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✨ BIG NEWS! SAVE THE NEW DATE! ✨Our 5th Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival has a new date, and we couldn’t be more...
07/25/2026

✨ BIG NEWS! SAVE THE NEW DATE! ✨

Our 5th Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival has a new date, and we couldn’t be more excited!

Saturday, November 14, 2026
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

This year’s theme, “Dear Chicago... A Love Letter to the City,” deserves an unforgettable celebration, and the extra time will allow us to make this our best festival yet!

Get ready for:
-Inspiring authors and book signings
-Engaging panel discussions
-Interactive family activities
-Local vendors and exhibitors
-Live performances
-Thousands of books and literary experiences for all ages
-A day celebrating the stories, voices, and creativity that make Chicago extraordinary.

If you’ve already registered, your registration automatically transfers to the new date—no action is needed! If you haven’t registered yet, stay tuned because we’ll be sharing exciting announcements about featured authors, vendors, performers, and special experiences in the coming months.

Thank you for your continued support, flexibility, and excitement as we prepare for an incredible day of literacy, culture, and community. We can’t wait to welcome you this fall!

5th Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival
November 14, 2026
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Let’s celebrate Chicago—one story at a time.

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984656406738?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Two young Black artists.Two blank canvases.Zero hesitation. 🎨🖤We don't make artists at WOW Lit Fest. We just give them s...
06/29/2026

Two young Black artists.
Two blank canvases.
Zero hesitation. 🎨🖤

We don't make artists at WOW Lit Fest. We just give them space — and then get out of the way.

This is WOW Lit Fest.
This is why we come back every year.
This is Year 5.

Come see what they're building. Register now!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual-words-of-wonder-literary-festival-tickets-1984656406738

📅 November 14, 2026 | 11 am to 6 pm
📍 Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 www.wowlitfest.com

📸 Sterling Gilmore Photography

Meet the people who show up for the South Side all year long. 🖤WOW Lit Fest isn't just a festival, it's a gathering of t...
06/29/2026

Meet the people who show up for the South Side all year long. 🖤

WOW Lit Fest isn't just a festival, it's a gathering of the organizations, programs, and community partners who are doing the real work for families on the South Side of Chicago, every single day of the year.

This is Part 1 of our Community Resource Vendor spotlight. Over the next few posts, we're introducing you to the incredible organizations who will be set up at WOW Lit Fest 2026, ready to connect with your family.

Swipe through, save this post, and start planning who you want to visit when you get there. 📋

These are your people. These are your resources. This is your community.

Register now! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual-words-of-wonder-literary-festival-tickets-1984656406738

📅 July 25, 2026 | 11 am to 6 pm
📍 Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 www.wowlitfest.com

Some of the most important authors of change aren't writing books. They're writing futures. 🖤Join us on the Main Stage f...
06/27/2026

Some of the most important authors of change aren't writing books. They're writing futures. 🖤

Join us on the Main Stage for "Authors of Change: Mentoring the Next Generation", a powerful conversation about what it really takes to show up for young people, build them up, and walk beside them.

🕐 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM ·
📍 Main Stage

🎤 Moderated by Zion Ali
Featuring:

👉🏾 Kenneth Speller (100 Black Men)
👉🏾 Vondale Singleton (C.H.A.M.P.S.)
👉🏾 Darryca Brim (Focus Fairies)
👉🏾 Dominicca Washington (S.H.E. Chicago)
👉🏾 Nachelle Pugh (John Walt Foundation)

Five organizations. One mission. A whole generation depending on it.

Bring a notepad. Bring your questions. Bring anyone who mentors, parents, teaches, or simply cares about what comes next for our young people.

5 days away. One mission. Thousands of stories waiting to be written.The countdown is ON for Read to Rise, our live Tele...
06/26/2026

5 days away. One mission. Thousands of stories waiting to be written.

The countdown is ON for Read to Rise, our live Telethon & Online Giving Campaign supporting the 5th Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival!

Join us Wednesday, July 1 from 5–9 PM for an evening filled with inspiration, community, and celebration as we raise support to put more books in more hands and create more opportunities for readers, writers, and young storytellers across Chicago.

✨ Here's what you can expect:
🎤 Special guest appearances
🎁 Live giveaways & prizes
📚 Inspiring conversations with authors, educators, and community leaders
🎭 Entertainment and performances
💙 Powerful stories of impact
📈 Live fundraising challenges and surprises throughout the night

Whether you donate $5 or $500, share the livestream, or simply tune in, you're helping build a future where literacy opens doors for every child and every community.

📅 Wednesday, July 1
⏰ 5:00–9:00 PM
📍Watch LIVE!

Facebook:
YouTube:

🌐 www.wowlitfest.com

Every book changes a life.
Every gift creates an opportunity.
Every viewer becomes part of the story.

Who's watching with us? Tag a friend who believes every child deserves access to books. 📖💙

WOW Lit Fest is for EVERYONE. And it is SO much better when you bring your people.And by this we mean sitting in great s...
06/26/2026

WOW Lit Fest is for EVERYONE. And it is SO much better when you bring your people.

And by this we mean sitting in great seats, laughing our heads off, at a FREE literary festival on the South Side of Chicago surrounded by books, music, art, food trucks, and an entire community built on joy.

Tag the person you're bringing to WOW Lit Fest 2026. 👇
They already know who they are.

📸 Sterling Gilmore Photography

Tomorrow!
06/25/2026

Tomorrow!

The look he's giving us is the same look we give people who haven't RSVPed to WOW Lit Fest yet. 👀🏀Sir. The festival is F...
06/24/2026

The look he's giving us is the same look we give people who haven't RSVPed to WOW Lit Fest yet. 👀🏀

Sir. The festival is FREE.
Sir. It's on the South Side.
Sir. There will be books AND basketball.
What are you waiting for? 😭

RSVP Now!
📅 November 14, 2026 | 11 am to 6 pm
📍 Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 www.wowlitfest.com

📸 Sterling Gilmore Photography

Don't miss it!
06/18/2026

Don't miss it!

When the art takes over and the whole world disappears. 🎨🖤This is what WOW Lit Fest looks like from the inside, a child ...
06/17/2026

When the art takes over and the whole world disappears. 🎨🖤

This is what WOW Lit Fest looks like from the inside, a child so locked into their creation that nothing else exists.
No phone.
No distraction.
Just imagination, two hands, and a blank canvas waiting to become something.

This is why we show up every year.
This is why Year 5 is going to be the most powerful one yet.

Come create something at WOW Lit Fest 2026!

📅 November 14, 2026 | 11 am to 6 pm
📍 Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 www.wowlitfest.com

📸 Sterling Gilmore Photography

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