Falling for Gwendolyn Brooks — This Sunday, September 17th!
Falling for Gwendolyn Brooks! With Brooks Permissions Sunday, September 17th, 2017 4:30-6:30 PM The celebration of the Gwendolyn Brooks centennial continues with a special look at the fall section of […]
GBOMA Submissions are OPEN! Deadline extended to Sept 10th –get moving folks
Exciting Announcement 24th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards 2017 SUBMISSIONS Extended to Sunday, September 10th at 11:59 PM! The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award competition is open to Illinois […]
Lisa Wagner talks with Dipika Mukherjee, Sonal Shukla, and Samantha Hoffman at the American Writers Museum, August 1 2017 | 5:00-7:00 PM
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017 | 5:00-7:00 PM at the American Writers Museum Join us for a reading and signing with Dipika Mukherjee (Shambala Junction), winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction winner, […]
July 20th, Making the West Side: Community Conversations on Neighborhood Change
‘The Collection is dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the people of the West Side of Chicago” – Guildworks: Writings by the West Side Writers Guild, 1996 Join The Guild, OMB 100 […]
July Applied Words Rescheduled
Our July Applied Words (originally scheduled for July 10) has been moved to the Fall due to the likelihood of inclement weather, as well as the request of our moderator. […]
BrooksDay@Nite Photos are here. Check them out!
BrooksDay@Nite was a spectacular event held on June 7th celebrating the centennial Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks on her actually 100th birthday, with one hundred one-minute performances, reception, and more. Presenters […]
Applied Words: Gender and the Arts | June 22 5:30-7:30 PM
Join us as C. Russell Price leads a panel that will start to tackle questions about gender and the arts like, “How does an increasingly gender inclusive society affect the […]
A Very Special Palabra Pura with Latinx Poets Dr. Grisel Acosta & Vincent Toro, June 22, 7:00-9:00 PM
Join us for a very special Palabra Pura with Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta and Vincent Toro–two amazing Latinx poets in from NYC!–as we talk about memory, language and the way […]
BrooksDay@Nite Presenters — What an amazing lineup! Join us June 7th for THE Official Centennial Gwendolyn Brooks Birthday Party
BrooksDay@Nite: Praise & Jubilation BrooksDay is a celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks that takes place on the anniversary of her birth, June 7th. Each year you can join us for BrooksDay, celebrating […]
Let the 50th Celebrations Begin: Guild Books Remembered, Lit Forward
Let the 50th Celebrations Begin: Guild Books Remembered, Lit Forward We are kicking off the 50th anniversary celebrations of Guild Books’s beginning. When, you ask? Sunday, May 21, 2017! 2 to […]
Palabra Pura in May: We are the Night, “Sanctuary”
Poesía del “Santuario” Pasa abril llenando el mes con poesía, pasa abril dejando el gusto verde de los versos, cuando se despierta la maleza y las alergias, los poemas y […]
Miss Chicago, Lady Midwest: Fanny Butcher’s Induction to the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Co-Sponsored by Newberry Library, Guild Literary Complex and more
Guild Literary Complex joins The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame in celebrating Fanny Butcher Miss Chicago, Lady Midwest: Fanny Butcher’s Induction to CLHOF May 11, 2017 5 p.m. Reception and […]
A Diamond Ear: Ring Lardner’s Induction to the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Co-Sponsored by Newberry Library, Guild Literary Complex and more!
