LAKE TAHOE

The Tahoe Literary Festival returns for its third year Oct. 9 to 10. The event is a weekend celebrating the literary arts, creativity, and community. The festival is set on the shores of Lake Tahoe, and brings together acclaimed authors, poets, publishers, industry leaders, and emerging voices. A grassroots nonprofit organization, the Tahoe Literary Festival fosters creativity, cultivates community, and support for the literary arts in the Tahoe region.

Proposals for workshops, panels, craft talks, author conversations, and literary programming are now open until July 10. To submit, visit the website at tahoellitfest.com. 

Featured authors for the 2026 festival include: author, entrepreneur, and television personality Parvati Shallow; California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick; Nevada Poet Laureate Shaun Griffin; author, co-founder of Memoir Nation Podcast, and executive producer of America’s Next Great Author, Grant Faulkner; award-winning author Suzanne Roberts; and acclaimed novelist and writing teacher Sands Hall. Additional featured guests will be announced throughout the summer.

This year the festival also showcases a Business of Writing track, offering practical guidance for authors, writers, and creatives seeking to build sustainable careers. Sessions will explore publishing pathways, marketing, platform-building, branding, entrepreneurship, and navigating today’s evolving literary landscape.

~ Tahoe Literary Festival press release