7 - 8 pm: Orr Street Studios

Without a Net
Writers are given 40 minutes to write 250 words on a subject announced prior to the event. Authors can submit pieces if they choose. Leaders will choose several to read. Meet the Unbound team at Skylark Bookshop at 4:00 on Thursday, April 16th to join!

8:30 – 9:30 pm: Hitt Street Records

OneMic/Open Mic
OneMic is a creative collective of poets, artists, and musicians, providing a space where every voice is heard and celebrated. Come and listen to members perform their work. This session also welcomes other writers and poets with work to share.

8:30 – 9:30 pm: Yellow Dog Bookshop

Alternative Endings to Famous Books
Participants read unique endings to stories we all know that you never knew you needed. This will include a selection of hand-picked authors as well as the best from submissions.

8:30 – 9:30 pm: Nightjar Collective

Flash Fiction
Flash of Lightning - A lightning round of contemporary writers working in the flash fiction form. Featured readers include Ruth Joffre, Scott Garson, and Ayotola Tehingbola. Additional readers to be announced.

8:30 – 9:30 pm: Hexagon Alley

Poetry Bee
Poetry Bee: a contest in poetry memorization and recitation! Five minds will go head to head to head to head to head with the recitation of poetry, spelling-bee-style!

10:00 - Late: Broadway Brewery

Unbounderdash
Gutsy word-nerds play three rounds of neologistic nonsense games– that is, they’ll be dealing with new words, nonsense words, and words so old they seem both new and nonsensical.

Lit Crawl Columbia is a project co-presented with The Litquake Foundation. San Francisco’s Litquake literary festival runs October 8-24, 2026, with affiliated Lit Crawls across the United States and around the world.