Events
Fuller Award for Harriette Gillem Robinet
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
6-8 p.m.
Dominican University Performing Arts Center
7900 West Division Street
River Forest, IL 60305
Event and registration are free, but registration is required.

Harriette Gillem Robinet, the acclaimed author of 11 historical novels for young adults, will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's Fuller Award at a ceremony on Tuesday, March 14. The ceremony will take place…
read moreOpening Day: A Benefit for Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
Friday, March 31, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Murphy & Sons
3905 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL

Come help out the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame while celebrating the arrival of a new baseball season and spring with Opening Day, a festive themefest of song, story, poetry, and comedy at Mrs.…
read morePoetry Month at the Cliff Dwellers
Thursday, April 13, 2023
6-8 p.m.
Cliff Dwellers
200 S. Michigan Ave.
Penthouse (22nd Floor)
Chicago
RSVP before April 11 by phone at 312-922-8080, or by email Cliff Dwellers for reservations.

For more than a century, the Cliff Dwellers Club has promoted and celebrated fine arts in Chicago. It's fitting that the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will partner with the Cliff Dwellers to put on…
read moreIndependence Poetry
Thursday, April 20, 2023
6-8 p.m.
Independence Branch
Chicago Public Library
4024 N. Elston Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618

Carlos Cumpian will emcee a reading centered around our Chicago poetry anthology, Wherever I'm At. Cynthia Gallaher, Yolanda Nieves, Raúl Niño, Paul Martínez Pompa, Mike Puican and
read moreAdjacent: Oak Park’s Place in the Chicago Poetic Landscape
Thursday, April 27, 2023
6:30-8 p.m.
Oak Park Public Library
Main Branch
834 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL 60301

Wherever I'm At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry features a large variety of artists from throughout the Chicago area. The poems move around, from Hyde Park to the West Side to the Gold Coast…
read moreAfter Hours at Harold Washington Library Poetry Festival
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Noon-1 p.m.
Harold Washington Public Library
400 S. State Street
Chicago, IL

After Hours Press, co-publisher of Wherever I’m At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry, will be hosting a one-hour reading at the Harold Washington Library Poetry Festival, April 29, 12-1 pm. The reading will also…
read moreRandall Albers Young Writers Award Ceremony
Saturday, May 13, 2023
2pm
Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Multi-Purpose Room (lower level)
Chicago, IL

In keeping with our commitment to encouraging and promoting young writers in and around the city, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will host an awards ceremony honoring the winners of the Randall Albers Young…
read moreInduction Ceremony: Nella Larsen, Bette Howland, Finley Peter Dunne
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
6-8 p.m.
Chopin Theatre
1543 W. Division Street
Chicago, IL 60642

The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's 13th class will officially join the canon of our city's all-time literary greats at an induction ceremony and reception hosted by the stupendous Chopin Theatre. Nella Larsen,
read moreCLHOF Backyard Appreciation Party with Anne-Marie Akin
Sunday, August 6, 2023
2-7 p.m.
Private Residence
Oak Park, IL

The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame survives and thrives because of our wonderful army of supporters, including volunteers, board members, associate board members, our advisory council, and donors. Throughout the year, speakers and writers and…
read morePrinters Row Lit Fest
Saturday, September 9 and Sunday, September 10
9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Dearborn between Ida B. Wells and Polk

Printers Row Lit Fest returns for its 38th year. The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will again be active throughout the weekend under our tent and as part of the programming. More details to come.
read moreFuller Award for Scott Turow
Thursday, October 5, 2023
TBA
Harold Washington Public Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
Chicago, IL 60606

Scott Turow, the acclaimed author of 13 fictional and three non-fiction books, will receive CLHOF's highest honor for living writers, the Fuller Award. The Chicago born and bred bestselling author rocketed onto the literary scene…
read moreChicago Literary Hall of Fame Year-End Fundraiser Party
Saturday, December 2, 2023
TBA
Beat Kitchen in Roscoe Village
2100 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago, IL
Cover: $15

The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will againt host its end-of-the-year Fundraiser Party on Saturday, December 2 at Roscoe Village’s Beat Kitchen, “home to every genre of music, hosting some of the biggest names…
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