Arts Fest

Our biggest event of the year is the eight hours of LIT! programming we provide every year at Wheeling Arts & Culture Fest.

LIT! at Wheeling Arts & Culture Fest will be held on August 1, 2026. Our programming this year will include:

  • poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and dramatic readings
  • a visit from a famous writer (impersonator)
  • a literary trivia competition
  • a reading by our first annual writing contest winners
  • a used book sale
  • book sales by local authors
  • bibliomancy
  • Poems While You Wait by WV Poet Laureate Marc Harshman
  • and so much more

Please join us if you are interested helping us plan the events.

Enter our first annual writing contest for a chance to read your work at this year’s art’s fest!

Direct link to the entry form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13dnc-9WfWM4kH-6Iqq–OgsISnlF0BAfU0NuG2apoXk/edit


And enter your team for are first annual LIT!erary Trivia at Arts Fest!
Enter here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSIJVIDZu3mL9CtPIbmSPFWJAbGLDzO_9xBVJ480Vm3ZHdJA/viewform?usp=dialog

LIT! at Arts Fest 2025

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