Spring Writes
40 Literary Events
May to August
2025 spring writes literary festival
Applications for the 2025 festival are due March 1st, 9pm!
GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION: 2025 Spring Writes Guidelines and Application.pdf
May 8 to 23.
Live events will be Thursday, May 8 to Sunday May 11.
Zoom events will be May 17 to 23.
(Workshops continue from June to August)
The slate of events and participants is juried.
Writers can either apply to organize an event (panel, workshop, reading, performance…) OR indicate that they would like to be part of a reading that the Community Arts Partnership (CAP) organizes. Applicants can indicate they would like to do a live or Zoom event (or either).
An independent panel will look at all the applications and make selections by early March.
If you are not already on the Community Arts Partnership’s mailing list, find link on ArtsPartner.org home page.
This website still has 2024 events and 2024 participating artists that you can peruse. See recorded events from 2024 on our youtube channel.
THE 17th ANNUAL 2025 SPRING WRITES FESTIVAL FEATURES will feature over 100 local and regional writers in over 40 literary themed events, both live and Zoom: panels, readings, workshops, performances and happenings! May through August.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sincere thanks to our supporters and sponsors
Sincere thanks to our supporters and sponsors
Festival History
The COMMUNITY ARTS PARTNERSHIP OF TOMPKINS COUNTY (CAP) organized the first Spring Writes Festival in 2009 in collaboration with the New York State Council on the Arts to shine a light on the abundance of literary talent in our region and to bring writers and audiences together. It has grown from 12 events with 25 artists that first year to over 40 events with over 110 artists!