
A reading moderated by Madeleine Corley, featuring winners of OutWrite’s 2020 Chapbook Contest, including: Charles Jensen, winner of the 2020 Variant Literature chapbook contest and author of “Cross Cutting” Lannie Stabile, winner of OutWrite’s 2020 Chapbook Contest in Creative Nonfiction and author of “Strange Furniture” Jason B. Queer poets, in revolt, corrupt traditional poetry forms and invent new forms for body and desire. The creators of the Luminaries poetry workshop, a community-based group of poets that host free programming, events, and readings, will discuss what it takes to build a queer writing community. PANEL The Luminaries Present: Building Community All OutWrite events are free and open to the public! RSVP and watch the livestreams for OutWrite 2021 events via our Facebook page. This year’s virtual festival showcases more than 80 authors and a full weekend featuring 25 readings, panels and workshops. OutWrite is the premiere LGBTQ literature festival in the Washington, D.C.

We’re thrilled to release the festival schedule for OutWrite 2021! The 2021 OutWrite LGBTQ Book Festival, a celebration of queer literature, will run from Friday, August 6th to Sunday, August 8th.
