Lit Fest - Lighthouse Writers Workshop 2026

Lit Fest - Lighthouse Writers Workshop 2026

9:00am MDT

Hike and Write: Urban Style Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMichael Henry Beginnings, Middles and Ends: The 9 Parts of Your Story Lighthouse Writers WorkshopCarleen Brice Getting Unstuck Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRamona Ausubel Getting Unstuck (Livestream) VirtualRamona Ausubel How to Work with Narrative Time Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAndrea Bobotis The Art of Constraints: Setting Limits to Set Ourselves Free Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAlexander Lumans Memoir: What's Research Got to Do With It? Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAngie Chuang Where's the Conflict? Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAnna Qu Intense Emotions, Subtle Words Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJoy Roulier Sawyer

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: Big Press, Small Press, No Press Lighthouse Writers WorkshopCaroline Bleeke • Brittany Torres Rivera • Ramona Ausubel • Cynthia Swanson Lunchtime Business Panel: Big Press, Small Press, No Press (Livestream) VirtualCaroline Bleeke • Brittany Torres Rivera • Ramona Ausubel • Cynthia Swanson

1:30pm MDT

Dance. Write. Repeat. Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJennifer Wortman

POV Jumpstart Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAmanda Rea Your Dark Materials Lighthouse Writers WorkshopWilliam Haywood Henderson

Orbweaving a Book of Essays Lighthouse Writers WorkshopChristina Rivera Speculative Nonfiction Lighthouse Writers WorkshopHarrison Candelaria Fletcher True Crimes: The Challenges of Writing Homicide Stories (V) VirtualJavier Sinay Writing Through Chronic Illness and/or Disability: A Reclamation TBARachel Weaver

How to Tell Time: Narrative in Poetry Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSuzi Q Smith

4:00pm MDT

Writing From Weakness Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJennifer Wortman Dynamic Dialogue Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAmanda Rea In the Trenches with Historical Fiction Lighthouse Writers WorkshopTerri Lewis Telling Stories in a Time of Fire: How to Write within the Climate Crisis Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAlexander Lumans The Character Interview: Your Protagonist is Lying to You Lighthouse Writers WorkshopLior Torenberg Time and Time and Time Again Lighthouse Writers WorkshopKyle Beachy Contemporary American Women Poets 2026 Lighthouse Writers WorkshopLynn Wagner How To Be An Author For Hire (V) VirtualRachel Werner How to Self-Publish on a Budget Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAri Schneider

5:00pm MDT

Friday Faculty Reading and Happy Hour Lighthouse Writers Workshop Friday Faculty Reading and Happy Hour (Livestream) Virtual

6:15pm MDT

Weekend Advanced Workshop Orientation Lighthouse Writers Workshop

7:00pm MDT

Turn the Page with Colorado Matters, featuring Ryan Warner and Rachel Weaver Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRyan Warner • Rachel Weaver Turn the Page with Ryan Warner and Rachel Weaver (Livestream) VirtualRyan Warner • Rachel Weaver

8:30am MDT

Advanced Weekend Fiction Intensive: Narrative Movement with Megha Majumdar TBAMegha Majumdar Advanced Weekend Hybrid Workshop: Games Writers Play with Heather Christle TBAHeather Christle

9:00am MDT

The Creative Act: Finding Flow in Flaw (V) VirtualLadane Nasseri Desire and Power Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDino Enrique Piacentini Haunted Landscapes: Writing Place as Presence Lighthouse Writers WorkshopHillary Leftwich Say Less, Mean More: Writing with Subtext Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRachel Weaver Revision is the Doorway to a Poem's (R)evolution Lighthouse Writers WorkshopLayli Long Soldier Revision is the Doorway to a Poem's (R)evolution (Livestream) VirtualLayli Long Soldier Two-Day Intensive: Plotting Your Course—The Major Turning Points Every Story Needs Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJenny Elder Moke Two-Day Intensive: The Visionary Movement Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSarah Elizabeth Schantz Two-Day Intensive: The Personal. The Political. The Poetic. Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSuzi Q Smith Two-Day Intensive: The Undeniable Voice—Craft Lessons from Vigil by George Saunders Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAlexander Lumans

