OutWrite has been pleased to host a number of festivals and competitions over the years. Learn more about our past events below.
OUTWRITE 2022
OutWrite 2022 will be held August 5-7, 2022! Stay tuned for the festival schedule.
Submit to our 4th Chapbook Competition
Our fourth chapbook competition is open for submissions! Submit your chapbook here by May 15. No fee.
Submit to the 2022 Festival Journal
Our 2022 festival journal is now open for submissions. This year’s theme is “Pandemic as Portal”. No fee and $150 honorariums are offered to accepted contributors.
OutWrite is Hiring our Next Chairperson
Apply to become the next Chairperson of OutWrite. Lead an amazing literary festival into the future! OutWrite DC has celebrated LGBTQ+ literature, authors, and readers since 2011.
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 OutWrite 2021, view below:
OUTWRITE 2020
OutWrite 2020 was held July 31-August 2, 2020. View panels and readings from the virtual festival.
Learn more about the 2020 OutWrite Chapbook Competition here. Read more about the winners here.
OUTWRITE 2019
Learn more about the 2019 OutWrite Chapbook Competition here.
OUTWRITE 2018
You can get a copy of our first festival journal and our 2018 tote bag here.
OUTWRITE 2017
In 2017, OutWrite and Theatre Prometheus coordinated A Queer One Page Play Competition. See the finalists. Six plays were put on in conjunction with four directors on February 7th, 2018. More details here.
OUTWRITE 2016
In 2016, we presented the Deacon Maccubbin Young Writer Awards, made possible by DC Front Runners Pride Run, to three young writers. You can read more about the awards here.