ETSU Spring Literary Festival
Our 2026 schedule is here! Read below to plan your visit.
All daytime events of the festival will take place in the Reece Museum.
Tuesday, April 21
10:00-11:00: Welcome and Introductions, Student Winners of The Mockingbird Awards with editors Colby Dugger and Lydia Gervais
11:10-12:00: New Writing from ETSU with Scott Honeycutt, Kevin O’Donnell, and Ted Olson
LUNCH BREAK
1:20-2:40: Nonfiction Writing, with Rose McLarney
2:50-4:10: Fiction Writing, with Juan Martinez
Wednesday, April 22
10:00-10:50: Wonderlands Exhibit Featured Student Writers
11:00-12:20: Public Reading and Q&A with Nickole Brown, Juan Martinez, and Rose McLarney
LUNCH BREAK
1:40-3:00: Poetry Writing, with Nickole Brown
3:10-4:15: Conversation with Ron Rash
7:00 PM: 12th Annual Jack Higgs Memorial Reading featuring keynote speaker Ron Rash. Public Reading in the Bud Frank Theater.
The Jack Higgs Memorial Reading will be in the Bud Frank Theater.