10:00am MDT

Queer Creatives Drag Bingo Brunch Lighthouse Writers Workshop

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: Clips and Careers—Editors of Lit Mags, Newspapers, and Outlets Tell All TBAJane Huffman • Holly Amos • Camille Bromley • Alexander Lumans Lunchtime Business Panel: Clips and Careers—Editors of Lit Mags, Newspapers, and Outlets Tell All (Livestream) VirtualJane Huffman • Holly Amos • Alexander Lumans • Camille Bromley

1:00pm MDT

Two-Day Intensive: Strange and Mundane—Pulling the Odd from the Everyday Lighthouse Writers WorkshopNini Berndt Two-Day Intensive: Your Voice on the Page Lighthouse Writers WorkshopWilliam Haywood Henderson Two-Day Intensive: Borrowed Structures—Finding Poetic Form in Unexpected Places Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRadha Marcum

1:30pm MDT

Is My Character An Asshole? Lighthouse Writers WorkshopPardeep Toor Literary Ephemera Lighthouse Writers WorkshopHarrison Candelaria Fletcher Sentence Surgery: Another Live Editing Seminar Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDavid Wroblewski Structure through Motif Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDino Enrique Piacentini The Laundry Line (V) VirtualNatalie Hodges Sell Essays That Boost Your Book's Potential Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAmanda McCracken Advanced Weekend Fiction Workshop: Using Image with Melissa Broder TBAMelissa Broder Advanced Weekend Nonfiction Workshop: Truth in Nonfiction with Ingrid Rojas Contreras TBAIngrid Rojas Contreras Advanced Weekend Poetry Workshop: Freedom Before the Revolt with Layli Long Soldier TBALayli Long Soldier

4:00pm MDT

I Shot the Sheriff: Writing True/Untrue Confessions Lighthouse Writers WorkshopErika Krouse Literary Swagger: Writing Prose that Makes Readers Take Notice Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJenny Shank Out of Character TBASarah Elizabeth Schantz Unspooling Local Lore: Bringing Your Setting to Life Lighthouse Writers WorkshopChris Vanjonack Lyric Essay: Gathering Fragments Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSuzi Q Smith Rhapsody (V) VirtualElizabeth Robinson

5:00pm MDT

Saturday Faculty Reading and Happy Hour Lighthouse Writers Workshop Saturday Faculty Reading and Happy Hour (Livestream) VirtualFaculty TBA

7:00pm MDT

Visiting Authors Reading: Melissa Broder, Heather Christle, Layli Long Soldier, Megha Majumdar, and Ingrid Rojas Contreras Lighthouse Writers Workshop Visiting Authors Reading: Melissa Broder, Heather Christle, Layli Long Soldier, Megha Majumdar, and Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Livestream) Virtual

8:30am MDT

Advanced Weekend Fiction Intensive: Narrative Movement with Megha Majumdar TBAMegha Majumdar Advanced Weekend Hybrid Workshop: Games Writers Play with Heather Christle TBAHeather Christle

9:00am MDT

Becoming a Channel Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMelissa Broder Becoming a Channel (Livestream) VirtualMelissa Broder Creative Research: Turning Curiosity into Story (V) VirtualLadane Nasseri Listen to the Work Lighthouse Writers WorkshopIngrid Rojas Contreras Re/vision: Nurture Your Inner Poetry Editor Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRadha Marcum Two-Day Intensive: Plotting Your Course—The Major Turning Points Every Story Needs Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJenny Elder Moke Two-Day Intensive: The Undeniable Voice—Craft Lessons from Vigil by George Saunders Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAlexander Lumans Two-Day Intensive: The Visionary Movement Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSarah Elizabeth Schantz Two-Day Intensive: The Personal. The Political. The Poetic. Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSuzi Q Smith

