2026 Mobile Literary Festival

Sat Mar 07 2026 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm UTC-06:00

City of Mobile Main Library | Mobile

Jodie Cain Smith
Publisher/HostJodie Cain Smith
2026 Mobile Literary Festival
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FREE literary festival & writers conference scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2026 at the Ben May Main Library in Mobile, Alabama.
Aspiring and accomplished writers and readers of all genres are welcome at the 2026 Mobile Literary Festival GREAT EXPECTATIONS!
This year’s festival will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Ben May Main Library (701 Government Street) on Saturday, March 7, in historic downtown Mobile, Alabama.
Offerings include:
• The Haunted Book Shop’s Pop-up Shop inside the library, featuring area authors, national bestsellers, writing craft books, and more.
• Panel discussions and industry chats featuring insights for character development, genre specifics, using poetry in prose, industry expectations of indie writers, AI in the publishing industry, and more!
• Poetry (Brown Bag) Lunch & Listen featuring Negative Capability Press poets
• Writing Away Refuge’s Pitch War!
• Writerspace Resource Center
NEW for 2026: The 2026 festival gives writers a new opportunity to receive feedback on their work. During the session Genre Expectations, attendees will select which genre working group to join. In the group, writers will read aloud up to two pages of a current work and receive feedback from two published authors in that genre. Spaces are limited in the working groups, so writers are encouraged to sign up in advance for the genre group of their choice. Visit the Mobile Literary Festival Facebook page to claim your spot now.
The 2026 Mobile Literary Festival is brought to you by the Mobile Public Library, The Haunted Book Shop, Writing Away Refuge, and Mobile Writers’ Guild.
Join and follow the main Mobile Literary Festival group page for genre group sign-up, book entry into the festival bookstore, Pitch War submissions, festival schedule, faculty highlights, and more.
Special note: All book sales at the Mobile Literary Festival must be made through The Haunted Book Shop festival bookstore. Individual author tables are not available.
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