Lit Crawl SF 2026
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Thanks for your interest in Lit Crawl San Francisco on Saturday, October 24th!
Lit Crawl San Francisco is the world’s largest literary pub crawl, and features hundreds of authors and literary organization during its three hours of literary mayhem. Lit Crawl only accepts fully developed proposals for one-hour programs/sessions, not applications from individual authors.
Litquake is committed to creating greater diversity in the literary world and promoting as wide a range of writers as possible. Accordingly, Litquake encourages submissions that feature authors from any and all backgrounds who have been historically overlooked by the literary world including (but not limited to) individuals who are BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, neurodivergent, and everyone with a story to tell. We also love every and all genres, approaches, and schools of thought when it comes to storytelling and literary programming. Just wow us.
Our criteria:
- Are your authors free on Saturday, October 24th, from 5:00-9:00 pm?
- Is your organization local or in some way connected to the Bay Area? Or able to travel to San Francisco on October 24th?
- In 2026, we are especially interested in creating space for new voices. Past participation in Lit Crawl SF does not guarantee selection for the 2026 program.
- We strongly recommend making sure that all authors included in your proposal have already confirmed their availability for October 24th before submitting.
- By submitting, prospective participants agree to work collaboratively with the Lit Crawl SF programming team if accepted.
Looking for inspiration? Here's the link to last year's schedule.
What Makes for a Great Proposal
- Clear theme or idea that readers are exploring and riffing on
- Collaboration across groups
- Fresh ideas that engage the audience
- Exploring a genre (ie. romance, food, travel, ghost stories, sci-fi)
- Experimenting with formats (ie. music, audience engagement, sessions in languages other than English)
What We Should Keep in Our Hearts But Not in Our Proposals
- Anything that feels like you have to be an insider to get it
- "We have done this session 23 years and know it is great so we are going to do it again."
- "Six Bay Area authors reading their best work."
- Ideas that need a massive amount of tech AV support
More details:
- Lit Crawl curator slots are limited to ONE hour.
- Curators, emcees, and readers can only participate in one Lit Crawl event. (No double-dipping.)
- Lit Crawl is unable to feature book sales and signings.
- All participants' photos and bios will be listed online, if submitted by the deadline provided to accepted programs.