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: Dear Agent TBAKurestin Aramada • Nicole Cunningham • Julie Stevenson Lunchtime Business Panel: Dear Agent (Livestream) VirtualKurestin Aramada • Nicole Cunningham • Julie Stevenson

1:00pm MDT

Two-Day Intensive: Strange and Mundane—Pulling the Odd from the Everyday Lighthouse Writers WorkshopNini Berndt Two-Day Intensive: Your Voice on the Page Lighthouse Writers WorkshopWilliam Haywood Henderson Two-Day Intensive: Borrowed Structures—Finding Poetic Form in Unexpected Places Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRadha Marcum

1:30pm MDT

Structure and Alchemy: Writing Climactic Transformations (V) VirtualNatalie Hodges Beyond the Laugh: How and Why to Use Humor Lighthouse Writers WorkshopKathleen Boland Going Out in Style Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSarah Elizabeth Schantz Plot: A Conjuror's Guide Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMegha Majumdar Hike and Write: Urban Style Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMichael Henry Turn your essay into a TEDx Talk (V) VirtualAmanda McCracken Are Words Alive? Lighthouse Writers WorkshopHeather Christle Advanced Weekend Fiction Workshop: Using Image with Melissa Broder TBAMelissa Broder Advanced Weekend Nonfiction Workshop: Truth in Nonfiction with Ingrid Rojas Contreras TBAIngrid Rojas Contreras Advanced Weekend Poetry Workshop: Freedom Before the Revolt with Layli Long Soldier TBALayli Long Soldier

5:00pm MDT

Weeklong Advanced Workshop Orientation Lighthouse Writers Workshop

6:00pm MDT

Lit Fest Kickoff Party Lighthouse Writers Workshop

9:00am MDT

Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Finding the Subterranean Story with Danielle Evans TBADanielle Evans Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Intimate Distance with Mat Johnson TBAMat Johnson Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Situation and Event with Brandon Taylor TBABrandon Taylor Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: The BS Detector with Steve Almond TBASteve Almond Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Who's Telling Your Story? with Christopher Castellani TBAChris Castellani Advanced Weeklong Generative Fiction Workshop: Starting, or Starting Over with Rebecca Makkai TBARebecca Makkai Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Excavation with Andre Dubus III TBAAndre Dubus III Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Find Your Focus with Beth Nguyen TBABeth Nguyen Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Mapping the Memoir with Emily Rapp Black TBAEmily Rapp Black Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Shadow Narratives with Rachel Louise Snyder TBARachel Louise Snyder Advanced Weeklong Poetry Workshop: Draft Exclusion with Paul Muldoon TBAPaul Muldoon No Genre/All Genre Generative Lab with Eileen Myles TBAEileen Myles Writing for Young Adults VirtualKelsey Day

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: Through the Fire—Debut Writers on Their First Books TBASusan Golomb • Lior Torenberg • Kathleen Boland • Pardeep Toor • Amanda McCracken Lunchtime Business Panel: Through the Fire—Debut Writers on Their First Books (Livestream) VirtualSusan Golomb • Lior Torenberg • Kathleen Boland • Pardeep Toor • Amanda McCracken

1:00pm MDT

Two-Day Intensive: Finish the Nonfiction Book—Everything but the Pages Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSimone Stolzoff

1:30pm MDT

Advanced Structure Lab: Break the Story Free with Dean Bakopoulos Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDean Bakopoulos Bait the Hook: Your First Few Pages Lighthouse Writers WorkshopErika Krouse Bait the Hook: Your First Few Pages (Livestream) VirtualErika Krouse Every Sentence an Ocean: Concision and Compression in Flash-Fiction Lighthouse Writers WorkshopChris Vanjonack From Morally Gray to Black: Creating Flawed and Unscrupulous Protagonists Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJon Bassoff Novel Whispering Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMat Johnson Novel Whispering (Livestream) VirtualMat Johnson From Patient to Protagonist: Claiming Agency in Your Own Story Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRachel Weaver Squash For Golfers: Line Movement in Prose and Poetry Lighthouse Writers WorkshopPaul Muldoon Author Branding for Introverts and Impostors (V) VirtualHenry Lien

