Join CWA at Printers Row Lit Fest September 12-13, 2026
Registration is now open to CWA members!
Chicago Writers Association returns to Printers Row Lit Fest on September 12 and 13, 2026. We invite our dues-paying CWA member authors and book sellers to join us under the tent. There are a total of 60 slots available for author signings: 36 slots on Saturday, September 12, and 24 slots on Sunday, September 13. There will be 12 authors signing at all times, with two authors per 8 foot long table. The 10 am to 12:30 and 12:30 to 3 pm time slots for Saturday, September 12, are sold out. Please select another time slot from the drop-down menu.
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TIME SLOTS are $60. Sunday, September 13 Payments may only be made online. |
Spaces are only available to dues-paying CWA members. JOIN HERE.
Your PayPal receipt is your confirmation. Our tent director, Charlie Monte Verde, will be reaching out by email to all participating authors and publishers as the event nears.
All payments are non-refundable as of August 15, 2026. Authors/book sellers are responsible for selling their own books.
About Printers Row Lit Fest: Presented by the not-for-profit Near South Planning Board, the Printers Row Lit Fest is the largest free outdoor literary showcase in the Midwest. The 2026 Printers Row Lit Fest will take place along Dearborn Street, from Dearborn Station to Ida B. Wells Drive, rain or shine, Saturday and Sunday, September 12-13, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. More than 100,000 visitors are expected over the two-day festival, which will feature carefully selected offerings from over 100 booksellers; everything from the tattered to the rare to ‘hot off the press,’ newly published works.
