Obsidian is excited to announce Prince Bush & Monifa Love are this year's raffle winners! Our friends at Bookshop.org have generously donated gift certificates to Prince & Monifa in support of this AWP26 raffle. 🎉 Hope to see you in 2027 in Chicago!

ICYMI: We were thrilled to present the 2026 AWP Small Press Publisher Award to @obsidianlit.bsky.social! Learn more about this award and this year’s deserving winner and finalists on our website.

📣 Submission Deadline EXTENDED: April 15, 2026 We've extended the submission deadline! Submit by April 15 to Obsidian's themed issue 52.2 on Bond of a Nation: Ekphrasis & the Promise of America, edited by Duriel E. Harris & D. Lenaé Littlefield. obsidianlit.org/open-calls/

Thank you ALL for another great gathering at AWP! We love being with you in person and in love for Black literature & arts ❤️ #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

There's still time to stop by the Obsidian table (211) in the AWP26 bookfair! 🎉 #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

Latorial Faison at Obsidian table 211 in the AWP26 bookfair signing her books! 🔥 #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

Don't miss Latorial Faison at Obsidian Table 211 in the AWP26 Bookfair in Baltimore today from 11:30am to 12:30pm ET for a book signing! #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

Become an Obsidian Member at AWP26 in Baltimore! Stop by Obsidian's table (211) in the #AWP26 Bookfair and ask about our membership program. You'll get an Obsidian subscription, swag, invites to special events, insider info & more! #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #ObsidianMembership #ObsidianMember

Did you catch Jerry T. Johnson at Obsidian table 211 in the AWP26 bookfair signing his book Bad Fruit? Don't miss our final author signing on Saturday! #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

Gillian Foster stopped by Obsidian table 211 in the AWP26 bookfair with a copy of Obsidian (volume 6, number 3) from 1991 that included her work. Thank you for sharing and celebrating with us Gillian! 50+ years of publication! #ObsidianContributors #ObsidianCommunity ❤️🎉🔥

Stop by to see Jerry T. Johnson at Obsidian Table 211 in the AWP26 Bookfair in Baltimore today from 2 to 3pm ET! #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

Obsidian team member and Director of Illinois State University's Publications Unit Steve Halle is signing his latest book with Veliz Books at table 633 in the AWP26 bookfair in Baltimore TODAY at 1pm ET. Stop by and get a copy of Cow Stomach and Mother Fat!

A chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Bookshop.org! Stop by table 211 in the AWP26 bookfair (Baltimore) to enter the Obsidian raffle. Sponsored by our friends at Bookshop.org. #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry

Obsidian is at table 211 in the AWP bookfair in Baltimore. Stop by to check out our new limited edition t-shirt hot off the press 🔥 #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

M. Nzadi Keita and Duriel E. Harris, AWP26 in Baltimore Stop by table 211 in the bookfair for more! #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

🌟 Author Signings at the Obsidian table at AWP26 in Baltimore! Stop by Table 211 in the AWP Bookfair to connect with M. Nzadi Keita, Jerry T. Johnson & Latorial Faison. #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026 #AWPBookfair #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

Please join us in congratulating @obsidianlit.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 AWP Small Press Publisher Award!

🔥 Obsidian was announced the winner of the AWP Small Press Publisher Award! 🔥 Congratulations to our fellow finalists The Adroit Journal and The Massachusetts Review 🌟

📣 Obsidian has been named a finalist for the 2026 AWP Small Press Publisher Award! The winner will be announced March 4 at the AWP Awards Reception & Celebration, 6:30-8pm, Watertable Ballroom, 5th Floor, Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore #ObsidianatAWP #AWP26 #AWP2026

Online TODAY! Obsidian Town Hall on Praxis 🔥 Fred L. Joiner & Kristina Kay Robinson will discuss encounters with visual & sculptural art in writing practice, as part of Obsidian's Ekphrasis Series. Moderated by Duriel E. Harris & D. Lenaé Littlefield. Find details and RSVP at bit.ly/praxistownhall

