News from the world of No You Tell It
Come celebrate the MAY 8 release of Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers from Poets of Queens Press! RSVP here.
Featuring:
– Paired contributor readings
– Prom attire is welcome but not required – wear what brings you joy!
– Light snacks and refreshments
– Fun surprises
Can’t make it? Pre-order your copy here.
Follow a PROMpt to share your prom story. Didn’t go to prom or haven’t gone yet? Don’t worry, we have PROMpts for those, too!
The Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers anthology comes out on May 8 from Poets of Queens Press.
RSVP here for our prom-themed book launch that night at 7pm at Grove 34 in Astoria. Can’t make it? Click here to pre-order your copy.
Join the celebration by sharing your real-life prom story or poem with us today! The first 100 will be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift card to The Astoria Bookshop.
Questions? Email noyoutellit@gmail.com
Mark your calendars and register now for these two free generative writing workshops produced in partnership with Queens Memory and the Queens Public Library.
3/22 Queens & Me: Neighborhood Stories Beyond the Data at Culture Lab LIC
More Info & Register Here
4/25 Prom Queens: Poetry Workshop at Queens Public Library Broadway Branch
More Info & Register Here
Cover reveal! Check out the amazing artwork by A King McCarty for the forthcoming Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers anthology from Poets of Queens Press. Launching May 8!
Happy Holidays! Join us on looking back on this incredible year. Thank you to everyone who made No, YOU Tell It! 2025 possible, it truly takes a village.
Shout out to photographers Russ Rowland and Sachyn Mital for capturing so many incredible moments.
See you in 2026 for another year of switched-up fun.
Look below to see all that YOU helped us accomplish.
Please keep us in mind this Giving Tuesday by making a one-time tax-deductible donation or setting up a recurring one through our fiscal sponsor, The Field. Donate here! No donation is too small, and all go directly to compensating our Queens creative artists.
No, YOU Tell It!, in partnership with Poets of Queens, is proud to announce the forthcoming anthology, Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers, coming in the spring of 2026.
Prom Queens team. Photo credit Sachyn Mital.
Sharing stories about going or not going to prom allows us to find commonalities within each other’s unique cultures and identities. This anthology aims to help people, including future prom-goers, celebrate each other’s prom stories instead of feeling pressured to live up to what pop culture has taught us prom is supposed to look like.
What better place to give voice to a diverse range of prom stories than The World’s Borough!
Learn more about the anthology here.
Happy Halloween! Fun preview of our forthcoming Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers from Poets of Queens in spring of 2026.
WATCH anthology contributor and artist A. King McCarty perform “Zombie Prom Queen” at Grove 34 as part of our “Prom Queens” Bookend Event.
Follow us (and tell a friend!) @noyoutellit for updates.
Save the date for our next show: 9/17. This is going to be a super fun one! Get your tickets here.
Plus, other PROM QUEENS surprises! Save the date and see you in September.
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THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT.
This project is made possible (in part) with public funds from the
Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.
This organization is funded in part by the Howard Gilman Foundation
administered by Flushing Town Hall
Our four curated storytellers, along with a room packed with community participants, came together on May 3 for a generative workshop to inspire and share true tales inspired by the Queens Name Explorer.
Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons created this free community workshop in partnership with Queens Memory and the Greater Astoria Historical Society.
Watch how the stories we started that day evolved into these emotionally-charged story swaps at our May 28 “My Place” show. Thank you to videographer Nick Capezzera for capturing our first collaboration with Queens Memory!
Participants put themselves on the map in the culminating Six-Word “My Place in Queens” Memoir activity at the workshop.
Audience members added their six-word memoirs to the map at the show.
What’s your six-word “My Place in Queens” memoir?
Highlights from the map below:
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This project is supported by funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, Statewide Community Regrants Program (formerly the Decentralization program) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and administered by Flushing Town Hall.
This organization is funded in part by the Howard Gilman Foundation administered by Flushing Town Hall.