4:00pm MDT

Creatures of Impulse: What Fictions Writers Can Learn From TV Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDean Bakopoulos How to Stop Worldbuilding and Start Worldconjuring Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAlexander Lumans How to Write Sex Scenes without Shame Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSteve Almond To Flash Back or Not to Flash Back Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJenny Shank Collage as Poetic Practice Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAndrea Rexilius Letting the I Ching Help You Write Your Story (V) VirtualHenry Lien Two-Day Intensive: Emotional Truth—Using Fiction to Tell the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSarah Elizabeth Schantz

4:30pm MDT

Book Project Showcase: Stolzoff, Torenberg, Yun, Lennon, and Leotaud Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSimone Stolzoff • Lior Torenberg • Jihyun Yun • John J. Lennon • and Marissa Leotaud Book Project Showcase: Stolzoff, Torenberg, Yun, Lennon, and Leotaud (Livestream) VirtualSimone Stolzoff • Lior Torenberg • Jihyun Yun • John J. Lennon • and Marissa Leotaud

7:00pm MDT

Visiting Authors Reading: Steve Almond, Danielle Evans, Eileen Myles, and Brandon Taylor Lighthouse Writers Workshop Visiting Authors Reading: Steve Almond, Danielle Evans, Eileen Myles, and Brandon Taylor (Livestream) Virtual

8:30pm MDT

Lit Fest Faculty Reading at Fort Greene Bar Fort Greene Bar

9:00am MDT

Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Finding the Subterranean Story with Danielle Evans TBADanielle Evans Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Intimate Distance with Mat Johnson TBAMat Johnson Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Situation and Event with Brandon Taylor TBABrandon Taylor Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: The BS Detector with Steve Almond TBASteve Almond Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Who's Telling Your Story? with Christopher Castellani TBAChris Castellani Advanced Weeklong Generative Fiction Workshop: Starting, or Starting Over with Rebecca Makkai TBARebecca Makkai Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Excavation with Andre Dubus III TBAAndre Dubus III Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Find Your Focus with Beth Nguyen TBABeth Nguyen Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Mapping the Memoir with Emily Rapp Black TBAEmily Rapp Black Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Shadow Narratives with Rachel Louise Snyder TBARachel Louise Snyder Advanced Weeklong Poetry Workshop: Draft Exclusion with Paul Muldoon TBAPaul Muldoon Literary Lightning: Finding the Poetry in Your Prose (V) VirtualEllen Blum Barish No Genre/All Genre Generative Lab with Eileen Myles TBAEileen Myles

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: After the Debut—Life as a Working Writer TBAHannah Strouth • Nini Berndt • Claire Jia • Simone Stolzoff • Seth Brady Tucker Lunchtime Business Panel: After the Debut—Life as a Working Writer (Livestream) VirtualHannah Strouth • Nini Berndt • Claire Jia • Simone Stolzoff • Seth Brady Tucker

1:00pm MDT

Two-Day Intensive: Finish the Nonfiction Book—Everything but the Pages Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSimone Stolzoff

1:30pm MDT

Advanced Structure Lab: Break the Story Free with Dean Bakopoulos Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDean Bakopoulos Finding the Heart and Body of Your Memoir (V) VirtualCaryn Mirriam-Goldberg I Hate You, Too: Writing Antagonistic Relationships Lighthouse Writers WorkshopErika Krouse Information Underload: What Each Precious Paragraph Communicates to a Reader Lighthouse Writers WorkshopBix Gabriel Reader in the Room Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAngelique Stevens Survey of Interiority Lighthouse Writers WorkshopBrandon Taylor Survey of Interiority (Livestream) VirtualBrandon Taylor The Cutting Room Floor: Late-Stage Revision Lighthouse Writers WorkshopEvanthia Bromiley They Can’t Be All Bad, Right? Lighthouse Writers WorkshopGloria J. Browne-Marshall Where the Deer and the Antelope (and the Poets) Play: On the Page Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJuan J. Morales