🎤 This Thursday—Join us for an online Obsidian Town Hall! Fred J. Joiner & Kristina Kay Robinson will discuss encounters w/ visual & sculptural art in writing practice as part of our Ekphrasis Series. Moderators: Duriel E. Harris & D. Lenaé Littlefield. Event details & to RSVP: bit.ly/praxistownhall

Link in bio for this month's newsletter from Obsidian, with a letter from Editor Duriel E. Harris. #Obsidian #ObsidianNewsletter #LetterFromEditor #Obsidian2026 #Over50Years #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #BlackArt #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #ObsidianEditors #LitMag

We’re thrilled to share the finalists for the 2026 AWP Small Press Publisher Award. Congrats to @adroitjournal.bsky.social, @themassreview.bsky.social & @obsidianlit.bsky.social! The winner will be announced at the AWP Awards Reception & Celebration in Baltimore.

Next Week—An Obsidian Town Hall! Panelists will discuss encounters with visual & sculptural art in writing practice, as part of our Ekphrasis Series. Join us Feb19! Details: obsidianlit.org/obsidian-tow... #ObsidianTownHall #OnPraxis #Ekphrasis #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #BlackArt #ObsidianCommunity

Obsidian Call for Submissions 📣 Submit to Obsidian's themed issue 52.2, Bond of a Nation: Ekphrasis & the Promise of America, edited by Duriel E. Harris & D. Lenaé Littlefield. Deadline: April 1, 2026 Details: buff.ly/mRFlJXW #Obsidian #Ekphrasis #Obsidian52.2 #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #BlackArt

Happy New Year! Celebrating over 50 years of publishing with you! 🎉 🥳 #Obsidian #Obsidian2026 #Over50Years #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #BlackArt #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #ObsidianEditors #LitMag #ThankYou

2025 was especially meaningful as Obsidian marked 50 years of publishing Black literature and arts—a milestone that has invited us to reflect on our legacy while illuminating the future we are building with you.

Season's Greetings! ❄️ Wishing you joy & love this holiday season! #Obsidian #Obsidian2025 #ObsidianAt50 #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #BlackArt #BlackExcellence #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #ObsidianEditors #LitMag #ThankYou

Elevate your gifting game this year! 🌟 Give the gift of Obsidian that keeps giving, page after page, issue after issue. 🎉 Link in bio for subscriptions & memberships. #GiftIdeas #Obsidian #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #BlackArt #ObsidianContributors #LitMag #ObsidianSubscription #ObsidianMembership

Congrats to all the Pushcart Prize nominees! 🔥 Chaun Ballard Liza Michelle Bevams Justin Danzy Asli Mahdi Dana Murphy Arianne Elena Payne You can find their works in Obsidian 49.2 and 50.1 #PushcartNominees #PushcartPrize #Obsidian #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #BlackArt #ObsidianContributors #LitMag

📣 Together we triumph! Help Obsidian uplift Black creatives, Black literature & Black art. 🔥 On this global day of giving, your donation makes it possible for Obsidian to: 📍 produce much needed special issues such as the upcoming VRY PRSNT BLK: The Black Artist as Moral Witness issue

Obsidian at 50 with JJJJJerome Ellis TONIGHT! 📣 Join us Tuesday, Sept 30th, in welcoming multimedia artist, musician, composer, writer, and performer JJJJJerome Ellis for an evening of poetry, musical performance, conversation, and book signing. This event is free and open to the public.

"The world would have no gravity. Black folks would be weighed down by absolutely nothing. We all would be free to think, dream, create, love & exist as our healthiest, truest selves. We’d be connected to one another on both a spiritual & emotional level. There would be true community."

Obsidian at 50! Sept 30th: An in-person event with JJJJJEROME ELLIS 📣 Join us in welcoming multimedia artist, musician, composer, writer & performer JJJJJerome Ellis to Normal, IL, for an evening of poetry, musical performance, conversation & book signing. This event is free & open to the public.

