Twitter Fiction Festival Coming

Leading authors will take on 140-character storytelling, and others are invited to join them, during #TwitterFiction Festival, March 12-16.

The second festival will again allow established and emerging authors to use the platform's functionality and create experimental fiction as Tweets. The festival is a partnership between the Association of American Publishers (@AmericanPublish), Penguin Random House (@PenguinRH_News) and Twitter (@Twitter).

More than 20 authors from AAP member publishing houses have committed to participating in the weeklong event in March; the current full list is below.

Additionally, #TwitterFiction Festival offers everyone the chance to be a featured storyteller and create fiction on Twitter alongside the authors through a competition opening today.

Entries can be submitted through February 5, with judging by a panel of publishing executives from AAP member organizations.

This year, #TwitterFiction Festival kicks off with an event March 12 in New York City that will blend in-person and digital performances, with video of the event streamed live globally.
Participating authors from AAP member publishing organizations (to date):

Jim Gaffigan - Penguin Random House
Gail Carriger - Hachette
David Javerbaum - Simon & Schuster
Sara Farizan - Algonquin Young Readers
Emma Straub - Penguin Random House
Julie Kagawa - Harlequin
Benjamin Percy - Hachette
Tracy Guzeman - Simon & Schuster
Bill Roorbach - Algonquin Books
Eric Smith - Quirk Books
Alexander McCall Smith - Penguin Random House
Maisey Yates - Harlequin
Megan Abbott - Hachette
Andrea Cremer - Penguin Random House
Liz Fremantle - Simon & Schuster
Ben H. Winters - Quirk Books
Anthony Marra - Penguin Random House Gabrielle Zevin - Algonquin Books
Brad Meltzer - Hachette
Bernie Su - Simon & Schuster

"The Twitter Fiction Festival is a great way for authors of any level to use Twitter to bring the art of storytelling to life," said Andrew Fitzgerald, Media Partnerships at Twitter.

"The real-time nature of the platform and brevity of Tweets make Twitter a perfect companion for weaving together fictional stories in 140 character spurts."

"We're excited to work with AAP, Twitter and authors across numerous publishers to add a digital twist to storytelling," said Christine McNamara, Vice President and Director of Partnerships on behalf of Penguin Random House.

"The #TwitterFiction Festival celebrates storytelling - it's a great way for writers and readers to connect through original new material and also gives the public an opportunity to share their own stories with the community."