4:00pm MDT

Hook, Line, and Sinker: Exploring Form Via Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness Lighthouse Writers WorkshopClaire Jia A Wrinkle in Time: How to Manage Chronology and Structure Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSteve Almond Write Stronger Scenes: A Checklist Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRachel Weaver Black Doubt, Revision, and Faith Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAndre Dubus III Black Doubt, Revision, and Faith (Livestream) VirtualAndre Dubus III Symbolism and Metaphor: They Aren’t Just for Fiction Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAngelique Stevens Forms and Functions: Poetic and Otherwise Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMichael Henry ChatGPT Is My Secretary (V) VirtualErika Krouse Two-Day Intensive: Emotional Truth—Using Fiction to Tell the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSarah Elizabeth Schantz Two-Day Intensive: Being a Romantic Poet in the 21st Century VirtualElizabeth Robinson

4:30pm MDT

Lit Fest Fellows Showcase and Reading Lighthouse Writers Workshop Lit Fest Fellows Showcase and Reading (Livestream) Virtual

7:00pm MDT

Visiting Authors Reading: Emily Rapp Black, Mat Johnson, Rebecca Makkai, and Beth Nguyen Lighthouse Writers Workshop Visiting Authors Reading: Emily Rapp Black, Mat Johnson, Rebecca Makkai, and Beth Nguyen (Livestream) Virtual

9:00am MDT

Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Finding the Subterranean Story with Danielle Evans TBADanielle Evans Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Intimate Distance with Mat Johnson TBAMat Johnson Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Situation and Event with Brandon Taylor TBABrandon Taylor Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: The BS Detector with Steve Almond TBASteve Almond Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Who's Telling Your Story? with Christopher Castellani TBAChris Castellani Advanced Weeklong Generative Fiction Workshop: Starting, or Starting Over with Rebecca Makkai TBARebecca Makkai Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Excavation with Andre Dubus III TBAAndre Dubus III Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Find Your Focus with Beth Nguyen TBABeth Nguyen Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Mapping the Memoir with Emily Rapp Black TBAEmily Rapp Black Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Shadow Narratives with Rachel Louise Snyder TBARachel Louise Snyder Advanced Weeklong Poetry Workshop: Draft Exclusion with Paul Muldoon TBAPaul Muldoon No Genre/All Genre Generative Lab with Eileen Myles TBAEileen Myles

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: Marketing Before, During and After Publication—Practical Strategies for Writers TBAMegan Posco • Helen Masvikeni • Sara Megibow • Angelique Stevens Lunchtime Business Panel: Marketing Before, During and After Publication—Practical Strategies for Writers (Livestream) VirtualMegan Posco • Helen Masvikeni • Sara Megibow • Angelique Stevens

1:30pm MDT

Advanced Structure Lab: Break the Story Free with Dean Bakopoulos Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDean Bakopoulos That's Cinema: Applying Screenwriting Techniques to Novel Writing Lighthouse Writers WorkshopClaire Jia Critiquing the End Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMary Robinette Kowal How to Make Plot Your Friend Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSteve Almond Memoir for the Anxious, Uncertain, or Scared Writer Lighthouse Writers WorkshopBeth Nguyen Memoir Structure: Scene by Scene Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJenny Shank On/Off the Record: Hybrid Writing with Documents (V) VirtualKanika Agrawal Real People, Real Problems Lighthouse Writers WorkshopErika Krouse Making Conversation: Inviting New Voices into The Poem Lighthouse Writers WorkshopEmily Perez The Supple Sonnet Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMelissa Range Designing Your Author Website with Style and Know-How (V) VirtualHR Hegnauer

