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Representing Literature
for New York State
LitNYS is the nation's largest ecosystem of Literary Arts organizations, building literary capacity, community, and culture for 25 years.
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ABOUT THE LITNYS NEWSLETTER
Welcome to LitNews NYS
A Few Reminders...
- What is LitNews? LitNews is the newsletter of LitNYS, powered by Girls Write Now
- What does LitNews cover? Each issue is chock-full of updates from the field, member news, and event highlights. We distill notes from information sessions, promote special sessions, and highlight LitNYS members so you can stay connected between Convenings.
- Can my organization share updates in LitNews? Yes! Each issue has a special 'Member News' section for you to promote book releases, events, fellowships, or whatever might be top of mind for you that month. To submit, just send your news and a brief paragraph describing it to litnys@girlswritenow.org.
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LEADER SPOTLIGHTS
Stories from the Field
Lunch with LitNYS & Life@LitNYS
Listen to the untold stories of New York's Literary Arts leaders on Girls Write Now's podcast, Lunch with LitNYS, available on all major podcast platforms.
This year, Girls Write Now features conversations between LitNYS mentoring pairs on LinkedIn's Life@LitNYS.
LitNYS
LitNYS is a coalition of New York State-based Literary Arts organizations committed to field-building work and collective thriving. We connect individuals of shared interest and purpose, helping them build and sustain capacity to foster, promote, and present the Literary Arts. Founded in 2001 as a New York State Council on the Arts Literature initiative, LitNYS responded to national literary leaders’ call to professionalize the field. Our comprehensive collaborative approach—through our Advancement Regrants, Mentoring Program, Special Sessions, and Annual Statewide Literary Arts Convenings—has made us the nucleus of field-sustaining work for Literature in New York State.
Girls Write Now
Brought to you in partnership with Girls Write Now, LitNews NYS is a monthly digest of features, resources, and opportunities from the LitNYS network. With attacks on our freedoms mounting daily, now is the time to strengthen and project our collective voices.
Girls Write Now helps build the connections between LitNYS partners that make it possible. We are a nationally award-winning nonprofit, media incubator, and multi-generational community—for nearly three decades, we have broken down the barriers of gender, age, race, and poverty to mentor, teach, and connect writers and leaders across disciplines and around the nation.
