There are a variety of panel discussions sprinkled throughout the Festival. Some of these include:
- Compressing The World Into Tiny Spaces: Writers of Short Fiction
- Hungering” for Meaning: New Perspectives on The Hunger Games Trilogy
- Pop Goes the Academy: Reflections on Popular and American Culture
- Threaded MetaphorsToday’s Publishing Relationship: Publisher, Publicist, Author, Illustrator
- What Do Women Want: The Complexity of Writing For Women