4:00pm MDT

Ticking Clocks: Managing Time in Fiction Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDanielle Evans Writing Thrillers Lighthouse Writers WorkshopCarter Wilson Perhapsing: What To Do When We Don’t Know Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSarah Elizabeth Schantz Just 2 Poems (V) VirtualLynn Wagner Scaffolds and Skeletons: Crafting Strong Foundations in Poetry and Fiction Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSeth Brady Tucker Perseverance Training: Surviving the Long Haul of Writing Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRachel Weaver Build Your Portfolio: On Longevity and Writing Lighthouse Writers WorkshopWilliam Haywood Henderson • Dino Enrique Piacentini • Amanda Rea • Suzi Q Smith • Erika Krouse • Natalie Hodges • Jenny Shank Build Your Portfolio: On Longevity and Writing (Livestream) VirtualNatalie Hodges • William Haywood Henderson • Erika Krouse • Dino Enrique Piacentini • Amanda Rea • Jenny Shank • Suzi Q Smith Two-Day Intensive: Bridges to Elsewhere—Writing Significance in the Everyday, Working-Class Moment Lighthouse Writers WorkshopEvanthia Bromiley Two-Day Intensive: Being a Romantic Poet in the 21st Century VirtualElizabeth Robinson

6:00pm MDT

Portfolio Year Celebration TBA

7:00pm MDT

Writing in Color Trivia with Black People Know Things presented by Kundiman - Mountain West Lighthouse Writers WorkshopBlack People Know Things

9:00am MDT

Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Finding the Subterranean Story with Danielle Evans TBADanielle Evans Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Intimate Distance with Mat Johnson TBAMat Johnson Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Situation and Event with Brandon Taylor TBABrandon Taylor Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: The BS Detector with Steve Almond TBASteve Almond Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Who's Telling Your Story? with Christopher Castellani TBAChris Castellani Advanced Weeklong Generative Fiction Workshop: Starting, or Starting Over with Rebecca Makkai TBARebecca Makkai Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Excavation with Andre Dubus III TBAAndre Dubus III Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Find Your Focus with Beth Nguyen TBABeth Nguyen Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Mapping the Memoir with Emily Rapp Black TBAEmily Rapp Black Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Shadow Narratives with Rachel Louise Snyder TBARachel Louise Snyder Advanced Weeklong Poetry Workshop: Draft Exclusion with Paul Muldoon TBAPaul Muldoon No Genre/All Genre Generative Lab with Eileen Myles TBAEileen Myles

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: A Perfect Pairing—The Author-Agent Relationship TBASarah Burnes • Megan O'Grady Lunchtime Business Panel: A Perfect Pairing—The Author-Agent Relationship (Livestream) VirtualSarah Burnes • Megan O'Grady

1:30pm MDT

Advanced Structure Lab: Break the Story Free with Dean Bakopoulos Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDean Bakopoulos Crash Course in Character Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJenny Shank Fantastic Thresholds: Short Fiction Techniques of Kelly Link and Susanna Clarke (V) VirtualKanika Agrawal Make a Scene!: How to Bring Your Memoir to Life (V) VirtualMinda Honey Making the Personal Matter Lighthouse Writers WorkshopEmily Rapp Black Making the Personal Matter (Livestream) VirtualEmily Rapp Black From Idea to Outline Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMary Robinette Kowal Seance of the Bees: Writing and Ritual Practices Lighthouse Writers WorkshopAndrea Rexilius Secrets: Strategies for Story Lighthouse Writers WorkshopSarah Elizabeth Schantz The Picture Within: Art as Inspiration and Critique Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMegan O'Grady The Rich Layers of Personal Style Lighthouse Writers WorkshopWilliam Haywood Henderson

