Dallas Is Lit! Literary Festival

Dallas Is Lit! takes the literary conversation off the page and into the community for 4 days in May. Featuring multilingual poetry, literary rom com brunch, the Dallas Is Lit! poetry slam, a book & author fair, a marquee event speaker and more, there's something for everyone at the festival.

The Common Language Project

The annual community poetry competition, anthology, and reading.

Rail Writers

Rail Writers is a summer program that takes young writers onto the DART trains and into the city for a journey of reading, writing, and imagination. All aboard!

Poetry In Place

Meeting monthly, Poetry In Place aims to document the relationship between the residents of Dallas and the Trinity River through poetry composed and inspired by locations along its banks.

Lyceum Series Writing Workshops

Free monthly workshops on an every-changing array of topics from graphic novels to memoir to visual poetry.

Stone Soup Peer Critique Workgroups

Stone Soup Peer Critique Workgroups are free to join and offer three different spaces for writers of every skill level to connect with other local Dallas writers.

Writers In Neighborhoods & Schools (WINS)

WINS sends local writers into classrooms and community centers as teaching artists to foster excitement for reading and creative writing.