The Capital Love LitFest is an 8-hour literary salon of writing workshops, deep-dive literary discussions, and poetry and prose readings from the new WWPH pocket-sized anthology, Capital Love. The Capital Love LitFest, and our anthology, are dedicated to all those who believe love is the antidote to hate, and that love is action, intent, healing, and hope.

This event is a pay-as-you-can literary event designed to inspire and generate your writing, deepen your craft, introduce you to your Washington Writers’ Publishing House’s community, and raise up our collective voices in literary solidarity. Attendance will be limited to 120 people, which is the capacity for the theater at The Writer’s Center, so reserve your seat now.

Writers scheduled to appear include co-presidents Caroline Bock and Jona Colson along with legendary Grace Cavalieri and E. Ethelbert Miller, plus, Kim Roberts, Bernardine ‘Dine’ Watson, Samantha Neugeberger, Jason Gebhardt, Emily Holland, and over 25 more! A dozen literary presses from across the DMV will also be there. A reception for all will culminate the day. A complete schedule of the day’s events can be found here »

All monies from this pay-as-you-can donation will be shared between your WWPH and the Writer’s Center of Bethesda, two nonprofit literary organizations dedicated to supporting the DMV literary community. The Washington Writers’ Publishing House is grateful to The Writer’s Center for their partnership and support with the Capital Love LitFest.

The Capital Love LitFest is made possible by generous grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.