Thanls to all who attended the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at Montgomery College Rockville. It was as promised a full day of literary excellence starting with a welcome from Rockville mayor Monique Ashton. and the presentation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature to this year's winner. Stay tuned on our website, Facebook page and also email as we provide updates on next year's honoree and links to video from this year's festival.

2026 WINNER: Tobias Wolff

F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature

Tobias Wolff is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor of English, Emeritus, at Stanford, where he lives with his wife Catherine. They have three children and four grandchildren. A recent work is Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories ".
 

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Past events
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, Thursday, September 25, 2025: Celebrate F. Scott's birthday with us!
SHORT STORY READINGS, Thursday, October 9, 2025: Meet the winners of this year’s Short mStory Contest! If you attended the reading you can fill out a survey form here .

READINGS IN HONOR OF THE WINNER, Friday, October 17, 2025:We honored this year’s award winner!
FESTIVAL DAY, Saturday, October 18, 2025: Our biggest annual event!
 
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