The Wisconsin Book Festival, presented by Madison Public Library in partnership with Madison Public Library Foundation, presents free, public author events that celebrate books and spark conversations. Each year, the festival creates a robust schedule of accomplished and new writers whose fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books appeal to all ages of readers. The festival presents stand-alone events throughout the year with a culminating celebration each fall.

Schedule of Events:

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2024 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners
Bob Wake
C. E. Perry
Linda Falkenstein
Diya Abbas
Han Raschka
Lisa Vihos
7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Central Library
Community Rooms 301 & 302

Wisconsin People & Ideas, the Wisconsin Academy's magazine of contemporary Wisconsin thought and culture, presents a Wisconsin Book Festival reading featuring the winners of the statewide 2024 Fiction & Poetry Contests.

2024 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners

Fiction:
1st place: "Mending Ruth" – Bob Wake, Cambridge
2nd Place: "Baby Teeth" – C.E. Perry, Madison
3rd Place: "Complications from a Fall" – Linda Falkenstein, Madison

Poetry:
1st place: "Al-Eashiq" – Diya Abbas, Madison
2nd Place: "grand(father) sheds his grudges" – Han Raschka, Madison
3rd Place: "Bodies of Water" – Lisa Vihos, Sheboygan