In Print Festival The annual In Print Festival of First Books includes readings, discussions, and classroom visits with authors who have recently published their first books. The two-day event typically features three emerging authors and an editor or publisher. The In Print Festival also marks the release of The Broken Plate, which features pieces by the guest authors as well as interviews with them conducted by The Broken Plate staff. You can read “A Brief History of In Print” by Jill Christman, which was featured in our 2020 issue. _______ In Print 2024 featured poet Kemi Alabi, creative nonfiction writer Brittany Means, and fiction writer Oindrila Mukherjee, with special guest editor Anne Trubek _______ In Print 2023 featured poet Michael Kleber-Diggs, fiction writer Jasmine Sawers, and creative nonfiction writer Prince Shakur, with special guest editor Ira Sukrungruang. _______ In Print 2022 featured poet Ananda Lima, fiction writer Dionne Irving, and creative nonfiction writer J.R Jamison, with special guest Abigail Cloud from Mid-American Review. _______ In Print 2021 featured poet Joy Priest, fiction writer Nancy Wayson Dinan, and creative nonfiction writer Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn with special guest Suzi F. Garcia from Noemi Press. _______ In Print 2020 featured poet Jake Skeets, fiction writer Hadley Moore, and writer Noam Dorr. Check out the Spring 2020 issue of The Broken Plate to see excerpts from their work. _______ In Print 2019 featured poet Chen Chen, nonfiction writer Dustin Parsons, fiction writer Maria Romasco Moore,and author and editor Allison Joseph. _______ In Print 2018 featured poet Carolina Ebeid, nonfiction writer Jan Shoemaker, fiction writer Nick White, and editor Kristen Elias Rowley. _______ In Print 2017 featured poet Iliana Rocha, fiction writer Sequoia Nagamatsu, nonfiction writer Daniel Raeburn, and author and editor Mary Biddinger. _______ In Print 2016 featured fiction writer Gabriel Urza, nonfiction writer Sarah Einstein, poet Sarah Blake, and editor Keith Tuma. _______ In Print 2015 consisted of author Celeste Ng, editor-in-chief Tyler Gobble, essayist Kerry Howley, and editor Jodee Stanley.