We can’t wait to be hanging out in Charleston for YALLFEST 2026 this weekend! SO GET READY because here’s a comprehensive schedule of all our Simon Teen activities this year. Don’t forget to follow along on Instagram Stories for up-to-the-minute news and stay tuned for lots of fun video content from our authors at YALLFEST!

Saturday, November 14th

All day long at the Simon Teen Booth!

  • Stop by for giveaways all day, and enter our raffle for a chance to win a grand prize of signed books from the Simon Teen authors who will be attending the festival!
  • Get exclusive bookish swag and snag a ticket for each ARC drop one hour before the giveaway time! (With the exception of the 9:00 am ARC Drop)
  • Pick up a Simon Teen punch card and complete the tasks to claim an exclusive Simon Teen Diner enamel pin!

Show Open

  • Knight Eternal ARC Drop (Simon Teen Booth) (Unticketed)
  • Snag a wristband for the 1:00 pm Bookish Brunch with Simon Teen Diner event!

11:00 am

  • Middle Grade ARC Drop: There’s No Place like Rome and Make the Cut (Simon Teen Booth) (Grab a ticket at 10:00 am)
  • Friends, Romans, Besties, Countrymen: Building Character Relationships Across Friends, Family, and Love Interests with Sarah Dessen (Charleston Museum)

12:00 pm

  • Cinderspell ARC Drop (Simon Teen Booth) (Grab a ticket at 11:00 am)
  • (Re)starting Over: Coming Up With New Ideas and Knowing Which to Follow with Lynn Painter (Charleston Music Hall)
  • B-I-N-G-O: Authors Who Write for Teens, Tweens and Younger Battle It Out in an Epic Bingo Battle! with Shannon Messenger (Charleston Museum)
  • No Worries, I Got This!: How to Be a Teen While Also Dealing with Creatures, Magic, and the Vastness of Space with Noelle Monét (American Theater – Ballroom)

1:00 pm

  • Bookish Brunch with Simon Teen Diner Event (Event Quad, Charleston Museum) (Grab a wristband at 9:00 am, while supplies last)
  • It’s Not Rocket Science (Fiction): Droids, Dystopias, and Superpowers with Chloe Gong (Charleston Music Hall)

2:00 pm

3:00 pm

  • The River Infinite ARC Drop (Simon Teen Booth) (Grab a ticket at 2:00 pm)
  • Expansion Packs: Building, Broadening, and Evolving the World of a Series with Tracy Deonn and Chloe Gong (Charleston Music Hall)

4:00 pm

  • I Feel Conflicted: Creating Friction for the Good of the Plot with Shannon Messenger (Charleston Museum)
  • A Most Enchanting Romance: Teen Love Across Genre with Lynn Painter (Charleston Music Hall)
  • Making A Page A Portal: How the Written Word Becomes a World That Feels Real to the Reader with Tracy Deonn (American Theater – Ballroom)

5:00 pm

  • Kill Your Darlings: Edits and Taking a Story from Written to Refined with Noelle Monét (American Theater – Cinema)
  • Closing Keynote with Sarah Dessen (Charleston Music Hall)