4:00pm MDT

Satisfy Me! Lighthouse Writers WorkshopChristopher Castellani Suffering Builds Character Lighthouse Writers WorkshopTiffany Quay Tyson Writing the Best American Essay: Contemporary Techniques and Ideas Lighthouse Writers WorkshopJenny Shank Exploring Prose Poetry: The Art of Condensed Writing (V) VirtualJose Hernandez Diaz Just Keep Going: Being a Writer for Life Lighthouse Writers WorkshopBuzzy Jackson Undoing Poetry and Prose Lighthouse Writers WorkshopEileen Myles Writing in an AI Powered World Lighthouse Writers WorkshopCynthia Swanson Two-Day Intensive: Bridges to Elsewhere—Writing Significance in the Everyday, Working-Class Moment Lighthouse Writers WorkshopEvanthia Bromiley Two-Day Intensive: The 48-Hour Story or Essay Lighthouse Writers WorkshopErika Krouse

4:30pm MDT

Poetry Collective Celebration Lighthouse Writers Workshop Poetry Collective Celebration (Livestream) Virtual

7:00pm MDT

Visiting Authors Reading: Dean Bakopoulos, Christopher Castellani, Andre Dubus III, Paul Muldoon, and Rachel Louise Snyder Lighthouse Writers Workshop Visiting Authors Reading: Dean Bakopoulos, Christopher Castellani, Andre Dubus III, Paul Muldoon, and Rachel Louise Snyder (Livestream) Virtual

8:30pm MDT

Lit Fest Open Mic at Fort Greene Bar Fort Greene Bar

9:00am MDT

Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Finding the Subterranean Story with Danielle Evans TBADanielle Evans Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Intimate Distance with Mat Johnson TBAMat Johnson Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Situation and Event with Brandon Taylor TBABrandon Taylor Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: The BS Detector with Steve Almond TBASteve Almond Advanced Weeklong Fiction Workshop: Who's Telling Your Story? with Christopher Castellani TBAChris Castellani Advanced Weeklong Generative Fiction Workshop: Starting, or Starting Over with Rebecca Makkai TBARebecca Makkai Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Excavation with Andre Dubus III TBAAndre Dubus III Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Find Your Focus with Beth Nguyen TBABeth Nguyen Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Mapping the Memoir with Emily Rapp Black TBAEmily Rapp Black Advanced Weeklong Nonfiction Workshop: Shadow Narratives with Rachel Louise Snyder TBARachel Louise Snyder Advanced Weeklong Poetry Workshop: Draft Exclusion with Paul Muldoon TBAPaul Muldoon No Genre/All Genre Generative Lab with Eileen Myles TBAEileen Myles

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime Business Panel: The Current State of Publishing—Agents and Authors Dish TBAEvanthia Bromiley • Elizabeth Copps • Anjali Singh • Jane Friedman • Megan Posco Lunchtime Business Panel: The Current State of Publishing—Agents and Authors Dish (Livestream) VirtualEvanthia Bromiley • Elizabeth Copps • Anjali Singh • Jane Friedman • Megan Posco

1:30pm MDT

Advanced Structure Lab: Break the Story Free with Dean Bakopoulos Lighthouse Writers WorkshopDean Bakopoulos Absolute Fiction Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRebecca Makkai Absolute Fiction (Livestream) VirtualRebecca Makkai Strange Beasts: Wild Structures and Architectures Lighthouse Writers WorkshopEvanthia Bromiley The Propulsive Narrative: Creating and Maintaining Momentum Lighthouse Writers WorkshopTiffany Quay Tyson Behind the Frame: To See, To Feel, to Know Lighthouse Writers WorkshopRachel Louise Snyder How To Be an Asshole Lighthouse Writers WorkshopNick Arvin Lens Lighthouse Writers WorkshopWilliam Haywood Henderson Unlock Ideas with Maps Lighthouse Writers WorkshopMalinda Miller

3:45pm MDT

Lit Fest Closing Party Lighthouse Writers Workshop

4:00pm MDT

Two-Day Intensive: The 48-Hour Story or Essay Lighthouse Writers WorkshopErika Krouse

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