“Ginseng Rising” by Rhea Ormond
2018 Authors
Thursday Evening: Kane Smego
Friday Night Banquet: Pending
Saturday Night Keynote: Gail Godwin
FICTION
Christopher Swann-Workshop
Chantal Avecedo
Jim Minick
Daren Wang
Leah Weiss
POETRY
Sydney Wade-Workshop
Sam Barbee
Brothers Like These
Terri Kirby Erickson
MEMOIR
Joni Tevis-Workshop
Shuly Xochitl Cawood
Kimberly Childs
Harriet Hill
NON-FICTION
Jim Minick
Daniel Pierce
Bryant Simon
YOUNG ADULT
Jodi Lynn Anderson
Aimee Cherix
WORKSHOPS
Altered Bookmaking Workshop
*New This Year* Science Fiction Writing Workshop
…More Pending
Watch for 2018 Schedule in June
“The Carolina Mountains Literary Festival is the best literary festival you will find anywhere…Other festivals may try to copy it, but it requires more than a schedule of popular authors and a solid plan of action; it requires the love of a community with open arms. And holding the festival in the magnificent mountains of Western North Carolina in September helps a little too.” — Kevin Watson, Press53