Lit Fest - Lighthouse Writers Workshop 2026

Grab a drink and join fellow Lit Fest participants at Fort Greene Bar for a late-night opportunity to read a five minute excerpt of your work! We will have ten time slots available, and sign up will be first-come, first-served starting at 8:20 PM onsite. You must be 21+ in order to attend this event.
Open Mic Guidelines:
We have a limited amount of time, so in order to make sure every person signed up has a chance to read, your excerpt needs to be 5 minutes (or less, if you prefer). We heavily encourage you to time yourself reading before getting up there! Five minutes goes pretty fast, but we have found that 3 or 4 pages double-spaced of prose or 3 short poems is standard. As someone famous once said, leave the audience wanting more! We also recommend finding something in your work that's particularly visual, funny, or action oriented so that people can follow more easily.