Lit Crawl SF 2026

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're also open to all genres, approaches, and schools of thought when it comes to storytelling and literary programming. Just wow us!

Our basic 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!

For more submission dos and don'ts, take a look at our submitter FAQ!

Other things to know: 

• Lit Crawl curator slots are limited to one hour.
• Curators, emcees, and readers should focus their participation on one select Crawl event. This helps the organizers ensure that everyone's where they need to be, when they need to be there! 
• Lit Crawl events don't feature book sales/signings, due to time and logistical constraints.  
• All participants' photos and bios will be listed online, if submitted by the deadline provided to accepted programs.

Thanks again for letting us know about your organization and its literary efforts!