2026 Facing Pages Statewide Literary Arts Convening

Over our many years of gathering, we’ve learned one thing for certain. We are better together.

Strength in solidarity matters, and inclusion builds community. At the 2025 Convening, we explored liminal spaces to reposition ourselves and our organizations during a time of great uncertainty—and our richest conversations happened in small groups, peer to peer. That’s the spirit behind this year’s Convening theme. Assembling New Practicalities means building the concrete, usable approaches—resources, tactics, shared solutions—that each of us needs to meet the present moment. In Strength & Solidarity is how we’ll build them: together, role by role, drawing on our collective knowledge and experience.

The Convening is designed and provided without cost for those working in New York State-based literary arts organizations.

Travel Assistance

Attendees are responsible for their own travel and hotel.

LitNYS is committed to supporting broad participation in the convening. If travel costs are a hardship, and you are traveling more than 60 miles to attend, travel reimbursement of up to $500 may be requested during registration process. Available on a first-come, first-served basis, and limited to one per organization and to travel within NY State.