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2026 Festival of Faith and Writing

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Jane Anderson

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5:00pm EDT

Early Registration Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room

9:00am EDT

Coffee Service Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room 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

10:00am EDT

Artist Meet & Greet: The Art of Scott Erickson Covenant Fine Arts Center, Center Art GalleryScott Erickson

11:00am EDT

Boxed Lunch pickup (pre-orders only) Knollcrest Dining Hall

12:30pm EDT

Opening Plenary Session - Speaking the Hard Truths Van Noord ArenaLaurie Halse Anderson

1:30pm EDT

Information Desk Open Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room

2:30pm EDT

Shaping the Past for Young Minds Gezon AuditoriumKate Albus • Dana VanderLugt

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 How the Stories Find Us Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumAriel Lawhon

8:30am EDT

Information Desk Open Prince Conference Center, Fireside Room

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

Beyond Nostalgia: The Art of Remembering Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomDana VanderLugt

9:45am EDT

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

10:30am EDT

Faith, Imagination, and the Marketplace: Writing and Publishing Christian Genre Fiction  Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomStephanie Broene • Janyre Tromp • Kellie VanHorn

11:45am EDT

As You Please: Writing From a Place of Joy Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomKate Albus

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

How to Write Good Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallSarah Perry

5:30pm EDT

Evening Plenary Session - The Garden Has Faith in You Van Noord ArenaRoss Gay

10:30am EDT

Writer Websites That Dazzle Publishers Covenant Fine Arts Center, Recital HallMargot Starbuck

12:30pm EDT

Lunch On or Off-Campus

2:30pm EDT

Families We Know, Families We Imagine: Writing Identity for Young Readers Covenant Fine Arts Center, AuditoriumKarina Yan Glaser • Jonathan Todd

3:15pm EDT

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

4:00pm EDT

Audiobooks for Authors Prince Conference Center, Willow RoomAdam Verner 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