A crystal of N-vinylcarbazole was polymerized by redox catalyst (ammonium persulfite/sodium bisulfate) in a suspended state in water and poly (vinyl carbazole) was obtained. The polymerization proceeded rapidly above 40°C without an induction period in the solid state. The molecular weight of the polymer increased with decreasing catalyst concentration and raising temperature. ηsp/cof polymer was in the range 0.04–0.07 and it was lower than that obtained in radiation-induced solid-state polymerization. Observation of the partially polymerized crystal through a polarizing microscope showed that the polymerization proceeded from the surface of the monomer crystal and that birefringence was observed in the polymer layer. In X-ray diffraction studies it was found that the polymer was crystalline.