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Get Lit! Festival

2023 Will Mark Our 25th Anniversary!

Interested in being apart of our 25th festival? Submit your ideas via our Submittable page now through October 1st! Check out our guidelines for how to best submit.

Thank you for making this year's festival such a success!

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2022 Virtual Events
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Our Headlining Events from the Festival

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An Evening of Queer Poetry featuring Chen Chen, Tobias Wray, and Rajiv Mohabir

At the Museum of Arts and Culture

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An Evening with Brandon Hobson and Lesley Nneka Arimah

At The Bing Crosby Theater

Craft Classes

Creating Tension in Fiction: A Craft Class with Brandon Hobson

Writing the Bizarre: A Craft Class with Rajiv Mohabir

On Beginning (Again): A Craft Class with Chen Chen

Writing the Macabre—Horror in Creative Nonfiction: A Craft Class with Sayantani Dasgupta

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Weekend Pass

We held 15 events as well as our book fair featuring 25+ bookish organizations at the Montvale Event Center! We also had Doma Coffee Roasters serving free coffee in the morning and Feast World Kitchen serving meals for purchase.

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Unique Events

Your Name In Lights

We hosted a conversation on writing and directing for the world of film with Ken Kwapis, Eric Horsted, Karl Schaefer, Delondra Mesa, Misty Grace, and Rebecca Cook.

Film Event
Turning Tables and Bending Villains (1)

We were lucky enough to have our first-ever events surrounding the world of gaming. Beth The Bard will be joining us for a panel discussion on the intricacies of life as a game writer. She will then act as Dungeon Master for a Live RPG game!

Dungeons and Dragons Events

Inspired Partnerships Program

Since 2017, local bars and restaurants have been creating drinks inspired by our authors and donating $1 from each sale back to the festival.

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