Lit Fest - Lighthouse Writers Workshop 2026

Lit Fest - Lighthouse Writers Workshop 2026

Kanika Agrawal

Steve Almond

Visiting Author

Holly Amos

Poetry magazine

Kurestin Aramada

Root Literary

Agent

Nick Arvin

Faculty

Ramona Ausubel

Faculty

Dean Bakopolous

Dean Bakopoulos

Visiting Author

Ellen Blum Barish

Faculty

Jon Bassoff

Faculty

Kyle Beachy

Faculty

Nini Berndt

Faculty

Emily Rapp Black

Visiting Author

Caroline Bleeke

Andrea Bobotis

Faculty

Kathleen Boland

Faculty

Carleen Brice

Faculty

Melissa Broder

Visiting Author

Evanthia Bromiley

Faculty

Camille Bromley

New York Times

Editor, Special Projects

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

Faculty

Sarah Burnes

The Gernet Comany

Agent

Ian Cappelli

Denver Quarterly

Chris Castellani

Visiting Author

Christopher Castellani

Heather Christle

Visiting Author

Angie Chuang

Faculty

Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Visiting Author

Elizabeth Copps

Agent

Nicole Cunningham

Trellis Literary

Agent

Kelsey Day

Faculty

Jose Hernandez Diaz

Faculty

Danielle Evans

Visiting Author

Harrison Candelaria Fletcher

Faculty

Wendy J. Fox

Faculty

Paul French

Editor

Jane Friedman

Bix Gabriel

Faculty

Veronica Goldstein

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner

Agent

Susan Golomb

Writers House

Agent

BH

Bill H.

Evelyn Hampton

Faculty

HR Hegnauer

Faculty

William Haywood Henderson

Faculty

Michael Henry

Faculty

Natalie Hodges

Faculty

Minda Honey

Faculty

Jane Huffman

Andre Dubus III

Visiting Author

Buzzy Jackson

Faculty

Claire Jia

Faculty

Mat Johnson

Visiting Author

Mary Robinette Kowal

Faculty

Erika Krouse

Faculty

Hillary Leftwich

Faculty

JJ

John J. Lennon

AM

and Marissa Leotaud

Terri Lewis

Faculty

Henry Lien

Faculty

Alexander Lumans

Editor

Megha Majumdar

Visiting Author

Rebecca Makkai

Visiting Author

Radha Marcum

Faculty

Helen Masvikeni

Megibow Literary

Agent

Amanda McCracken

Faculty

Sara Megibow

Agent

Malinda Miller

Faculty

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Faculty

Jenny Elder Moke

Faculty

Juan J. Morales

Faculty

Paul Muldoon

Visiting Author

Eileen Myles

Visiting Author

Ladane Nasseri

Faculty

Beth Nguyen

Visiting Author

Megan O'Grady

Faculty

Emily Perez

Faculty

Dino Enrique Piacentini

Faculty

Megan Posco

Anna Qu

Melissa Range

Visiting Author

Amanda Rea

Faculty

Andrea Rexilius

Faculty

Brittany Torres Rivera

Graywolf Press

Assistant Editor

Christina Rivera

Faculty

Elizabeth Robinson

Faculty

Joy Roulier Sawyer

Faculty

Sarah Elizabeth Schantz

Ari Schneider

Faculty

Jenny Shank

Faculty

Javier Sinay

Faculty

Anjali Singh

The Anjali Singh Agency

Agent

Suzi Q Smith

Faculty

Rachel Louise Snyder

Visiting Author

Layli Long Soldier

Visiting Author

Angelique Stevens

Faculty

Julie Stevenson

Massie, McQuilken & Altman

Agent

Simone Stolzoff

Faculty

Hannah Strouth

Greenburger Associates

Agent

Cynthia Swanson

Faculty

Brandon Taylor

Visiting Author

AT

and TBA

FT

Faculty TBA

OT

others TBA

PT

Panelists TBA

BP

Black People Know Things

Pardeep Toor

Faculty

Lior Torenberg

Faculty

Seth Brady Tucker

Faculty

Tiffany Quay Tyson

Faculty

Chris Vanjonack

Faculty

Lynn Wagner

Faculty

Ryan Warner

Colorado Public Radio

Host

Rachel Weaver

Faculty

Paula Weiman

Ash Literary

Agent

Rachel Werner

Faculty

Carter Wilson

Faculty

Jennifer Wortman

Faculty

David Wroblewski

Faculty

JY

Jihyun Yun