Narrative Night returns with a dazzling evening of wit, wisdom, and poetry hosted by cofounders Carol Edgarian and Tom Jenks, and featuring our 2021 Narrative Prize winners, Morgan Talty and Tryphena Yeboah, introduced by the 2020 recipient, Gbenga Adesina. Also on deck: Pulitzer Prize–winning poet and guest judge, Jericho Brown, who will introduce this year’s Narrative High School Writing Contest winners as we celebrate a new generation of talented voices that move and inspire us. Finally, we’ll wrap up the evening with 2015 Narrative Prize winner Ocean Vuong, whose newest collection features work that first appeared in Narrative. We can’t wait to start the show!

Pin this: in this most challenging year, Narrative maintained our commitment to discover, pay, and publish the most remarkable, diverse voices in the world. What’s more, our flagship Narrative in the Schools program reached teachers and students in twenty countries and 2oo schools in the United States—in all, more than 100,000 students inspired by the gift of story! How’d we do it? With your support, Narrative empowers teachers and students—particularly those in underserved communities from India to the Philippines, Georgia to New York, Spokane to Cape Town—with a first-rank library of literature, video tutorials, and curated reading guides they can carry in their pockets. A world of reading that opens minds and bridges divides—and that is always open and free. Our digital campfire for storytelling invites the world to gather ’round.

Now we’re inviting you! Support our mission at our only fundraiser of the year. Please join us as we celebrate the stories that teach, illuminate, and inspire us. We know ourselves and our world by the stories we tell.