Spring Literary Festival

Spring Literary Festival

April 6-9, 2026

Join us in Cullowhee for four days of free readings and book signings by 19 of the country's best writers. Hear from bestsellers Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Vanessa Lillie, National Book Award finalists Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Deborah Jackson Taffa, Guggenheim fellow Margot Livesey, Pen/Faulkner finalist Steve Yarbrough, and many more.

Festival Authors

Festival Schedule

Audience members listening to a speech and laughing at a joke

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Jericho Brown signing a book at a table for Litfest

Writing Competitions

Join Us

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Sponsors

This year's festival receives support from the Department of English Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of the Provost, the Division of Student of Affairs, Campus Theme, the Visiting Scholar Program, the Latino/a Studies program, the Museum of the Cherokee People, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.