SAS CLOSING RECEPTION

(Included with your Weekend Registration or your Saturday Day Pass!)

Finish out the Festival by joining us as we honor outstanding members of our literary community. Wrap up the weekend with old and new friends, and pass one more good time at the Saints and Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival. We’ll introduce the honorees of our 11th annual Saints and Sinners Emerging Writer Award generously sponsored by Rob Byrnes. This award acknowledges an exceptional debut work or an author establishing a body of work propelling them to the next stage of their literary career. We’ll also induct this year’s members into the Saints and Sinners Hall of Fame given to individuals who share their passion for our literary community through various avenues, including writing, performing, promotion, publishing, editing, teaching, bookselling, and volunteerism. And we’ll hear from some of our 2025 Poetry Contest finalists read from their winning entries and have copies of our 2025 Saints and Sinners Poetry Contest Anthology available as a gift to everyone at the closing reception.