The NH Book Festival’s author submission page is now open, and we’re looking for traditionally published adult and kidlit authors of 2025 books in these categories:
Adult: fiction, narrative nonfiction, biography, memoir, poetry, graphic novels (sorry, no cookbooks, self-help, or political narratives this year)
Children: picture books, middle grade, and young adult (fiction and nonfiction), graphic novels
Our programming committee is accepting applications on a rolling basis, so please apply early.
For more information and full guidelines, see the author application page on our website.
The 2025 New Hampshire Book Festival will take place October 3-4, with children’s and adult keynotes on Friday, October 3, and a full day of author conversations, panels, and readings, free and open to all, on Saturday, October. 4.
