Our 28th festival will take place Friday, April 17 – Sunday, April 19, 2026
Thank you for joining us in 2026 to celebrate 28 years of the Get Lit! Festival. Each year brings a diverse lineup of highly sought-after authors to our region, while also highlighting our local literary talent. This year will feature craft classes led by award-winning authors, open mics, panel discussions, and more! Make sure to join our mailing list so that you’ll get a notification when tickets go on sale on Tuesday, March 10!
Special thanks to our Sponsors and Partners for making the Get Lit! Festival possible
Meet our 2026 Craft Class Teachers!
We are thrilled to welcome these award-winning authors for our 2026 Craft Classes!
Keetje Kuipers (Poetry)
Tessa Hulls (Nonfiction)
Willy Vlautin (Fiction)
Tickets go on sale March 10th
(See full schedule here)
Special thanks to this year’s festival artist Aimee Brooks!
Past Festival Events are available on the Get Lit! YouTube Channel!
We are responsible for the Get Lit! Festival, Washington State’s longest-running annual literary festival, which has grown over the last 28 years from a single day of readings to, historically, a week-long celebration of literature. Get Lit! is currently a four-day festival, Thursday through Sunday, which includes readings, writing workshops, craft classes, panel discussions, literary happy hours, virtual events, a book fair, and more— all offered for free or at low-cost. Each festival brings a diverse lineup of highly sought-after authors to our region, while also celebrating local literary talent.
In addition to the festival, Get Lit! also helps to promote EWU’s Visiting Writers Series and works closely with EWU’s Writers in the Community program, which places graduate students into local spaces of need to teach creative writing.
It is our mission, both in our festival programming and our educational outreach, to celebrate the arts, amplify diverse voices, and empower creativity.
Save the date for 2026: Friday, April 17th through Sunday, April 19th (Sunday will be all virtual).
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Thank you for joining us in 2025!
Submissions for 2027 will be open starting May 1 and will close September 1, 2026.
Please email getlit@ewu.edu with any questions.
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Get Lit! Programs is a non-profit literary arts organization housed within Eastern Washington University.
