Massanutten Regional Library is pleased to announce that local authors may now apply to be a featured exhibitor at the 2025 Rocktown Author Festival, scheduled for April 12, 2025 at Central Library in Harrisonburg.
The application for authors is located at www.mrlib.org/RAF.
Applicants are asked to be published local authors, with a recent publication within the last two years. Authors should also be from MRL’s service area, defined as City of Harrisonburg, Rockingham and Page Counties, as well as bordering counties (Augusta, Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren counties in Virginia and Hardy and Pendleton counties in West Virginia). To ensure opportunities for our vibrant local author community in this area, exhibitors from the 2024 RAF are asked not to apply.
“We encourage both self-published and traditionally published authors to apply, and welcome both fiction and non-fiction works appealing to all ages,” said Library Director Zach Elder.
“We are excited to host the 5th annual Rocktown Author Festival,” said co-organizer Allison Brueckner. “This is an exciting opportunity for book lovers, authors and aspiring authors and folks of all ages to come together in celebration of our local authors! It's always a thrill to have new authors exhibiting.”
Since its inception in 2019, the Rocktown Author Festival has been free and open to anyone in our service area who has an interest in writing, becoming published, or who would like to meet and support local authors; the festival reached record attendance in 2024. MRL is pleased to be the gathering place to support and celebrate current local authors, as well as a hub of information and resources for those just getting started in the industry.
The deadline for authors to apply is midnight on October 31st, 2024.
