2024-02-14T15:31:49-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 474988291 CHARLOTTE CENTER FOR LITERARY ARTS INC CHAR 7043152131 PO Box 18607 Charlotte NC 28218 Paul Reali Executive Director 3369268833 2024-02-14 Paul Reali 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Charlotte Lit Kathryn Collins PO Box 18607 Charlotte NC 28218 346296 0 X charlottelit.org X 2015 NC Charlotte Lit's mission is to celebrate the literary arts by educating and engaging writers and readers through classes, conversations, and community. 6 6 6 20 0 0 230110 206274 118972 140022 0 0 0 0 349082 346296 0 0 0 0 160472 140673 0 0 12094 202618 199067 363090 339740 -14008 6556 127337 131908 3208 1223 124129 130685 Charlotte Lit's mission is to celebrate the literary arts by educating and engaging writers and readers through classes, conversations, and community. 0 0 69043 90330 Authors Lab and Chapbook Labs are year-long immersions to assist writers in completing a novel or memoir (Authors Lab) or a book of poetry (Chapbook Lab). Writers in each cohort attend craft classes as a group, receive individual coaching and feedback on their writing, and experience extensive support from their peer group. Authors Lab had 23 writers in the 2023 cohort; Chapbook Lab had 10. Both Lab programs are fee-based with scholarships available. 16308 33365 Charlotte Lit provides more than 100 classes per year, half of them free. Three-quarters are targeted to writers who wish to improve their craft or learn about the business side of being a writer, with another quarter targeted to anyone who appreciates literature or wants to explore their world through literature. Weekly, Charlotte Lit offers a free writing session called Pen to Paper, which draws more than 1000 people annually. 19099 28000 7207 Charlotte Lit Press, the publishing imprint of Charlotte Lit, held the second Lit/South Awards, for writers who reside or once resided in North Carolina and its four contiguous states: South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee. In 2023, awards were given in three categories: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. 320 entries were received, and $7,000 in prizes were awarded. Winners in each category, plus all poetry finalists and semi-finalists, were published in the Spring 2023 issue of Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit. Charlotte Lit Press also began publishing poetry collections: three chapbooks by local writers; and a full collection by acclaimed poet Lola Haskins, which was named the Southern Literary Review Poetry Book of the Year. 41459 40003 6445 Charlotte Lit hosts a variety of literary arts programming, most of it free and open to the public. These include Community Conversations, poetry readings, and social events. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 - Form 990 is submitted annually to GuideStar (guidestar.org). Form 990 and any other governing documents are available to the public by request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g - Amount paid to 1099-NEC and other contractors to teach writing classes, coach writers, deliver literary readings, and judge contest entries.