Below you'll find the complete guide to everything hybrid at Lit Fest 2022, including craft seminars and readings from headliners P. Carl, Dan Chaon, Alissa Nutting, Nadia Owusu, and Laura van den Berg. Choose intensives, seminars, and events á la carte or sign up for one of our festival passes for the full experience.
Two-Weekend Intensives
Two-weekend intensives take place the weekends of June 10-11 and June 18-19
- Two-Weekend Intensive: Modulation—Your Voice and the Secrets of How to Use It (Denver) with William Haywood Henderson (afternoon)
Craft Seminars
To view all of the Lit Fest craft seminars, visit this page.
Friday, June 10
Morning
- The Psychology of Story (Denver) with Jenny Shank
Afternoon
- Stop Making Sense: The Unconscious Necessity of Writing (Denver) with BK Loren
- Your Personal Imprint (Denver) with William Haywood Henderson
Saturday, June 11
Morning
- There Is No Other Way to Say This: On “Finding Something” and The Thing That Can’t Not Be Said (Denver) with Peter Markus
- Writing the Erotic (Denver) with Courtney E. Morgan
Early Evening
- On Writing through the Lens of Not, Don’t, No (Denver) with Peter Markus
- Thinking Outside of the Narwhal: Revealing the Everyday Extraordinary in Prose (Denver)* with Alexander Lumans
Sunday, June 12
Afternoon
- Writing About Love Without Blushing (Zoom) with Alyse Knorr
- Writing the Body (Zoom) with Karen Auvinen
Monday, June 13
Morning
- Beginning Again (Zoom) with Cass Eddington
- Playing with Expectations (Denver) with Paula Younger
Early Evening
- Building the Writer's Notebook (Denver) with Jenny Shank
- How to Craft an Irresistible Narrator (Denver)* with Steve Almond
- The Aesthetic (Zoom) with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
Tuesday, June 14
Morning
- Let’s Learn Writing from Translators (Zoom) with Poupeh Missaghi
- Online Privacy for Writers (Zoom) with Erika Krouse
Afternoon
- A Wrinkle in Time: How to Embrace Your Chronology and Tell the Story Straight (Denver)* with Steve Almond
- The Bad Idea Factory (Denver) with Andrea Bobotis
- Writing the Hard Stuff (Denver) with Erika Krouse
Early Evening
- The Birth of Style (Denver) with John Cotter
Wednesday, June 15
Morning
- Setting as Character (Denver)* with Erika Krouse
Afternoon
- Rewriting the Classic (Zoom) with Chip Livingston
Early Evening
- Hauntings and Divinations: Writing the Haunted Past and Flickering Future (Zoom) with Hillary Leftwich
Thursday, June 16
Afternoon
- Character Building: Make Them Snap, Crackle, and Pop (Denver)* with Steve Almond
- Cut-Up and Remix (Denver) with Teow Lim Goh
Early Evening
- The Chorus: The Power of "We" and First-Person Plural POV (Zoom) with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- Set Dressing: Observation, Detail, and the Uncanny (Denver)* with Dan Chaon
Friday, June 17
Afternoon
- Performance Art and Writing (Denver) with Andrea Rexilius
- Promptapalooza: The Most Fun You'll Have Doing Writing Exercises EVER (Denver) with Emily Rapp Black
- Subversive Retellings (Zoom) with Addie Tsai
- Tapping the Subconscious (Where Beauty Resides) (Denver)* with William Haywood Henderson
Saturday, June 18
Morning
- An Intro to Speculative Poetry (Denver) with André O. Hoilette
- Muscle Memory: When Writing Goes on Autopilot and How We Can Jumpstart Our Writing (Denver) with Hillary Leftwich
- Unfortunately, This Piece Isn’t For Us: Dealing With Literary Rejection (Denver)* with Liz Breazeale
Afternoon
- Sounds + Visions: How We Work Together (Zoom) with Maw Shein Win
Business Panels
Business panels take place every day from 12:00pm-1:00pm
Friday, June 10
Saturday, June 11
Sunday, June 12
Monday, June 13
Tuesday, June 14
- Lunchtime Business Panel: Story of a Book (Denver) and on Zoom with Vauhini Vara
Wednesday, June 15
Thursday, June 16
Friday, June 17
Saturday, June 18
Sunday, June 19
Evening Events
Friday, June 10
- Happy Hour Reading: An Uncertain Age Anthology Reading, 4:30-5:30pm
- “Turn the Page” with Ryan Warner and Erika Krouse, 5:30-7:00pm
- The Kickoff Party, 7:00-8:30pm
Saturday, June 11
- Happy Hour Reading: Writing in Color, 4:30-5:30pm
- Lit Fest at Night Reading: Faculty, 7:30-8:30pm
Sunday, June 12
- Happy Hour Reading: Faculty, 4:30-5:30pm
- Inspiration Tour, 6:00-7:00pm
Monday, June 13
- Happy Hour Reading: Lit Fest Fellows, 4:30-5:30pm
Tuesday, June 14
- Happy Hour Reading: Book Project Edition, 4:30-5:30pm
- Lit Fest at Night Reading: Lighthouse Faculty, 7:30-8:30pm
Wednesday, June 15
- Happy Hour Reading: Book Project Edition, 4:30-5:30pm
- Denver Noir Reading, 7:30-8:30pm
Thursday, June 16
- Happy Hour Reading: Queer Creatives, 4:30-5:30pm
- 25th Anniversary Gala, 6:00pm
Friday, June 17
- Happy Hour Reading: Faculty, 4:30-5:30pm
- Salon: Art Friends—The Pleasures and Perils of Writers’ Groups, 6:00-7:00pm
- Lit Fest at Night: Faculty, 7:15-8:15pm
Saturday, June 18
- Happy Hour Reading: Poetry Collective, 4:30-5:30pm
- Closing Party + Chris Ransick Celebration/Reading, 6:00pm
Visiting Author Readings
Saturday, June 11
Monday, June 13
- Visiting Authors Reading and Conversation: P. Carl, Dan Chaon, Alissa Nutting, Nadia Owusu, Laura van den Berg, 6:00-7:15pm
Tuesday, June 14
- Visiting Authors Reading and Conversation: Dean Bakopoulos, Victoria Chang, Melissa Febos, Ed Hirsch, 6:00-7:00pm
