Lit Fest is an eight-day celebration of writers and readers, an extravaganza of weeklong and weekend advanced workshops, craft seminars, readings, salons, business panels, agent meetings, and parties. In 2025, Lit Fest takes place June 6–13.
Choose workshops and events à la carte or sign up for one of our festival passes for the full experience.
Looking for books? Our official Lit Fest bookselling partner, The Bookies, has you covered.
Visiting Authors for 2025 include fiction writers Steve Almond, Paul Harding (late addition), Mat Johnson, Katie Kitamura, Elizabeth McCracken, Helen Phillips, and Tony Tulathimutte; nonfiction writers Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Nicole Chung, Claire Dederer, Alex Marzano-Lesnevitch, and Eileen Myles; poets Eduardo Corral, Solmaz Sharif, and Matthew Zapruder! (The priority deadline to work with these writers has passed, but you can still apply for the waitlist, and they'll all teach separate craft sessions you can join when registration opens.).
Fellowships in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry were judged by Megha Majumdar, Mark Sundeen, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips.
Visiting agents and editors for Lit Fest 2025 include Haley Casey (Creative Media Agency, Inc.), Jennifer Chen (Penguin Random House), Wendy Chen (Tupelo Quarterly), Elizabeth Copps (Copps Literary), Brenna English-Loeb (Transatlantic Literary), Paul M. French (Denverse), Paloma Hernando (Ayesha Pande Literary Agency), Alexander Lumans (American Short Fiction), Jennifer Lyons (Jennifer Lyons Agency), Clare Mao (Sanford Greenburger), Nate Moscato (Aevitas Literary Agency), Elizabeth Pratt (Trellis Literary), Samantha Shea (Georges Borchardt), Julie Stevenson (Massie & McQuilken), Paige Terlip (Andrea Brown Literary Agency), Jennifer Chen Tran (Glass Literary), and Lena Valencia (One Story Mag). Lit Fest passholders have the option of meeting one-on-one with an agent or editor during Lit Fest.
Have questions? Visit our Lit Fest FAQs or give us a call at 303.297.1185.
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Cheat Sheet
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Seminar Five-Pack
Five craft seminars, 100 choices: try a new genre, learn from your favorite writer, jump-start a stale project, and more.
Craft Seminars
Lit Fest craft seminars give writers of all levels the chance to gain new insight into particular topics, techniques, or genres. Whether you’re interested in worldbuilding convincingly, creating compelling characters, or perfecting your story's dialogue, we’ve got a class for you.
Agent and Editor Consultations
Need publishing advice? Our Full-Access Business Pass (which is included in the Gold, Weekend Gold, Silver, and Bronze Passes) gets you a one-on-one consultation with Lit Fest's visiting literary agents and editors. Learn more below.
Fellowships
Our Lit Fest Fellowships for Emerging Writers help defray the costs of a weeklong or weekend advanced workshop for writers with financial need.
Business Panels
How do you find an agent? How do lit mag submissions work? Our daily Lunchtime Business Panels provide the advice you need to master the publishing side of writing. Bring a lunch and join us, either in person or virtually.
Advanced Workshops
isiting Authors for 2025 include fiction writers Steve Almond, Paul Harding (late addition), Mat Johnson, Katie Kitamura, Elizabeth McCracken, Helen Phillips, and Tony Tulathimutte; nonfiction writers Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Nicole Chung, Claire Dederer, Alex Marzano-Lesnevitch, and Eileen Myles; poets Eduardo Corral, Solmaz Sharif, and Matthew Zapruder! (The priority deadline to work with these writers has passed, but you can still apply for the waitlist, and they'll all teach separate craft sessions you can join when registration opens.)
Evening Events
Stick around after class for our evening events, which include community celebrations, happy hours, visiting author readings, and more.
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