SAVE THE DATE! Sept 30: JJJJJerome Ellis & Ceremonies of Innovation—Blackness, Music & Disabled Speech. In-person event! For more details and to RSVP: obsidianlit.org/obsidian-at-... #Obsidian #ObsidianLit #Obsidian@50 #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianLive #LitMag

Obsidian is accepting submissions for our next general issue. The submission period ends October 15, 2025. For details, please visit obsidianlit.org/how-to-submit/

Find Obsidian's statement on loss of NEA funding at mailchi.mp/d6247a2401f6...

📣 Announcing the Obsidian raffle #AWP25 WINNERS of gift certificates to Bookshop.org: Leslie McIntosh 🎉 Crystal Powell 🎉 Karrin Thompson 🎉 Thank you Leslie, Crystal & Karrin for visiting the Obsidian table at #AWP2025 and deep appreciation to Bookshop.org for gifting us two gift certificates! ❤️ ✨

TODAY! Obsidian Town Hall in LA! Conversation is hosted by Duriel E. Harris & L. Renée. All are welcome! For more information: obsidianlit.org/obsidian-tow... #ObsidianTownHall #MoralWitnessing #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #ObsidianEditors #LitMag #AWP25 #AWP2025

Stop by Obsidian's table (366) in the #AWP25 Bookfair and ask about our membership program! AND: Obsidian's $50 for 50! We are giving away THREE $50 gift certificates to Bookshop.org in celebration of our 50 years of publication! Sponsored by Obsidian & Bookshop.org. #ObsidianatAWP #AWP2025

Find Duriel E. Harris at Cave Canem Presents Magnitude & Bond: A Field Study 1:45pm Petree Hall C LA Convention Center The study focuses on Black literary arts service organizations that provide essential programming, services, and networks of support to the literary community.

Find Obsidian at table 366 in AWP's bookfair in Los Angeles—pick up info on our Thursday panel & the Saturday off-site Obsidian Town Hall on Insight. #ObsidianatAWP #AWP25 #AWP2025 #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianEditors #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag #NewIssues

HAPPENING TODAY: Obsidian at Fifty: Activating the Archive—Editors’ Roundtable with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Douglas Kearney & Sheree Renée Thomas; moderated by Duriel E. Harris Thursday, March 27, 1:45 to 3pm PT Room 408B, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center (Session Code T207)

Obsidian's $50 for 50! We are giving away THREE $50 gift certificates to Bookshop.org to celebrate 50 years of publication! Sponsored by Bookshop.org. Table 366 for details. #ObsidianatAWP #AWP2025 #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianEditors #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag

Obsidian is celebrating 50 years of publication at AWP in Los Angeles 🔥 Find us in the bookfair at Table 366. We are looking forward to seeing you! #ObsidianatAWP #AWP25 #AWP2025 #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianEditors #ObsidianContributors #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #LitMag #NewIssues

🔥 Don't miss our panel on THURSDAY at AWP: Obsidian at Fifty: Activating the Archive—Editors’ Roundtable with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Douglas Kearney & Sheree Renée Thomas; moderated by Duriel E. Harris Thursday, March 27, 1:45 to 3pm PT Room 408B, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center

Save the Date—March 29 for an in-person Obsidian Town Hall in Los Angeles! The conversation is hosted by Duriel E. Harris & L. Renée. Join this interactive community gathering at the Radical Hood Library. For more information on the event & Radical Hood Library: obsidianlit.org/obsidian-tow...

📣 Submit to Obsidian's themed issue on The Black Artist as Moral Witness, edited by Duriel E. Harris & L. Renée More details: obsidianlit.org/open-calls/ Deadline is April 1, 2025 #Obsidian #MoralWitnessing #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #BlackArt #ObsidianCommunity #ObsidianContributors #LitMag

Join us tonight! An Obsidian Town Hall 🔥 The panelists will discuss their processes of making witness-based art, as part of our Moral Witnessing Series. Find the details and RSVP at bit.ly/ObsidianOnProcess

Don't miss this Thursday's Town Hall, moderated by Obsidian Editor Duriel E. Harris 📣 Find out more about the Town Hall & RSVP for this free online event, Feb 27 at 6pm CT: bit.ly/ObsidianOnProcess