Explore the 2026 Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival Schedule

The Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival is back this fall, from September 15th–18th, 2026, on Yale’s campus.

Festivities will kick off on Tuesday, September 15th with our annual Food Truck Welcome, featuring free snacks from our favorite local food trucks as well as music by DJ Edgewood. And, you won’t want to miss a special keynote lecture by the award-winning writer Yiyun Li during the Prize Ceremony on September 16th starting at 5pm, both in-person and via livestream on our YouTube channel.

Join for conversations, screenings, and readings featuring this year’s prize recipients—Gwendoline Riley, Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Lucy Sante, Kei Miller, Christina Anderson, S. Shakthidharan, Joyelle McSweeney, and Karen Solie.

For the full festival lineup, head over to windhamcampbell.org. As always, each and every event is free and open to the public. We can’t wait to see you there!