NewLit Roadshow 2025
Join us for SpeakOut NewLit on Nov 9
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Join us for SpeakOut NewLit on Nov 9 〰️
Mon 3 Nov - Sun 9 Nov
Two 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Recipients, Jennine Capó Crucet and Willy Vlautin, will be on hand, along with prior winners Ben Fountain and Manuel Muñoz.
Roadshow Schedule
Mon, 3 Nov: Via del NewLit at Via del Corso - Join JCO Prize winning authors and friends of NewLit as they dine in style at beloved Berkeley trattoria, Via del Corso, helmed by Chef Peter Chastain, for an evening of fine wine and food.
We will be joined by 2025 and 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winners: Jennine Capó Crucet, Willy Vlautin, and Ben Fountain. Sponsorships tables of 6 are available. Contact jdp@newliteraryproject.org
Thurs, 6 Nov: 2025 JCO Prize Winners at UC Berkeley’s Fife Room - Join Jennine Capó Crucet and Willy Vlautin in conversation on the UC Berkeley campus for a lively talk featuring two literary powerhouses. Free and open to the public. Reception at 4pm. Program starts at 5pm.
Tues, 4 Nov – Fri, 7 Nov: Author Appearances (TBD) at NewLit Venues and Workshops - Teaching (TBD) at Cal English Dept and Saint Mary’s College MFA in Creative Writing Dept. Open to students in those departments.
Sat, 8 Nov - Bookstore Appearances - 2pm: Jennine Capó Crucet interview & 3pm: Willy Vlautin interview; at Orinda Books, 276 Village Square, Orinda, CA. Free and open to the public. Reserve your spot.
Sun, 9 Nov - SpeakOut NewLit - Join in the fun as NewLit celebrates mixing it up since 2015. DJ Wonway Posibul will be spinning for the evening in a program that features 2025 JCO Prize winning authors in conversation with 2023 JCO Prize winner Manuel Muñoz—plus, dancing and delectable food & wine. Festivities take place at the Soda Center, Saint Mary’s College of California, beginning at 4pm on Sunday, 9 Nov 2025. Support Arts Education. Have fun doing it.
Get tickets to our main event on Sunday, Nov 9th at Soda Center, Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga.
Join Jennine and Willy at the UC Berkeley, Wheeler Hall, the Fife Room on Thurs, Nov 6, at 4pm reception, 5pm program.
Orinda Books, Sat. Nov 8, starting at 2pm.
Why Support NewLit?
NewLit has been mixing it up since 2015. The choice is clear. Fund the arts. As much as you can. Educate kids, support artists. Yes, the planet needs rescuing, and people need food and housing and health care. The world needs all that and more. The world also needs the nourishment, refuge, and attention of the arts. Young people who are marginalized—now speaking in their own voices. Writers now telling, and teachers now teaching, the stories of our lives. That’s what helps make democracy a democracy. That’s what NewLit is doing. Thank you for choosing to join with us. (Not exactly an elevator pitch. Which is fine by us. Because sometimes it’s healthier to take the stairs.)
