The AJC Decatur Book Festival has drawn over 600 world-class authors from all genres to Decatur, Georgia since the launch of the 2006 Festival, including 10 Pulitzer Prize winners and three National Book Award winners. Featured authors for each year’s event are by invitation only. However, the festival offers authors the following opportunities:
Georgia authors of fiction and nonfiction may apply for a fifteen-minute appearance on the Local Prose Stage. Send an email to dacejohn@aol.com for more information.
Georgia poets may apply for a fifteen-minute appearance on the Local Poetry Stage. Send an email to localpoets@decaturbookfestival.com for more information.
Have you written a book? Are you self-published? The Emerging Writer’s stage presents a special opportunity for you to get involved, promote your work, and network with other authors. Send an email to emerging@decaturbookfestival.com or call (678) 561-0633 for more information, or click here to download the application.
Thank Goodness for our Sponsors!
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This is YOUR festival. We are very grateful for our corporate sponsors, but we count on individual donations to ensure that the festival is free to all. If you are looking forward to this year's festival, please consider joining us in building this great tradition! Any contribution you make will help ensure that this is the best AJC DBF ever. Donate now.
The organization behind the festival promotes a year-round literary community by hosting a series of fundraising and literary events. Find out more.
Ensure your seat at the table for year-round book festival events. Find out more.
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