Kweli Journal
Award-winning literary magazine and nonprofit. Kweli means truth. We seek out, support, and publish writers of color who sing the truth. See upcoming workshops, events, and programs: linktr.ee/kwelijournal. Photo: Tandem Collective
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- 🚨 Today is the LAST DAY to register for Kweli International Literary Festival. Registration includes all-access to Opening Weekend program featuring keynotes and breakout sessions OCT 18-19, + access to multimedia readings, convos and craft talks scheduled thru NOV 18. 🎟️ SIGN UP at link in bio!
- ⏰ Registration CLOSES Thurs, Oct 16! REGISTER NOW for full access to Kweli International Literary Festival, featuring workshops, panels, and MORE with award-winning authors of color and top industry editors and agents! See full roster and program schedule at REGISTRATION link in our bio! 👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽👆🏽
- 💐🧡 Happy Book Birthday to A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF, a finalist for the National Book Award and an Oprah Book Club pick for October, by @meghamaj.bsky.social, who will be giving a keynote at our upcoming Kweli International Literary Festival!
- 🎉 Writers of Color, there’s still time to join us! REGISTER NOW for Kweli International Literary Festival, featuring workshops, panels, and MORE with award-winning authors of color and top industry editors and agents! REGISTER at link in bio 👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽
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- Reposted by Kweli JournalWe believe that every person, of every age, of every race, of every gender, no matter who they love, or where they live, should have access to books that reflect and expand their worldview. #UniteAgainstBookBans #BannedBooksWeek
- ICYMI: 🎉 Kweli International Literary Festival registration is OPEN! 🎉 Join us in-person for opening weekend OCT 18 - 19 at New York Law School for workshops, keynotes and convos, as well as the year’s best chance for emerging writers of color to connect w/ agents and editors!
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- Let’s go! 🎟️ Kweli International Literary Festival registration is OPEN. Join us opening weekend, Oct 18–19, for keynotes and craft talks, and continuing w/ multimedia events and master classes thru Nov 18. Connect w/ agents, editors + BIPOC creatives. LEARN MORE at Link in bio 👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽
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- ❤️💐 Congratulations to SONG OF MY SOFTENING by Omotara James, whom we were thrilled to have at Kweli’s International Literary Festival in 2022!
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Lesbian Poetry: Song of My Softening by Omotara James! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
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- We were thrilled when author Shifa Saltagi Safadi joined us at our #kidlit Color of Children’s Literature Conference this past spring!
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- 🎉 Writers of color, get ready! #KweliLitFest25 is coming up October 18-28! By us, for us: Kweli International Literary Festival 2025 is exclusively for emerging #BIPOC writers of adult literature, led by some of the most celebrated writers of color working today!
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- Writers of color, get ready! #KweliLitFest25 is coming up OCT 18-28! Kweli International Literary Festival 2025 is exclusively for emerging #BIPOC writers of adult literature, led by some of the most celebrated writers of color working today. We’re thrilled to announce our KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
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- 🖤🖤 Happy Book Birthday to “MAKE ME A MONSTER” (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social) by @kalynnbayron.bsky.social, whom we were thrilled to have at our Color of Children’s Literature Conference in 2023! 🖤🖤
- 💐❤️ Happy Book Birthday to THIS IS NOT A SMALL VOICE: POEMS BY BLACK POETS (@nosycrowus.bsky.social) by Traci N. Todd, whom we were thrilled to have at our Color of Children’s Literature Conference earlier this year!
- ✨ REIMAGINED ✨ The Kweli International Literary Festival is back—reimagined for 2025! 🗓️ OPENING WEEKEND: Sat, OCT 18 - Sun, OCT 19 🎶 CLOSING MULTIMEDIA EVENT: Tues, OCT 28 PARTNERS: New York Law School Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns Patrick Dougher Stay tuned for registration announcement!
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- Writers of color, get ready! #KweliLitFest25 is coming up OCT 18-28! Kweli International Literary Festival 2025 is exclusively for emerging #BIPOC writers, led by some of the most celebrated writers of color working today. It is our pleasure to introduce this year’s KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- ❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to “Sisters in the Wind” (@henryholtbooks.bsky.social) by Angeline Boulley, a longtime member of the Kweli #kidlit community!
- ❤️💐 We were thrilled when Shifa Saltagi Safadi joined us at our #kidlit Color of Children’s Literature Conference earlier this year!
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- 🖤🕸️ Happy Book Birthday to THE LAST RESORT by @erinentrada.bsky.social, two-time Newbery #kidlit award winner we were thrilled to have as a keynote speaker at our Color of Children’s Literature Conference earlier this year!
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- ❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to HOW TO BE UNMOTHERED: A Trinidadian Memoir by @camilleuadams.bsky.social, whom we were honored to have published in Kweli Journal!
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- We were thrilled to have Shifa Saltagi Safadi, author of KAREEM BETWEEN, at Kweli’s #kidlit Color of Children’s Literature Conference this past year!
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- 📚 Who’s doing the #SealeyChallenge this year?
- ❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to DANCING WITH WATER (Kokila) by Gwendolyn Wallace, who joined us last year at our #kidlit Color of Children’s Literature Conference!
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- ❤️💐❤️ Happy Book Birthday to THIS HERE IS LOVE (@wwnorton.com) by Princess Joy L. Perry, out today!
- ❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS by longtime Kweli fam @rajanilarocca.bsky.social and @abhialwar.bsky.social! 🍁
- 💐❤️💐 We love seeing this!
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- Excited to see “Song of My Softening” (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) by @omotarajames.bsky.social on the list!
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- We love reading @yvettel.bsky.social! And we were thrilled when she joined us at Kweli’s International Literary Festival in 2023!
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- Laura Pegram, Kweli's founder and editor in chief, spoke with Library Journal about the literary magazine's origin story, the recent anthology SING THE TRUTH, commemorating 15 years of publication, and plans for the future. READ HERE 👇🏿👇🏾👇🏽👇🏼
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- ⏰ There’s still time to JOIN US! Find community at the Art of the Short Story—a safer space for Black, Indigenous, SWANA, AAPI, Latine, LGBTQ+ writers, led by Kweli Editor/Publisher Laura Pegram. ➤Craft seminars ➤In-class writing ➤Masterworks study ➤Peer reviews LEARN MORE at link in bio👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽
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- Starts TODAY! The Art of the Short Story, an online intensive for #BIPOC writers with Kweli Founder / Editor Laura Pegram! Part loving bootcamp, part craft seminar, this workshop features in-class writing, close study of works by authors of color, feedback + MORE. FULL DETAILS at bio link 👆🏿
- ⏰ Starts TOMORROW! Find community at the Art of the Short Story—a safer space for Black, Indigenous, SWANA, AAPI, Latine, LGBTQ+ writers, led by Kweli Editor/Publisher Laura Pegram. ➤Craft seminars ➤In-class writing ➤Masterworks study ➤Peer reviews LEARN MORE at link in bio👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽
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- 📣 #BIPOC Writers Find community at the Art of the Short Story—a safer space for Black, Indigenous, SWANA, AAPI, Latine, LGBTQ+ writers, led by Kweli Editor/Publisher Laura Pegram. ➤Craft seminars ➤In-class writing ➤Masterworks study ➤Peer reviews LEARN MORE at link in bio👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽
