support your local bookstores

While we practice social distancing, support your local bookstores by purchasing books from their online catalogs, attending virtual events, and buying gift cards for those you love! You can click each store’s image to visit their websites, or, you can click here for 1977 Books in Montgomery, here for Little Professor Bookcenter in Montgomery, and here for Thank You Books in Birmingham.

purchase official mcpf merchandise

Grab your 2020 MCPF Limited Edition shirt designed by Jasmine Ciskei Jones (visit her Redbubble Shop here and her Instagram here), or grab a 2019 hand-screenprinted shirt (by MAKEbhm) while it’s on a special discount! All 2020 shirts come with a packet of sunflower seeds, all 2019 shirts come with a Sonia Sanchez hand fan. Visit our shop!

join up!

There are many ways to stay involved with the local and national writing community—consider joining our title sponsor, PEN America or incredible Alabama-based writing organizations Alabama Writers Cooperative, Alabama Writers Forum, or Out Loud HSV.

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