2026-02-24T11:32:54-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 474988291 CHARLOTTE CENTER FOR LITERARY ARTS INC CHAR 7043259798 601 E 5th Street Ste 160 Charlotte NC 28202 Paul Reali Executive Director 3369268833 2026-02-24 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Charlotte Lit Paul Reali 601 E 5th Street Ste 160 Charlotte NC 28202 512735 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. 7 6 3 15 0 0 254801 326400 181397 152573 84 4311 0 0 436282 483284 0 0 0 0 130572 142199 0 0 0 228899 228987 359471 371186 76811 112098 206986 324112 -510 2356 207496 321756 Charlotte Lit's mission is to celebrate the literary arts by educating and engaging writers and readers through classes, conversations, and community. 0 0 104555 115471 LABS. Charlotte Lit's labs are year-long immersions that combine classes, coaching, and a supportive cohort community. Authors Lab is for writers working on a novel or memoir. Chapbook Lab is for poets building a collection. Publishing Lab is for past Authors Lab writers who are working to get their books and other writing published. 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 18 writers in the 2025 cohort; Chapbook Lab had 10; Publishing Lab had 15. All Lab programs are fee-based with scholarships available. 14765 30980 CLASSES. 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, mostly from the Charlotte region but also nationwide. 17421 15000 4134 PUBLISHING. Charlotte Lit Press published the fifth issue (Spring 2025) of "Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit" online, with 32 contributors. Charlotte Lit Press also publishes poetry collections: in 2025, three chapbooks by local writers and a full collection by poet Lola Haskins. 19739 10000 895 OTHER. Charlotte Lit hosts a variety of literary arts programming, most of it free and open to the public. These include Community Conversations, author readings, a Writers in Residence program, and social events. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Form 990 is available at https://www.guidestar.org. Form 990 and all other organizational documents are available to the public on request. Requests are made to admin@charlottelit.org. 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.