Fall for the Book 2025 Festival Submissions

Submissions for the 2026 Festival will open on January 6

The 28th Annual Fall for the Book Festival dates are October 6-10, 2025. The festival will continue the dynamic mix of in-person, hybrid, and on-demand programming that audiences love. We’d like you to be a part of that. Please note that submissions received during this window will be considered for Spring & Fall 2026, Spring 2027, and Fall for the Book Podcast programming.

If you have questions, please contact Marketing Director, Kate Lewis at Kate [@] fallforthebook.org. All submissions for the October 2026 festival will be notified of their status by August 17, 2025.

Submission Guidelines

Our submission process/platform has changed. Please read directions carefully. 

Authors, agents or publicists, please submit the following materials to be considered as a participant at the 2026 Fall for the Book festival:

  • Authors & Publicists:  Fill out the Submission form. (The link for the form will become available on January 6.) Publicists must submit separate forms for multiple authors.
  • Upon request or acceptance to the festival, please provide:
    1. One copy of the book being considered – digital copies are strongly preferred. Galleys for accepted authors will be shared with their moderator, if applicable.
    2. A hi-res author photo and hi-res book cover 

Publicity materials and digital galley (if available) are due 10 business days from the date of request. If they are not provided, the festival reserves the right to rescind invitation to participate. 

We accept traditionally-published authors in all genres, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, history, sociology/psychology, graphic novels, YA, children’s literature etc. We also accept panel suggestions. Preference will be given to books published in hardcover or paperback between October 12, 2025 and October 10, 2026. To be considered, books must be available for sale by the festival dates. It is festival policy to not feature the same book two years in a row.

Our focus for children’s events are interactive activities. Children’s book authors, when you submit, please include a short description of the type of activity you could do in 45 minutes to accompany the book, as well as the ideal age range for the activity.

We do not offer booths for authors to sell their books. 

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