Lighthouse Lit Fest is a ten-day celebration of writers and readers, an extravaganza of weeklong and weekend advanced workshops, craft seminars, readings, salons, business panels, agent meetings, and parties. 

Confirmed Visiting Authors for 2021 include playwright Sarah Ruhl; fiction writers Sheila Heti, Mat Johnson, Rebecca Makkai, Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi, Steve Almond, and Bryan Washington; nonfiction writers Hanif Abdurraqib, Jaquira Díaz, Leslie Jamison, T Kira Madden, and Emily Rapp Black; and poets Carolyn Forché, Layli Long Soldier, and Gregory Pardlo.