In 1888, Gjorgjija Puleski established the Slavic Macedonian Literary Society. In 1891 Kosta Sahov established the Young Macedonian Literary Society. Its members are also Albanians, Turks, Serbs and Vlachs, as well as Diaspora poets, and it was the only organized association of writers in the Republic of Macedonia during the communist rule. In March 1994, there was another association of writers established - Independent Writers of Macedonia. The Macedonian contemporary literary works cover all literary genres.
Special attention is paid to the Macedonian literature for children.
In the past, there have been more than 3,500 writers present in participating at the Evenings, mainly poets from all over the world. The Racin Meetings take place each year in Veles, the birthplace of the founder of the modern Macedonian literature Kosta Racin. In Macedonia there are also other literature events such as the Podkozjacki Days, Vevcani Meetings, Karamanovi Meetings, Bigorski Meetings, Dojran Handshakes, etc.