Calling all Queer Creatives and Writers of Color! Come share a drink and build connections with fellow writers, artists, and Lit Fest attendees during our writing communities happy hour. This happy hour is open to all who identify as queer and/or BIPOC+*—we welcome you to join us in celebration and community. Copies of the Writing in Color and Queer Creatives guides to Lit Fest will be available, spotlighting Lit Fest workshops and events led by faculty that identify as BIPOC+ and/or part of LGBTQIA+** communities. *BIPOC+ includes but is not limited to African, Indigenous, Native, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Arab, and Multiracial heritage. **LGBTQIA+ is an abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and more.
Writers taking workshops with Nicole Chung, Claire Dederer, Katie Kitamura, and Solmaz Sharif, join us on Friday evening for quick introductions to your instructor and fellow classmates and a tour of the Lit Fest campus. Stay for a visit to the food trucks, happy hour, and the Turn the Page with Colorado Matters and Kristin Koval, at 7:00 PM.
Join novelist Kristin Koval, a Lit Fest advanced workshop regular, in conversation with Colorado Public Radio's Ryan Warner for a live taping of CPR's Turn the Page, a series that digs into works by Colorado writers. Koval's debut novel, Penitence, named an Indie First pick for February, has gotten national attention. The Washington Post raves, "Gripping and propulsive, Kristin Koval’s Penitence is an exploration of the struggles and impossible choices of two families linked by tragedy, guilt, blame and love.”
It’s brunch! Come celebrate Lit Fest with a dazzling morning of Drag Brunch Bingo, featuring the fabulous Alice Glamoure, with your fellow LGBTQIA+ writers and creatives! We’ll be serving up delicious bites from Scratch Kitchen, along with a selection of cocktails and mocktails.
Hear your favorite visiting author perform their recent works. Shop at the Lit Fest pop-up bookstore operated by The Bookies and get your book signed afterward.
Hear your favorite visiting author perform their recent works. Shop at the Lit Fest pop-up bookstore operated by The Bookies and get your book signed afterward.
Writers taking workshops with Steve Almond, Emily Rapp Black, Mark Doty, Danielle Evans, Amitava Kumar, T Kira Māhealani Madden, Claire Messud, Beth Nguyen, Jenny Offill, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, and Maurice Carlos Ruffin, join us on Sunday afternoon for quick introductions to your instructor and fellow classmates and a tour of the Lit Fest campus. Stay for the Lit Fest Kickoff Party!
The kickoff party brings together participants and instructors for a night of celebration. Enjoy musical performances from Youth On Record musicians, catered dinner, drinks, and more!
Join Mitzi Rapkin for a live episode of her popular First Draft podcast. This one will feature a conversation between debut authors Nini Berndt and Evanthia Bromiley and as they discuss their publication journeys, their book launch learning curve, their inspiration and challenges, and more. Mitzi's First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing, a literary podcast now in its 11th year of production, has more than 450 interviews in the archive.
Hear your favorite visiting author perform their recent works. Shop at the Lit Fest pop-up bookstore operated by The Bookies and get your book signed afterward.
Hear your favorite visiting author perform their recent works. Shop at the Lit Fest pop-up bookstore operated by The Bookies and get your book signed afterward.
Help us celebrate the exceptional talent among this year’s Lit Fest Fellowship finalists and winners. Happy hour beverages and snacks available.
Our lineup so far:
Fellowship for Emerging Writers Poetry: Sydney Mayes (selected by Rowan Ricardo Phillips) Fiction: Mika Taylor (selected by Megha Majumdar) Nonfiction: T Abeyta (selected by Mark Sundeen)
Veteran Writing Awardees (selected by Benjamin Hertwig): Enrique Gautier Matt Gallagher
Hear your favorite visiting author perform their recent works. Shop at the Lit Fest pop-up bookstore operated by The Bookies and get your book signed afterward.
Hear your favorite visiting author perform their recent works. Shop at the Lit Fest pop-up bookstore operated by The Bookies and get your book signed afterward.
Come meet our very successful Book Project authors Nini Berndt, Gloria Browne-Marshall, Jan Thomas, and Jenny Dandy read from their work and talk about writing their books. Stick around for book signings and Q&A from William Haywood Henderson and others from the Book Project!
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is an Emmy Award-winning writer, a professor of Constitutional Law and Africa Studies at John Jay College (CUNY), civil rights attorney, and playwright. She is the author of She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power; Race, Law, and American Society... Read More →
Wednesday June 11, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm MDT Lighthouse3870 York Street Denver, CO 80205
Love trivia? Looking for new writer friends? Join us for a night of BIPOC-centered trivia hosted by Black People Know Things! This event is open to all with the aim of highlighting BIPOC+* culture and providing writers of color an opportunity to connect. *BIPOC+ includes but is not limited to African, Indigenous, Native, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Arab, and Multiracial heritage.
Hear your favorite visiting author perform their recent works. Shop at the Lit Fest pop-up bookstore operated by The Bookies and get your book signed afterward.
Hear your favorite visiting author perform their recent works. Shop at the Lit Fest pop-up bookstore operated by The Bookies and get your book signed afterward.
