We are thrilled to announce THREE
Festival Headliners for 2025!
Maggie Smith
Li-Young Lee &
Danez Smith!
Stay tuned for more updates in 2025 including additional author announcements, ticket information, and our full festival schedule!
We are responsible for the Get Lit! Festival, Washington State’s longest-running annual literary festival, which has grown over the last 27 years from a single day of readings to, historically, a week-long celebration of literature. Get Lit! is currently a four-day festival, Thursday through Sunday, which includes full days of readings, writing workshops, craft classes, panel discussions, literary happy hours, virtual events, a book fair, and more— all offered for free or at low-cost. Each festival brings a diverse lineup of highly sought-after authors to our region, while also celebrating our local literary talent.
In addition to the festival, Get Lit! also helps to promote EWU’s Visiting Writers Series and works closely with EWU’s Writers in the Community program, which places graduate students into local spaces of need to teach creative writing.
It is our mission, both in our festival programming and our educational outreach, to celebrate the arts, amplify diverse voices, and empower creativity.
Save the date for 2025: April 10-13 *Sunday, April 13th will be virtual.
Thank you for joining us in 2024!
If you attended the 2024 festival, don’t forget to complete a survey!
Submissions for 2025 have closed as of September 1, 2024. Please email getlit@ewu.edu with any questions.
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Get Lit! Programs is a non-profit literary arts organization housed within Eastern Washington University.
