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Dec 12, 2024

'Tis the Season for Gifts & Giving

Find out how to support Torch and our community sponsors and supporters this holiday season!

'Tis the Season for Gifts & Giving

Dec 4, 2024

Torch Surpasses Fundraising Goal for 2024 GivingTuesday Campaign

Joining one of the largest international giving days, Torch surpassed its fundraising goal of $5,000.

Torch Surpasses Fundraising Goal for 2024 GivingTuesday Campaign

Nov 22, 2024

Torch Literary Arts Celebrates GivingTuesday with Community and Board Matches, Ignite the Night, and More.

Torch is joining millions around the world participating in the global generosity movement on December 3, 2024.

Torch Literary Arts Celebrates GivingTuesday with Community and Board Matches, Ignite the Night, and More.

Nov 22, 2024

Torch Announces the Nominations for the Pushcart Prize

Six Torch Features, Erica Frederick, A. E. Wynter, Sydney Mayes, Chidima Anekwe, Chyann Hector, and Mon Misir, are nominated for their respective works.

Torch Announces the Nominations for the Pushcart Prize

Nov 15, 2024

Torch Executive Director and Features Named as Brooks Living Legacy Honorees

20 Torch community members were named Living Legacy Honorees

Torch Executive Director and Features Named as Brooks Living Legacy Honorees

Nov 1, 2024

Torch Literary Arts to Celebrate and Amplify Black Women Writers During the 2024 Texas Book Festival

Over two days, Torch will host poet, essayist, and novelist Morgan Parker and Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson, and embark on a literary book crawl showcasing the works of the organization’s previous features.

Torch Literary Arts to Celebrate and Amplify Black Women Writers During the 2024 Texas Book Festival

Oct 18, 2024

Torch Literary Arts Welcomes New Team Members

Thanks to capacity-building funding, Torch adds a Creative Content Associate and Administrative Fellow to the Team.

Torch Literary Arts Welcomes New Team Members

Oct 7, 2024

Celebrating National Book Month with Torch Literary Arts

This October, Torch is celebrating National Book Month with Torch Day, an inaugural international program, and much more!

Celebrating National Book Month with Torch Literary Arts

Sep 6, 2024

Torch Announces the Nominations for the Best of the Net

Nine Torch Features were nominated for their works in creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art in Torch Magazine.

Torch Announces the Nominations for the Best of the Net

Sep 5, 2024

Torch Literary Arts Receives National Book Foundation Grant

The National Book Foundation awarded Torch funding from the Capacity-Building Grant Program.

Torch Literary Arts Receives National Book Foundation Grant

Aug 30, 2024

Torch Announces the Nominations for the O. Henry Prize

Two Torch Features, Felicia A. Rivers and Lydia Mathis, are nominated for their respective short fiction stories.

Torch Announces the Nominations for the O. Henry Prize

Aug 29, 2024

Torch Literary Arts Releases 2024 Fall Season

Torch’s 2024 Fall Season includes international poets, a screenwriting panel, workshops on character building and memoirs, the Wildfire Reading Series, and more!

Torch Literary Arts Releases 2024 Fall Season

Aug 2, 2024

Celebrate Torch’s 18th Birthday & Our Mission to Amplify Black Women Writers

Our wish this August is to gain 18 new monthly recurring Torch supporters & more! Find out how to celebrate our birthday with events, well wishes, and donations.

Celebrate Torch’s 18th Birthday & Our Mission to Amplify Black Women Writers

Jul 19, 2024

Torch Literary Arts Welcomes Erin Waelder to the Board of Directors

Erin was welcomed to the board in June, bringing her extensive background in development communications.

Torch Literary Arts Welcomes Erin Waelder to the Board of Directors

Jul 12, 2024

Torch Literary Arts Receives Poetry Foundation Grant 

Torch Literary Arts (Torch), a nonprofit organization dedicated to amplifying Black women writers, will receive funding from the Poetry Foundation. This is the nonprofit’s second year receiving funding from the foundation.

Torch Literary Arts Receives Poetry Foundation Grant 

Jun 28, 2024

Torch Literary Arts Receives Burdine Johnson Foundation Grant

This is Torch's third year receiving the grant that serves Central Texas arts, education, historical preservation, and environmental sustainability causes.

Torch Literary Arts Receives Burdine Johnson Foundation Grant

Jun 5, 2024

Celebrate Pride Month by Amplifying Queer Black Voices

At Torch, we recognize the many impactful contributions that queer Black women writers have given us and wish a Happy Pride to all those celebrating!

Celebrate Pride Month by Amplifying Queer Black Voices

May 31, 2024

Torch Feature Yael Valencia Aldana Receives Pushcart Prize

For the second year in a row, a Torch Feature has received a Pushcart Prize for their amazing work published in Torch Magazine.

Torch Feature Yael Valencia Aldana Receives Pushcart Prize

May 24, 2024

Torch Literary Arts to Receive Grants for Arts Allocation from the National Endowment for the Arts

This is Torch's second year receiving funding from National Endowment for the Arts. Funding will go towards artist honorariums for retreats, workshops, panels, and readings.

Torch Literary Arts to Receive Grants for Arts Allocation from the National Endowment for the Arts

Apr 12, 2024

Torch Announces the 2024 Retreat Fellows

Eight fellows were selected to attend the second annual retreat for Black women writers at the Colton House in Austin, Texas from July 21-28, 2024.

Torch Announces the 2024 Retreat Fellows
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