Nov. 6th
7:00 P.M.
Black Pearl Books
7112 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/
Thursday, Nov. 6th
7:00 P.M.
Black Pearl Books
7112 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Join us for An Evening with Tiana Clark and Donika Kelly at Black Pearl Books!
Thursday, Nov. 6th
7:00 P.M.
Black Pearl Books
7112 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/
Thursday, Nov. 6th
7:00 P.M.
Black Pearl Books
7112 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/
It's Friday! Check out "Alice Walker's Mary Agnes Speaks" in Torch Magazine online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-cheryl-r-hopson
#TorchLiteraryArts #TorchMagazine #Poetry
#TorchLiteraryArts #TorchMagazine #Poetry
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's Friday! Check out "Alice Walker's Mary Agnes Speaks" in Torch Magazine online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-cheryl-r-hopson
#TorchLiteraryArts #TorchMagazine #Poetry
#TorchLiteraryArts #TorchMagazine #Poetry
Save the Date!
November 6 at 7pm
Black Pearl Books
Join us for a special evening at Black Pearl Books featuring Tiana Clark, author of Scortch Earth, and Donika Kelly, author of The Natural Order of Things!
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar...
November 6 at 7pm
Black Pearl Books
Join us for a special evening at Black Pearl Books featuring Tiana Clark, author of Scortch Earth, and Donika Kelly, author of The Natural Order of Things!
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar...
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Save the Date!
November 6 at 7pm
Black Pearl Books
Join us for a special evening at Black Pearl Books featuring Tiana Clark, author of Scortch Earth, and Donika Kelly, author of The Natural Order of Things!
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar...
November 6 at 7pm
Black Pearl Books
Join us for a special evening at Black Pearl Books featuring Tiana Clark, author of Scortch Earth, and Donika Kelly, author of The Natural Order of Things!
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar...
Celebrate National Day on Writing today with Torch Literary Arts!
🎉 Let's have some fun!
✍ Write a six word story in the comments.
Read Torch Magazine online at TorchLiteraryArts.org and get inspired!
🎉 Let's have some fun!
✍ Write a six word story in the comments.
Read Torch Magazine online at TorchLiteraryArts.org and get inspired!
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Celebrate National Day on Writing today with Torch Literary Arts!
🎉 Let's have some fun!
✍ Write a six word story in the comments.
Read Torch Magazine online at TorchLiteraryArts.org and get inspired!
🎉 Let's have some fun!
✍ Write a six word story in the comments.
Read Torch Magazine online at TorchLiteraryArts.org and get inspired!
Torch Magazine is open to submissions from Black women writers. Selected submissions will receive $150 and be showcased in our Friday Feature. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis year-round—no deadline!
Submit your original work: www.torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine
Submit your original work: www.torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Torch Magazine is open to submissions from Black women writers. Selected submissions will receive $150 and be showcased in our Friday Feature. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis year-round—no deadline!
Submit your original work: www.torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine
Submit your original work: www.torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine
Today is National Black Poetry Day!
Visit TorchLiteraryArts.org to read poems by Black women from across the diaspora.
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Visit TorchLiteraryArts.org to read poems by Black women from across the diaspora.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today is National Black Poetry Day!
Visit TorchLiteraryArts.org to read poems by Black women from across the diaspora.
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Visit TorchLiteraryArts.org to read poems by Black women from across the diaspora.
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Save the Date! Join us on 11/3 at 6:30 p.m. CT at BookPeople to welcome Ashley D. Farmer and Dr. Ashanté Reese (moderator) to celebrate Queen Mother!
🔥RSVP: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/wildfire-reading-series-featuring-ashley-d-farmer
🔥RSVP: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/wildfire-reading-series-featuring-ashley-d-farmer
October 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Save the Date! Join us on 11/3 at 6:30 p.m. CT at BookPeople to welcome Ashley D. Farmer and Dr. Ashanté Reese (moderator) to celebrate Queen Mother!
🔥RSVP: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/wildfire-reading-series-featuring-ashley-d-farmer
🔥RSVP: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/wildfire-reading-series-featuring-ashley-d-farmer