Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

December 16, 2025
December Write-In: Jane Austen
December 18, 2025
Slamlandia
December 23, 2025
Winter Wonderland Cookie & Story Party at Literary Arts
January 14, 2026
Incite: Queer Writers Read
January 15, 2026
Slamlandia
January 20, 2026
Sangamithra Iyer: GOVERNING BODIES
January 25, 2026
Charise Mericle Harper: WRONG FRIEND
January 28, 2026
BIPOC Reading Series
February 6, 2026
Mac Barnett in conversation with Carson Ellis
February 10, 2026
Emily Nemens in conversation with Kathleen Boland
February 17, 2026
Karina LeBlanc: A Kid’s Book About Purpose
March 12, 2026
Everybody Reads 2026: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
April 30, 2026
Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship 2026

WRITING CLASSES

January 10, 2026
Digital Storytelling: Making Short Films
January 10, 2026
Writing with the Seasons: Winter
January 10, 2026
Truing the Narrative: A Revision Magic Trick
January 12, 2026
Writing Comic Fiction
January 12, 2026
Advanced Memoir
January 14, 2026
Yallah! Muslims Write:New Year, New Writing
January 15, 2026
Get Writing 2026: New Prompts for the New Year
January 18, 2026
How to Start a Novel: and How to Finish It, Too
January 20, 2026
Your Novel’s First Pages
January 24, 2026
Unreliable Historians: Reclaiming Truth and Agency in Creative Writing
January 26, 2026
So the Story Begins
February 7, 2026
Writing in Scenes: Bringing Your Story to Life
February 10, 2026
The Art of Fiction
February 11, 2026
The Shape of a Life: An 8-week Memoir Intensive
February 17, 2026
Poetry and Obsession
February 23, 2026
Pushing Through: Carrying Your Manuscript Over the Finish Line
February 24, 2026
Humor Fiction Workshop
February 26, 2026
Feminist & Queer Approaches to Creative Writing
March 14, 2026
Every Force Evolves a Form
March 28, 2026
Advanced Short Story Workshop

A Statement from Literary Arts

Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Literary Arts denounces white supremacy in all its manifestations and we acknowledge our role in having contributed to and benefitted from the racist systems that still flourish in our community and the nation.

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