OutWrite is Washington, D.C.’s annual LGBTQ literary festival. Events are free and open to the public.

OUTWRITE 2022
OutWrite 2022 will be held August 5-7, 2022. Stay tuned for calls for panels, information about our chapbook competition and more ways to be involved in next year’s festival!

OutWrite holds events throughout the year. You can learn more about them below under “Upcoming OutWrite Events” and on our Facebook page, Twitter, or Instagram.

OUTWRITE 2021
OutWrite 2021 was held August 6-8, 2021. The festival featured over 25 readings, panel discussions, and workshops and more than 80 LGBTQ authors from around the DMV and world. View recordings of our events.

For just a taste of our 2021 events, view below:

OUTWRITE 2020
OutWrite 2020 was held July 31-August 2, 2020. View panels and readings from the virtual festival. Learn more about past OutWrite events.

OUTWRITE JOURNALS
Read our 2021 journals below:

[View PDF: We Got This-Black Writers on Imagination, Joy and Liberation]

Watch the journal reading below:

[View PDF: Celebrating Ten Years of OutWrite]

Watch the journal reading below:

View journals from previous years here.

OUTWRITE CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
For the past three years, OutWrite has held a chapbook competition and Neon Hemlock Press has published the winners. View the winners.

winners of our OutWrite 2021 chapbook competition — The winners of our 2021 OutWrite chapbook competition. From left to right: Hannah Soyer, Jason B. Crawford, and Mari Ness.

See the 2021 chapbook winners read below:

FOLLOW OUTWRITE ON SOCIAL
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BECOME A VOLUNTEER
OutWrite is only possible with the dedication and support of our Planning Committee and a team of festival volunteers. Learn more about our team. Email outwritedc@gmail.com if you’d like to volunteer with our festival.

EXHIBITING
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual exhibiting is limited at this time.

OutWrite Posts

Celebrating Ten Years of OutWrite

The cover of “We Got This: Black Writers on Imagination, Joy and Liberation” is shades of dark purple. “We Got This” is in a white font with orange blended in. On the bottom, there are illustrations of three Black people. One has long hair in shades of orange and black, wearing earrings and a nose ring and necklaces, one has a hair wrap, and one has a fade. They are all looking at each other.

We Got This: Black Writers on Imagination, Joy & Liberation

Submissions Open for OutWrite’s 2021 Chapbook Competition