grand lake area literature festival

about

The mission of the Grand Lake Area Literature Festival is to enrich lives with literature. We do this by inviting authors to share their stories with children and adults in an event that’s packed full of activities, crafts, discussion panels, and so much more!

This year’s Grand Lake Area Literature Festival will be held on Saturday, April 13th from 9:30 AM – 3 PM at the Tri-Star Career Compact in Celina, Ohio.

The festival is organized by the Auglaize/Mercer Center of Arts Place, TriStar Career Compact, and Wright State University Lake Campus and is sponsored by many local organizations.

More information to come.

The 2024 grand lake area literature festival author application

Twenty authors from a variety of genres/entities will be selected to participate in the 2024 festival.

All books will be sold by the on-site bookseller. The bookseller will acquire the author or illustrator’s featured title from publishers or distributors. A limited number of backlist titles will be sold at the bookseller’s discretion. Self-published or out-of-print titles may be provided by the author ahead of the festival and sold through the bookseller’s checkout at the event.

Participating authors may be assigned a 10-15 minute time slot on the reading/presentation stage. Some authors will be selected to participate in panel discussions.

Schools in two counties will be made aware of authors/illustrators who are interested in school visits. The festival organizers cannot guarantee a school visit. Interested schools will contact the author/illustrator directly.

The Grand Lake Area Literature Festival does not pay author/illustrators for their appearance. Likewise, we do not charge a fee to participate.

Applications must be submitted by September 15, 2023 for consideration. The application may be submitted on the form down below or mailed to Auglaize/Mercer Center of Arts Place, P.O. Box 452, St. Marys, OH 45885.

Authors will be notified of acceptance by October 15, 2023.

You may reach us at glaliteraturefestival@gmail.com.

Thank You!

A special thank you to the businesses and individuals we partner with that help make the Grand Lake Area Literature Festival happen!