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2026 Festival of Faith and Writing

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Elizabeth Hamilton

9:00am EDT

Exhibit Hall Open Prince Conference Center, Great HallNavPress • Plough • Eighth Day Books • Englewood Review of Books • Lake Drive Books • Broadleaf Books • Slant Books • The Christian Century • Eerdmans Publishing Company • Taylor University: Making Literature 2027 Conference • Relief: A Journal of Art and Faith • Evelyn DeKorte/Diane Ford • Baker Publishing Group • Redbud Writers Guild • Collegeville Institute • PLNU M.A. in Writing Program / Last Syllable Journal • Reformed Journal • The Windhover Literary Journal • Orion Magazine • Leslie Leyland Fields/Memoir Masterclass • Mark Mattison • Moody Global Media • Healing Medicine • Whitworth University MFA • Read. Pray. Write. Podcast • Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry • Baylor University Press • Menno Media / Herald Press • InterVarsity Press • Solum Literary Press • The Perkipery Press • Kregel Publications • Wipf and Stock Publishers • Wildhouse Publishing • The Rabbit Room • Wesley Theological Seminary • Western Theological Seminary • Religion News Service • Ashland University, MFA in Creative Writing Registration Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room

2:30pm EDT

The Invitation of Desert Literature: Meeting Ourselves and God in Bleak Places Prince Conference Center, Board RoomA. Muia

3:15pm EDT

Afternoon Snack Break Covenant Fine Arts Center Lobby; Prince Conference Center Fireside Room; Spoelhof Atrium

4:00pm EDT

AI in the Literary Arts Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomAdam Verner

5:30pm EDT

Evening Plenary Session - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Van Noord ArenaRobin Wall Kimmerer

8:59am EDT

Exhibit Hall Open Prince Conference Center, Great HallNavPress • Plough • Eighth Day Books • Englewood Review of Books • Lake Drive Books • Broadleaf Books • Slant Books • The Christian Century • Eerdmans Publishing Company • Taylor University: Making Literature 2027 Conference • Relief: A Journal of Art and Faith • Evelyn DeKorte/Diane Ford • Baker Publishing Group • Redbud Writers Guild • Collegeville Institute • PLNU M.A. in Writing Program / Last Syllable Journal • Reformed Journal • The Windhover Literary Journal • Orion Magazine • Leslie Leyland Fields/Memoir Masterclass • Mark Mattison • Moody Global Media • Healing Medicine • Whitworth University MFA • Read. Pray. Write. Podcast • Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry • Baylor University Press • Menno Media / Herald Press • InterVarsity Press • Solum Literary Press • The Perkipery Press • Kregel Publications • Wipf and Stock Publishers • Wildhouse Publishing • The Rabbit Room • Wesley Theological Seminary • Western Theological Seminary • Religion News Service • Ashland University, MFA in Creative Writing

9:45am EDT

Coffee Break Covenant Fine Arts Center Lobby; Prince Conference Center Fireside Room; Spoelhof Atrium

11:45am EDT

Religion Reporting in an Era of Distrust Prince Conference Center, Board RoomKathryn Post

12:30pm EDT

Lunch On or Off-Campus

2:30pm EDT

Talking To Strangers: How To Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Even Get The Reluctant Haters To Tell You Something Useful Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallDean Nelson

3:15pm EDT

Afternoon Snack Break Covenant Fine Arts Center Lobby; Prince Conference Center Fireside Room; Spoelhof Atrium

4:00pm EDT

Reporting Across the Divide Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumEliza Griswold • Kathryn Post • Astead Herndon

7:00pm EDT

Sponsored Receptions Prince Conference Center, Various VenuesWhitworth University MFA • Plough • The Christian Century

8:00pm EDT

Jess Ray in Concert ChapelJess Ray

8:59am EDT

Exhibit Hall Open Prince Conference Center, Great HallNavPress • Plough • Eighth Day Books • Englewood Review of Books • Lake Drive Books • Broadleaf Books • Slant Books • The Christian Century • Eerdmans Publishing Company • Taylor University: Making Literature 2027 Conference • Relief: A Journal of Art and Faith • Evelyn DeKorte/Diane Ford • Baker Publishing Group • Redbud Writers Guild • Collegeville Institute • PLNU M.A. in Writing Program / Last Syllable Journal • Reformed Journal • The Windhover Literary Journal • Orion Magazine • Leslie Leyland Fields/Memoir Masterclass • Mark Mattison • Moody Global Media • Healing Medicine • Whitworth University MFA • Read. Pray. Write. Podcast • Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry • Baylor University Press • Menno Media / Herald Press • InterVarsity Press • Solum Literary Press • The Perkipery Press • Kregel Publications • Wipf and Stock Publishers • Wildhouse Publishing • The Rabbit Room • Wesley Theological Seminary • Western Theological Seminary • Religion News Service • Ashland University, MFA in Creative Writing

9:00am EDT

Grace Notes: Tiny Moments that Make Our Stories Sing Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallAaliyah Bilal

9:45am EDT

Coffee Break Covenant Fine Arts Center Lobby; Prince Conference Center Fireside Room; Spoelhof Atrium

10:30am EDT

Listening Across Distance ChapelAstead Herndon

11:45am EDT

Faith, Family, Football: Eli Cranor on the Dark Side of the American Dream Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomEli Cranor

12:30pm EDT

Lunch On or Off-Campus

2:30pm EDT

A Conversation with Sarah Perry Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallSarah Perry

3:15pm EDT

Afternoon Snack Break Covenant Fine Arts Center Lobby; Prince Conference Center Fireside Room; Spoelhof Atrium

4:00pm EDT

Place and Landscape as Character Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallChristine Byl • Eli Cranor • A. Muia

5:30pm EDT

Closing Plenary Session - Coming Down to Earth: The Embodied Word Van Noord ArenaBarbara Brown Taylor