Spring Writes
40 Literary Events
May to September
2026 Spring Writes Literary Festival
The Community Arts Partnership will present our 18th ANNUAL SPRING WRITES FESTIVAL featuring over 100 local and regional writers in over 40 literary themed live and Zoom events (panels, reading workshops, performances, and happenings).
Juried Application Process
Events are chosen through a juried application process that will begin in late January of 2026. Email Robin (below) and ask her to make sure you receive notification (which we send out via social media and our mailing list.)
2026 Events
Most live events will be scheduled from May 6th to the 10th, with additional regional events happening throughout May.
Zoom events will occur later in May, with workshops continuing through September (live and Zoom).
See past recordings!
Find 2025 event recordings on our live event page.
Visit our Zoom event page to see recordings of all seven 2025 Zoom events.
And/or Find 2023 to 2025 recorded events (and more) at youtube.com/@CommunityArtsPartnership
Visit the Community Arts Partnership website at ArtsPartner.org to learn all about our annual events, programs, grants and initiatives. Find us on Instagram and Facebook.
Ask questions anytime!
Email Robin Schwartz, Program & Grant Director, Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County. Programs@artspartner.org
Images: Left to Right: (Panel) / (Books) / Winniebell Xinyu Zong / (Audience) / Valerie Sykes / Cory Brown / Sorayya Khan / nicole v. basta / Janie E. Bibbie / Erica Steinhagen
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!
