Kansas Book Festival

We’re currently accepting vendors for the 2014 Kansas Book Festival vendor tent. Vendors can be authors, publishers, book stores, libraries and/or any group that helps support the literary community or promotes literacy as a main function of their organization. If you have any questions on if your group would qualify to become a vendor, feel free to contact us at 785-271-3384 or by e-mail at kbfvendors@gmail.com. We look forward to having you at this year’s festival!

2014 KBF Vendor Letter

The Kansas Book Festival writing contest is back!

This year’s theme is “My Journey on the Kansas Plains.” Students are encouraged to write a short story about what life would have been like for them and their friends back in the early days of our statehood.

All of the details including criteria for the story, prizes and where to send your stories can be found by clicking the link below.

2014 Kansas Book Festival Writing Contest Information

A minimum of $10,000 is up for grabs from the Kansas Book Festival! Libraries may submit their grant applications between now and December 31, 2013. You may apply in the technology category, books category or both!

To download the applications, visit the ‘Grants’ page under the ‘Get Involved’ tab.

The festival is just 4 weeks away! Click here to view the author lineups, complete with speaking time and room number.

We are excited to announce our final lineup of presenting authors for the 2013 Kansas Book Festival! We have great authors speaking, see them all by clicking here.

Check out our 2013 Presenting Authors page for our current list of authors! We will be adding more soon!