Guild Complex Celebrates Recent Grant Awards
The Guild Complex is excited to announce the recent award of several grants, including those from DCASE, the Field Foundation's
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GUILD NEWS:
Congratulations to Guild Complex Board President, Faylita Hicks, for Being Named a 2025 Writing Freedom Fellow!
We are proud to announce that our very own Board President, Faylita Hicks, has been named one of the 2025 Writing
Poetry Foundation Spring Event Season Celebrates Lineages, Collective Power, and the Midwest
CHICAGO, February 5, 2025—The Poetry Foundation announces its roster of free public events for the spring 2025 season under the theme
Deadline Extended: Call for Proposals for SAY THEIR NAMES
In partnership with Guild Literary Complex and with the support of Healing Illinois, NON:op announces a call for proposals for commissioned responses to
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35th Anniversary Campaign
The Guild Literary Complex is dedicated to showcasing powerful writing, sparking critical conversations, and amplifying lived experiences.
Your support helps us continue to provide transformative programs for the city of Chicago like these:
Palabra Pura
A program celebrating Spanish-speaking writers, poets, and performers through open mics, featured readings, and performances.
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Exhibit B
A collaborative experimental performance series showcasing accessible, multimodal art by diverse, community-conscious artists in Chicago and beyond.
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Transvengence
A program highlighting voices from Chicago’s trans community, featuring an open mic and hosted by trans writer and artist Joss Barton.
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GBOMA
The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) is an annual poetry competition founded by Gwendolyn Brooks and open to all Illinois residents over the age of 18.
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Printers Row Lit Fest
The Guild Complex regularly organizes events as part of the annual Printers Row Literary Festival.
Learn MoreThe Guild Literary Complex is a 30-year-old grassroots literary arts organization creating performance-based events in and around the Chicagoland area.
We partner and collaborate with other community groups on social and restorative justice issues, providing arts and advocacy programming for marginalized voices.