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Sep 192 min read

2024 Fall Literary Festival Evening Reading: Ama Codjoe & Rachel Swearingen (October 19 Tyler History Center)

Lit Youngstown's 8th annual Fall Literary Festival features Youngstown native poet Ama Codjoe & Chicago fiction writer Rachel Swearingen...

Sep 191 min read

2024 Fall Literary Festival: Gathering In (October 17 McDonough Museum)

Warm welcome, Fall Literary Festival attendees and presenters! This event is free and open to the public. Join us at the McDonough...

Aug 242 min read

Neighborhood Bookstore Podcast

Our hats off, hats way off, to Eric Harper for this gem of an interview series with authors of fiction and non-fiction. We are honored to...

Apr 54 min read

Registration Open for Fall Lit Fest '24!

Lit Youngstown's 8th Fall Literary Festival will take place October 17-19 in Youngstown, Oh! Registration is open until September 15, or...

Jan 311 min read

Submit Your Proposal for the Fall Literary Festival (Feb. 1-29)

Submission proposals will be accepted the month of February, here. See the flyer below for more information. For inspiration, take a...

Sep 14, 20232 min read

Jill Christman & Alison Stine (October 21)

Fall Literary Festival Featured Presenters Jill Christman and Alison Stine read from their work, followed by a Q&A with Jen Knox....

Sep 14, 20231 min read

Ross Gay (October 20)

Fall Literary Festival Featured Presenter Ross Gay reads from his highly acclaimed essay and poetry collections. The Reverie Movement...

Mar 20, 20231 min read

Apply for Fall Lit Fest Coordinator and Bookfair Manager positions (Deadline April 16)

Lit Youngstown is accepting applications for the 2023 Fall Literary Festival Coordinator and Book Fair Manager positions. The Fall...

Oct 15, 20221 min read

Film Screening: Proud Citizen (Oct. 21)

Film Screening Proud Citizen Written by Katerina Stoykova and Thomas Southerland Moderator Film Scholar Laura Beadling Sponsored by the...

Oct 15, 20221 min read

Film Screening: Peerless City (Oct. 21)

Film Screening Peerless City Director Amanda Page Moderator YSU Film Scholar Laura Beadling Friday, October 21 at 11:00AM at the...

Oct 14, 20221 min read

Film Screening: Exact Change (Oct. 22)

Film Screening Exact Change (2017) Written by Christine Howey Saturday, October 22 at 11:00am at the Steel Museum (Youngstown Historical...

Oct 3, 20222 min read

Kelly Fordon & Joy Priest (Oct. 21)

Award-winning writers and Fall Literary Festival Feature presenters Kelly Fordon and Joy Priest read from their work Friday, October 21...

Sep 22, 20221 min read

Fall Lit Fest Gathering In (Oct. 20)

This year's Fall Literary Festival is shaping up beautifully! Nearly 200 attendees are traveling in from as far away as Arkansas,...

Sep 2, 20224 min read

The Place That Makes Us Film Screening (Oct. 22)

Join us for a public screening of The Place That Makes Us, Saturday, October 22 at 7:00 pm. This is the first in-person screening this...

Mar 8, 20221 min read

Book Fair! Register Your Press, Journal, Program or Business for Fall Lit Fest

Every year at Lit Youngstown's Fall Literary Festival in Youngstown, Oh! we welcome, presses, journals, programs, organizations and...

Mar 5, 20221 min read

Submit Your Session Proposal for the 2022 Fall Literary Festival

We look forward to reading your proposal! Submit here by March 15. To register a press journal, program or business for the bookfair,...

Feb 24, 20221 min read

Submit Your Session Proposal for the 2022 Fall Literary Festival

We look forward to reading your proposal! Submit here by March 15. To register a press journal, program or business for the bookfair,...

Jun 24, 20211 min read

Call for Artists: Fall Lit Fest Ekphrasis

Lit Youngstown seeks artwork that responds to poems and story excerpts by presenters of Fall Literary Festival 2021. These highly award...

Apr 6, 20211 min read

Fall Lit Fest 2021 Registration Opens

Are you a reader, writer, editor, publisher, or educator of the literary arts? We hope you will join us for the 5th annual Fall Literary...

Mar 6, 20211 min read

Thank You, Centofanti Foundation

We are so grateful to announce a $15,000 grant from the Centofanti Foundation to support the Fall Literary Festival. We honor the work...

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