Upcoming Events

Discover what Loft writers are publishing now! Loft Connect Live! brings together 4–5 new books in one inspiring evening. Reception to follow. Our first event will feature Debra Stone, Ember Reichgott Junge, Ralph Remington, Derek Francis, and Anthony Ceballos. 

If you're curious about the Loft's Poetry Apprenticeship with Heid E. Erdrich or Fiction Writing with Junauda Petrus, and which is right for you, come to this informal information session to find out more!

Please join us for a public reading by the 2025 McKnight Judge in Children's Literature, acclaimed writer of both middle grade and YA, Christine Day. Day be joined in conversation with the Loft's Partnerships Program Manager, Cristeta Boarini.

Come together as one big friend group at our spring gathering for Friends of the Loft! Meet fellow wordsmiths and bibliophiles, enjoy some refreshments, and participate in the open mic at this free donor social.

Please join us to celebrate the conclusion of the 2025 Year-Long Poetry Writing Project. Participants from the Year-Long 2025 Poetry Writing Project with Hieu Minh Nguyen will read from their completed manuscripts at this culminating event.

Please join us to celebrate the conclusion of the 2025 Year-Long Fiction Writing Project. Participants from the Year-Long 2025 Fiction Writing Project with Junauda Petrus will read from their completed manuscripts at this culminating event.

The Loft presents an evening of student readings! Come join us for a showcase of some of our talented students, as they read some of their own work.

Join and celebrate the Loft's young writers as they read from works written in a Loft summer youth camp! This reading takes place from 12:30-1:30PM and is open to family, friends, and the public.

Join and celebrate the Loft's young writers as they read from works written in a Loft summer youth camp! This reading takes place from 12:30-1:30PM and is open to family, friends, and the public.