Exhibitors
Planning for the 2025 Exhibitor Area
Beginning March 15th, 2025, we will open for applications from potential exhibitors at the 2025 Kansas Book Festival, scheduled for Saturday, September 20, at Washburn University in Topeka. We welcome presses or organizations committed to books and literacy work, plus individual authors. However, we cannot guarantee repeated slots for individual authors over multiple years. We must give priority to those who have new books, so please wait if you do not have a book published in the last two years.
To open the fillable 2025 application form, click here: . Then send the completed digital form to the following email address: kbfvendors@gmail.com. Note: be sure to read the Exhibitor Terms & Conditions as well, by clicking here: KBF Exh Terms and Conditions. Presses or organizations related to the book industry or literacy can send their payment at the time of applying, using the following mailing address: Kansas Book Festival, PO Box 3930, Topeka, KS 66604. Individual authors should wait for an approval email first, then pay using the same address.
More Exhibitors than Ever!
In 2024, we included more exhibitors than ever, including 12 regional presses. At our outdoor tents, attendees could learn about important literacy work from a range of nonprofits. They could browse a wide selection of books by individual authors too–from horror to western, and from topical nonfiction to picture books for kids. Tucked in with that array, they found visual artists as well, who were using books as inspiration and creative material!
Presses & Nonprofits Who Exhibited in 2024
- Ichabod Shop–Festival Bookstore
- University Press of Kansas
- Meadowlark Press
- Monkey Minion Press
- Anamcara Press
- Coal City Press
- University of Nebraska Press
- Dragon Tomes Publishing
- Flint Hills Publishing
- Lost Aardvarks Press
- Alternating Current Press
- Sun Hero Magazine
- State Library of Kansas
- Kansas Authors Club
- Kansas Writers Inc.
- Pen & Brush Press
- Topeka Literacy Council
- Personal Chapters LLC
- Emporia School of Library Information Management
- Evergreen
Authors & Artists Who Exhibited in 2024
- A.C. Williams
- Sarah Edgerton
- Matthew J. Olson
- Heidi Pitre
- Claudia Recinos Seldeen
- Andrea H. Rome
- Anne Relihan
- A.C. Smith
- Jim Gilkeson
- D.A. Irsik
- Rachel Anne Jones
- Kathy MacMillan
- Todd Mildfelt & David D. Schafer
- Erin Beatty
- The Mess Monster
- Ken Berry
- Fran Borin
- Cathy Callen’s Books
- K.P. Kollenborn
- Alexandria Chiaro
- Violeta Cornett
- Henry Cox
- Rhonda S. Denney