Comicpalooza's Literature program educated and inspired. Published novelists, covering a variety of genres, shared their experiences with attendees. Writers, aspiring authors, and fans participated in workshops, attended panels, gained exposure within the industry, discussed projects, and met their favorite writers.

Types of Literature Events

The Literary program had over 60 hours of diverse offerings that included didactic discussions, read & critique sessions, writing workshops, author spotlights, and fan roundtables.  Fun genre panels encompassed discussions on horror, urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and much more. Comicpalooza’s Literature Festival provided a number of styles for listening, exploring, and discussing literature.

Author Lead Panels and Q&A

Attendees came to one of our many panels while authors discussed the wonderful worlds of literature. Fans asked questions on where their brilliant ideas came from, learned processes on how to uncover their creative genius, and sat back and listened to the authors they most admired.

Fan Roundtables

By fans, for fans, with fans! Readers joined fellow readers for rousing, interactive discussions including YA, Fantasy, Science Fiction, FanFiction and Thrillers: good, bad and ugly. Everyone brought their favorites to share!

Read and Critique Sessions

Aspiring authors brought their pages to Comicpalooza and joined daily interactive small-group critique sessions with professionals and their peers.

Wordbuilding Springboard Writing Workshop

Drawing from popular television, movies, and books, this workshop explored how to create in-depth worlds in your novels and short fiction. Participants either brought in a piece they were working on, or started something new using the exercises from the workshop.

Featured Literature Events           

There were so many panels to choose from this year at Comicpalooza. Take a look at what was included.

Avid readers enjoyed fan roundtables, or author lead panels and Q&As including:

• Literary Fan Roundtable: Crime/Mystery/Thriller

• Seanan McGuire Introspective

• Fostering Inclusivity and Multiculturism in the SFF Community

• Women of Horror 

Aspiring writers attended:

• Words Matter: Crafting the Perfect Sentence

• Plotting and Pacing a Short Story

• Literary Read and Critique

• Do-it-yourself Author Marketing

• Leveraging Social Media For Fun and Profit

• Finding Writing Inspiration

• Publishing Tools: E-Books and Beyond

Those that teach or those that write for fun, took advantage of our workshops or learned how to expand there talents with:  

• Plotting and Pacing a Short Story

• Outlining? - The Best Way to Write

• Copyrights and Conduct: The Legal Side of Conventions

• Character-building Springboard Writing Workshop

• World-building for Short Stories, Novelettes, and Novellas

• The Editing Process (Revising Short Fiction for New Writers, Self-Editing Tips to Take Home

• Literary Read and Critique

Kids enjoyed delving into fantasy fiction with:  

• The Storytelling of Star Wars

• Beyond Hogwart's: What's New in the Potterverse

• Fun, Games & Prizes for Book Lovers

• Open Mic Reading for All Genres

• Speculative Poetry Deathmatch!