2026 Literary Arts Festival: April 27 - 30
Welcome to the official website for the 30th Anniversary Literary Arts Festival. Below is this year's week-long calendar of live events celebrating authors and the transformative power of creative writing in all its diverse forms.
Held on the Grossmont College campus, all events are free of charge and open to the public. See the campus map below for locations of event venues.
30th Anniversary LAF Events
The LAF website is a lot more than just an events calendar! It's a learning resource tool designed for students and instructors. Visit Events Info in the menu or click any calendar date below to learn much more about each event, including detailed bios, media clips, links to author writing samples, interviews, book reviews, and much more.
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Campus Venues
The on-campus venues where this year's events will be held are highlighted below on the map. For directions and additional information about visiting the campus, see "Directions" in the LAF menu.
Support and Donations
Our heartfelt thanks also goes out to those patrons and heroes of the literary arts who, over the past thirty years, have contributed bountifully to the Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca College’s Creative Writing Fund. We invite you to become one of them through a tax-deductible one-time gift or a repeating monthly contribution to the Creative Writing Fund that will help us continue bringing world class authors and important literary programs into the lives of our students. Click on "Foundation Giving" to go to our donations page on the FGCC website. It's quick, easy, and secure.