KidLit Festivals & Conferences

Please note this list includes both Latinx specific and non-Latinx specific festivals and conferences. It also includes festivals and conferences open to all age-ranges BUT only if they allow entries from kidlit writers (meaning those not open to kidlit writers will not be included). 

* Latinx Specific

+ KidLit Specific
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If we're missing a name or you'd like to be included in this list, please use the form at the bottom of the main resources page. 

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JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH
+ The Color of Children's Literature Conference
* Latinx Mini-Conference
​Virginia Festival of the Book

APRIL
+ YallWest

MAY
Bay Area Book Fest
Gaithersburg Book Fest
​+ Greater Rochester Teen Book Fest
Wordplay Festival

JUNE
The Bronx Book Festival

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER
Brooklyn Book Festival
Maplewood South Orange Book Festival 
​FIYAHCON
(virtual) + * Latinx KidLit Book Festival
* Latinx Storytellers Conference

OCTOBER
​The Loft's Virtual Wordsmith
​Morristown Festival of Books
* National Latinx Writers Gathering
Sirens Conference
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NOVEMBER
+ YallFest 

DECEMBER
+Social Justice Children's Book Fair

UNSCHEDULED
Decatur Book Festival
​National Black Writers Conference
* Latino Book & Family Festivals
​* + Los Angeles Libros Festival (Bilingual Book Festival)
​* El Festival Literario LéaLA
​Miami Book Fair
​+ NoVa Teen Book Festival
​+ NYC Teen Author Book Festival
​+ SCBWI Regional & National Conferences
​+ Texas Teen Book Festival

LISTS
American Writers Museum List of Festivals
​Book Reporter Festivals by Month
Writer's Digest Book Fairs & Festivals by State