Hi friends, literary loves – I hope you are continuing to move through this season with resilience & fight. AWP is in Baltimore starting March 4 and right around the corner, which is thrilling, and a little overwhelming. I keep marking my calendar with incredible events, hoping I can fly around the city on my bike to get to as many as possible.
I am a part of a few events that I hope to see you at! I put all of this in a sort-of newsletter I send to friends, but I should put it out there further too. I also created a 2026 AWP highlight of event flyers on my Instagram page (@glitterature72), and in addition to the events, I’ll be at the CityLit Table (T1162) in the convention center.
AWP Events – hope to see you!
- Thursday, March 5, AWPoffsite Cobra Milk feature including myself, Shareen K. Murayama, Aerik Francis, L Scully, Michael Chang, luna rey hall, Danielle P. williams, Henry Goldkamp, Sophia Terazawa, hosted by Alonso Llerena. Mt Royal Tavern, 8pm.
- Friday, March 6, Crabs in a Pot, Collaborating: How Maryland Arts Organizations are Sustaining Together in a Time of Funding Crisis featuring myself, Emily Ross, Annie Marhefka, Steven Leyva, moderated by Kerry Graham. 10:35 AM Baltimore Convention Center, Room 317.
- Friday, March 6, Hard Times Require Furious Dancing is a gathering that is defiant in joy. This free event invites writers, readers, and literary folx to step out of conference mode and onto the dance floor. Enjoy music by DJ Chris Brooks and the Jonathan Gilmore Project, light bites and a cash bar by Mera Kitchen Collective, a photo booth by @snaphappyphotobooth, and dancing with old and new friends. 4MLK at 6:30pm.
- The only thing left to bring is a good vibe and your energy. Registration is required.
- Saturday, March 7, Always Crashing, Meekling Press, Barrelhouse, FEATURING: myself, Kate Wyer, Joe Sacksteder, Rachel Zavecz, David Leo Rice, Suzanne Gold, Robert Kloss, Whitney Koo, Jen Dary, Erica Stern, and MC Hyland. With a special performance by local band Luna Honey. Metro Gallery, 5pm.
- Saturday March 7, AWP CONFERENCE WRAP PARTY, Read the Room: Celebrating Literary Baltimore, Food • Drinks • Music • Silent Auction. 2640 Space, 5:30pm – 10:30pm.
I’ll probably be posting about a writer-run soon too…more to come on that 🙂
Add Your Event to the AWP Page Highlighting Local events
CityLit teamed up with Kate Reed Petty and more local writers to create a page dedicated to showcasing events organized by Baltimore organizations and/or feature Baltimore-based poets and writers.
Fill out this form to add your event!
23rd Annual CityLit Festival: Literary Marketplace & Volunteer Call
Just a month after AWP is the 23rd Annual CityLit Festival, launching our first year at Maryland Center for History and Culture on Saturday, April 11. Check out exciting opportunities below!
- Interested in being a vendor at the Literary Marketplace and sharing your work with the community? Click here to fill out this form.
- Would you like to volunteer and help us make the day special for readers and writers? Click here to fill out this form.
- RSVP on Facebook to save the date
The annual Enoch Pratt Free Library Poetry Contest is back!
I had a great time working on the Poetry Contest at the Pratt Library when I was there – don’t miss the FREE contest entry period! The winning poem, to be announced in mid-April, will be published in Poet Lore and celebrated at a public reading hosted by the Pratt Library and Poet Lore. It may also be displayed at the Central Library or turned into a collectible broadside. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 1, 2026. Learn more here.
Thanks for reading this far! I was interviewed for the Writers Who Run series and it was posted recently. You can read it HERE. This moved me, I wrote EMOTION INDUSTRY capturing the specific feeling of mid-aughts: “Dimond’s poetry is emotional, but it’s also playful in a way that we all need as the world weighs heavier each day it seems. Her writing is raw and self conscious. It’s like your MySpace page still hanging out online waiting to be discovered as an artistic time capsule.”
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