May 4 5 p.m. Reception and Special Exhibit Viewing 6-7:15 p.m. Ceremony Ruggles Hall at Newberry Library, 90 W. Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610 This event is free and open […]
April Applied Words: Class and Opportunity, April 27th, 7:00-9:30 PM
Applied Words: Class and Opportunity, Hosted by the Guild Literary Complex Thursday, April 27th, 2017 7:00-9:30 PM filmfront, 1740 W 18th St, Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois, 60608 April’s Applied Words event, hosted […]
Of the Cuban Diaspora: Venturous Journeys among gluttOny and sniFFs
Join the Guild Literary Complex Wednesday, April 12th for Palabra Pura 7:30-9:30 PM La Bruquena 2726 West Division Street, Humboldt Park, Chicago, 60622 ~ FOR A SPECIAL EVENT~ Of the […]
Voices of Protest and Chicago City of Refuge in the Chicago Reader, with Osama Alomar and Aimee Levitt
Osama Alomar on the cover of the Chicago Reader this week. “Osama Alomar describes the Syrian conflict one very short story at a time. The emigre writer looks for peace […]
Voices of Protest: On Syria, a Chicago City of Refuge Event, April 9th
Voices of Protest: On Syria A CHICAGO CITY OF REFUGE Event April 9, 2017, 1:00-3:00 PM GANNON CENTER · PIPER HALL 970 West Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois 60660 In collaboration […]
A Poet, A Novelist and an Essayist Walk Into a Bar…
You Haven’t Heard This One Before … Dear friends of the Guild Literary Complex, A Poet, A Novelist and an Essayist Walk Into a Bar… No, really, you haven’t heard […]
Palabra Pura: Of the Cuban Diaspora: Venturous Journeys among gluttOny and sniFFs
Join the Guild Literary Complex For our April Palabra Pura Of the Cuban Diaspora: Venturous Journeys among gluttOny and sniFFs April 12, 7:30 – 9:30 PM La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 West […]
Applied Words: Intersectional Women’s Issues and Representation in the Media, March 14, Columbia College Chicago
Applied Words Intersectional Women’s Issues and Representation in the Media Join us Tuesday March 14, 2017 6:30 PM-9:30 PM Columbia College Chicago, Conaway Center 1104 South Wabash Chicago, 60605 This […]
Applied Words is Back, Tonight at Chopin Theatre with a conversation around Segregation and Education in Chicago, and the impact of the Arts
Applied Words is back! Language is adhesive. By connecting artists and experts in various fields of study, Applied Words uses language as a platform for conversations about contemporary social issues […]
Palabra Pura is Back with our 12th Season! Kicking off February 15, 2017, Love and Cólera/Rage with special performance by Marcus Dunleavy
Wednesday February 15, 2017 ~ 7:30-9:30 PM La Bruquena, 2726 West Division Street, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois 60622 Each year the Guild Literary Complex opens the Palabra Program with readings by […]
Chicago City of Refuge, A Voices of Protest Event, February 19th, 2017
Join us for the Launch of the CHICAGO CITY OF REFUGE In collaboration with International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) and PEN International, the Chicago Network for Justice and Peace, […]
Guild Literary Complex Names Andrea Change As President
CHICAGO – The Guild Literary Complex, one of Chicago’s oldest literary organization, is pleased to announce that Andrea Change is the non-profit’s new president. Change is poet, writer and a […]
February 9th, Washington DC: Brooks Books at AWP with Guild Complex, Brooks Permissions, and The Golden Shovel Anthology
Join Guild Literary Complex, 826DC, University of Arkansas Press, The editors of the Golden Shovel Anthology: Peter Kahn, Ravi Shankar, Patricia Smith, Curbside Splendor Publishing, & Brooks Permissions To celebrate […]
Leon Forrest Prose Awards Finalists Are …
For Non-Fiction: “Ruminants” Brianne LaPelusa is a writer and artist living in Chicago. The current focus of her work involves the relationships between human and nonhuman animals, environments, […]
Leon Forrest Prose Awards Semi-Finalists Announced
Thank you to all of our contestants in the first Leon Forrest Prose Awards, & congratulations to our six semi-finalists! Semi-finalists in Fiction are Jerry Armour, by Kelly Xintaris Soaking, by […]
Leon Forrest Prose Awards this week!
Make History with the Guild Literary Complex this January Join us for the First Ever Leon Forrest Prose Awards Hosted by Guild Literary Complex & The Promontory With Emcee […]
Writers Resist with the Guild Literary Complex on January 15, 2017
Come out January 15, 2017, to join the Guild Literary Complex for a night of poetry that speaks to resistance and the need for social change. The Guild Literary Complex, […]
Leon Forrest Prose Awards for Fiction and Non-Fiction Submissions Open
The Guild Literary Complex is proud to announce the opening submission period for the Leon Forrest Prose Awards for Short Fiction and Non-Fiction ____ Calling all short fiction and non-fiction writers! December […]