Tulsa LitFest 2026 is a free, four-day celebration packed with literature, film and music in Oklahoma and beyond.
Presented by the Center for Poets and Writers at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa in partnership with Tri-City Collective and Magic City Books, the festival is open to the public and runs April 23-26 with various events happening across Tulsa.
Thursday, April 23
Write With Your Eyes: An Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop
Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity at 6 p.m.
Tulsa LitFest Opening Night Mixer
The University of Tulsa at 8 p.m.
Friday, April 24
Publishing Mythbusters with NYU’s M.S. In Publishing Experts
Center for Public Secrets at 2:30 p.m.
Dreamland Theater Presents “The Librarians”
Center for Public Secrets at 3:30 p.m.
Seventeen Syllables in English: An American Haiku Workshop
Center for Public Secrets at 5 p.m.
Writing the Environment: Approaching and Protecting the World Outside
Center for Public Secrets at 6:30-8 p.m.
Blood on the Red Dirt
Center for Public Secrets at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 25
Publishing from the Ground Up
Flagship x Tulsa Artist Fellowship at 9:30 a.m.
Storytime Reading with Alton Carter, Betty Casey, and Jennifer Riem
Magic City Books at 10 a.m.
Wrestling the Writing Together: Building Trust with Your Story Partner
Magic City Books at 11:30 a.m.
Level Up: A Conversation about Growing the Local Film Community
Helmerich Research Center at OSU-Tulsa at 1 p.m.
“Adulting for Amateurs” With Jess H.
Magic City Books at 1 p.m.
Reflections on the Watch Face: A Reading by Three Visiting Authors
Magic City Books at 2:30 p.m.
Resilience through Ash: Writing About Greenwood
Greenwood Rising at 4:30 p.m.
“Wild World, Wild Words”: A LitFest Keynote on Environmentalism and Writing
Helmerich Research Center Auditorium (OSU-Tulsa) at 6 p.m.
Tulsa LitFest Haiku Battle MMXXVI
Good Cause Brewing at 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 26
The Short Story: Conventions & Innovations with Tim Tomlinson
OSU-Tulsa at 10 a.m.
Tulsa LitFest 2026 Book Fair
OSU-Tulsa at 11 a.m.
“Secret” Book Fair Reading
OSU-Tulsa at 11:10 a.m.
An Afternoon With Tayari Jones
Magic City Books at 1:30 p.m.
Writers’ Recess
Pershing Studios at 3 p.m.
Tulsa LitFest Closing NIght Festivities
Chimera Cafe at 5 p.m.
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