EWU Get Lit! Programs

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EWU Get Lit! Programs Save the date for our 29th annual Get Lit! Festival, April 16th-18th, 2027. Submissions open NOW until September 1st. Visit getlit.submittable.com to submit!

Get Lit! Programs offers the Northwest's best festival for readers and writers. Our programs feature author presentations and readings, writing workshops and panels, author visits to schools throughout eastern Washington and into northern Idaho, youth poetry slams, and more. Many events are free to the public. The festival, now celebrating its twenty-third year, is produced by Eastern Washington University. Past festival authors have included:
Joyce Carol Oates
David Sedaris
Salman Rushdie
Kurt Vonnegut
Sarah Vowell
Rita Dove
Jane Smiley
Naomi Wolf
Jess Walter
Janet Fitch
Reza Aslan
Anthony Doerr
Colson Whitehead
Anne Lamott
Roxane Gay
Hanif Abdurraqib
Kaveh Akbar
and MANY others

We’re thrilled to announce the first Visiting Writer event of the year! This year, each of the MFA Visiting Writers Seri...
10/06/2026

We’re thrilled to announce the first Visiting Writer event of the year! This year, each of the MFA Visiting Writers Series events will feature both a poet AND a fiction writer! This first event on October 23rd will take place at the lovely West Central Abbey. Please save the date for this special poetry and prose event featuring Jennifer (JP) Perrine and Bee Sacks!

Hi friends! Come check out our booth this Saturday at one of our favorite community events of the year, the South Perry ...
09/23/2026

Hi friends! Come check out our booth this Saturday at one of our favorite community events of the year, the South Perry Street Fair! We'll be selling Get Lit! merchandise as well as some used books donated by our community. You can find us in the Grant Elementary Parking Lot at Booth 25. We'll be there all day from 10-7 so make sure to stop by and say hi and to also check out all the other amazing vendors. Hope to see you there!!

We hate to see summer go, but this is also when literary event season really ramps up, which of course we love! Especial...
09/17/2026

We hate to see summer go, but this is also when literary event season really ramps up, which of course we love! Especially when we get the celebrate the accomplishments of so many festival friends and program alums. Special congrats to Annastacia Stegall for publishing her first book, and to Leyna Krow for winning a WA State Book Award!🔥And happy fall/event season to all! 📚🍂

Submissions for Get Lit! 2027 are closing next week! Make sure to send us a submission by September 1st! We take submiss...
08/27/2026

Submissions for Get Lit! 2027 are closing next week! Make sure to send us a submission by September 1st! We take submissions from authors, and also vendors who would like to be part of our Book Fair, which is one of our favorite parts of the festival. Thanks to all of the 2026 vendors for creating such a fun and interactive experience for festivalgoers! To submit, Book Fair vendors use the same submission portal; they can just submit a document that briefly explains who they are and what they'd like to present/sell at the Book Fair. We love anything bookish, creative, and arts-focused!

Each year we're proud to partner with local colleges and universities to provide students the opportunity to learn from ...
07/22/2026

Each year we're proud to partner with local colleges and universities to provide students the opportunity to learn from highly sought after authors in small groups through our craft classes. If you're a student or faculty member at a local school who would like to set up a scholarship opportunity for next year's festival to help students attend poetry, fiction, and nonfiction classes for FREE, make sure to get in touch with us this fall!

We love to put writers in the spotlight with others who are at different stages in their careers. Whether it be a debut ...
07/07/2026

We love to put writers in the spotlight with others who are at different stages in their careers. Whether it be a debut memoir, indie art book, mid-career writers, or Pulitzer Prize winners, we want to break down barriers and inspire audiences and future authors from all walks of life! Make sure to send us a submission by September 1st for a chance to be part of the next festival! 🔥

🔥One of the unique things about our festival is that we love to pair up authors who write about similar topics, themes, ...
07/01/2026

🔥One of the unique things about our festival is that we love to pair up authors who write about similar topics, themes, or perspectives. So if you're worried about submitting your event idea as a single author, please still give us a try! You may end up being offered the opportunity to share the stage with an author whose work you've long admired, or you could make a lifelong connection with a kindred spirit! 📖

Join us for our second year at Pride in Perry, one of our favorite Spokane events! We'll have used books and Get Lit! me...
06/09/2026

Join us for our second year at Pride in Perry, one of our favorite Spokane events! We'll have used books and Get Lit! merch for sale including this year's t-shirt, designed by Aimee Brooks! .red.mug Save the date for this awesome community event featuring so many fantastic local vendors! 🏳️‍🌈✨ 🌈

Join us tomorrow at to celebrate MFA alum Janée Baugher! Janée is the author of the only craft book of its kind, The Ek...
05/28/2026

Join us tomorrow at to celebrate MFA alum Janée Baugher! Janée is the author of the only craft book of its kind, The Ekphrastic Writer: Creating Art-Influenced Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction (McFarland, 2020), as well as the full-length poetry collections, The Body’s Physics (Tebot Bach, 2013) and Coördinates of Yes (Ahadada Books, 2010). For her third poetry book, The Andrew Wyeth Chronicles, she won Tupelo Press’s Dorset Prize (2026).She’s a longtime assistant editor at Boulevard magazine and lives in Seattle, where the Office of Arts & Culture awarded her a 2024-2025 CityArtist grant to work on her memoir, “Suicide in the Mirror.” Professors Jonathan Johnson and Polly Buckingham will also be reading. Don't miss this Cheney event!

We're officially open for submissions for next year's festival! If you're inspired and energized to submit an event idea...
05/01/2026

We're officially open for submissions for next year's festival! If you're inspired and energized to submit an event idea or you're hoping your organization could be part of our Book Fair, you can submit as early as TODAY! But don't worry, if you're still reeling from this year's amazing events, you do have the whole summer to apply. Make sure to read through our guidelines and submit by September 1st!

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521 N 9th Street
Cheney, WA
99004

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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