Events

First Draughts, the monthly mixer for prose writers is back! Meet us in the backyard at The Wild Detectives on the third Tuesdays of each month to grab a book and a beverage, chat with other writers, share your postcard fiction on the month's prompt, and catch up on the latest local literary news. There'll…

Poetry In Place is a project documenting the relationship of residents of Dallas with the Trinity River, one of the main geographical features motiving the placement of the city when it was founded. In monthly workshops, attendees will explore the river and record their experience based on prompts by Teaching Artists Lisa Huffaker and Joe…

Join us for the second installment of the Correspondence Project, a 3-part collaboration with LGBTQ history organization Badge Of Pride. Featuring performances of iconic texts from the LGBTQ literary canon and material written and performed by local Queer poets, this powerful evening blending poetry, prose and music is one you won't want to miss. Get…

Tap The Mic, our monthly open mic, is making a special appearance at Dallas Is Lit! Come out to Trinity Cider on Thursday, May 7th for a beverage, community and an open mic featuring incredible talent and new voices. Doors open at 7, Open Mic starts at 7:30 21+ to purchase alcohol Sign up to…

In uncertain times, the power of language to shape both the current moment and the world we move into. Narrative Power & The Futures We Create is a community-centered gathering that elevates the ideas, voices, and conversations shaping the literary ecosystem and culture in Dallas and beyond. The symposium will feature a series of short…

Welcome to Late Night Lit: Vibez N Verzuz, where the vibes are lit and the poets definitely come out to spit. The Dallas Is Lit! poetry slam is back, and the show will be even more lit this year. 10 poets will take to the stage and throw down in a 2-round competition, with the top…

The Dallas Is Lit! Book & Author Fair is back! Join us for a family-friendly day at Arts Mission Oak Cliff, featuring over a dozen vendors selling books and literary-adjacent crafts, plus meet and greet with over 20 authors throughout the day. Stay tuned for a list of vendors and authors!

Join us at 11am at the Dallas Is Lit Book & Author Fair for a FREE panel on writing genre fiction with Shaun Hamill, Kate Khavari and Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, moderated by Alex Temblador. Come find out about character creation, world building and genre conventions from three acclaimed authors! Plus, stick around after to talk…

The Dallas Is Lit! Literary Festival closes out with the reading by contributors to the Common Language Project: Time. RSVP for the Common Language Project Reading

Welcome to the lyceum. These free, monthly workshops are held on the third Saturday of the month, and offer writers of every genre and skill level an opportunity to learn, experiment and develop their craft. We hope you’ll join us! Poems are concerned with time­—the recounting of events and experience—but are also outside of time,…