Festival of Faith & Writing

The next Festival of Faith & Writing is scheduled for April 6-8, 2028, at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Online registration for Festival 2028 will open in fall 2027.

Certainly not! The Festival is designed to be a place where readers and writers can come together to participate in the ongoing discussion about faith in our world today. Whether you’re a reader, writer, teacher, student, or simply someone who can’t resist a good story, you’ll find a warm welcome and plenty of kindred spirits at this biennial celebration.

The Center for Faith & Writing is committed to making all reasonable arrangements to ensure attendees can participate in every event at the Festival of Faith & Writing.

Calvin University’s campus complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and we work to make the Festival comfortable and accessible for all participants. However, we recognize that not all disabilities require accommodations; some are invisible.

The Festival offers accommodations such as accessible parking and doors, American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation during the evening plenary sessions, a Loop hearing aid audio system in our larger venues, on-campus shuttles, a detailed accessibility map, quiet spaces to reflect and regroup, and on-site contacts when help is needed.

We want Festivalgoers to come as they are and aim to be as inclusive as possible. If you have individual needs or concerns or have a question about accessibility, please contact the Center for Faith & Writing at ccfw@calvin.edu.

The Festival Planning Committee, comprised of Calvin Center for Faith & Writing staff and rotating Faculty Fellows, receives hundreds of speaker nominations for each Festival. The planning committee researches these writers and builds a roster of featured speakers to reflect the diversity of the literary arts—across genre, age, culture, and creed—when exploring literature and faith with creativity and insight. You can find more details on our speaker selection policy here.

We’d love to know who you want to see at the Festival for Faith & Writing. Nominations are accepted in the fall following each Festival. Learn more about speaker nominations.

In general, speakers are discovered through nominations and committee research. We discourage interested participants from self-nominating and contacting the Festival Planning Committee directly to recommend themselves as speakers. Instead, prospective participants should ask a publisher, agent, or supporter to nominate them to express interest in our event. Learn more about speaker nominations.

Sponsors and exhibitors are vital Festival partners. If interested, please reach out to us at ccfw@calvin.edu.

Listen to selected Festival sessions in our podcast, Rewrite Radio. Rewrite Radio showcases some of our favorite sessions from the archive. Due to contract restrictions, we cannot share any Festival sessions with individuals.