Lostintheletters, a non-profit presenting creative writing and literacy empowerment programs, has announced the lineup for the 13th annual Letters Festival.
The festival, which runs Nov. 9-14, will bring live readings, writing workshops, discussions, and more to locations around Candler Park and Little Five Points.
“We founded the Letters Festival in 2013 to elevate the role of creative writing and reading in our cultural ecosystem,” Scott Daughtridge DeMer, the festival co-founder and executive director of Lostintheletters, said. “In that vein, we are very excited to present an event each at a different venue over six days. This lineup of writers and artists is one of the best we have presented, and we can’t wait for people to be inspired to write and read more after witnessing these wonderful events.”
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Rough Draft’s own dining reporter Sarra Sedghi will be one of the local authors featured in the festival, along with Justin Haynes, Maya Marshall, Victoria Kornick, Nicole Hernandez, Jessamine Chan, Jay Morris, Donna Mintz, Ra’Niqua Lee, and Masha Vlasova.
Other authors from across the U.S. will also participate, including Danielle Pafunda, Genevieve Plunkett, Kristen Gleason, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Johannes Göransson, Stine An, and Paige Lewis.
The Letters Festival will serve as the premiere of the [Video Nights] series, a video-art project organized by Masha Vlasova. [Video Nights] debuts on Nov. 10 with a screening program of short experimental films by McLean Fahnestock, Jonathan Rattner, and Vlasova, exploring landscape and eco-critical perspectives. Artists will be in attendance. Q+A with the audience after the screening.
Daily events will be hosted at Lostintheletters, Gigi’s, Lucille’s, and The Marianna at Wrecking Bar Pub from Nov. 9 to 14. Tickets are $16.34 for individual events and $81.88 for an all-access pass. Tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite.
Letters Festival 2026 Schedule
Kick-off Event
Nov. 9, 7 p.m.
Lostintheletters
[Video Nights]: What Remains in View
Nov. 10, 7 p.m.
Lostintheletters
Food Writing Event
Nov. 11, 7 p.m.
Gigi’s Italian Kitchen and Restaurant
Erotic Writing Event
Nov. 12, 7 p.m.
Lucille’s
Friday Night Reading
Nov. 13, 7 p.m.
Lostintheletters
Walk and Write: A Place-based Writing Experience
Nov. 14, 11 a.m.
The Marianna at Wrecking Bar Pub
Surprise, Transgression, and the Erotic Image
Nov,. 14, 2 p.m.
The Marianna at Wrecking Bar Pub
Writing Across Languages: Poets Who Translate
Nov. 14, 5 p.m.
The Marianna at Wrecking Bar Pub
Closing Night Reading
Nov. 14, 7 p.m.
The Marianna at Wrecking Bar Pub
