Sponsors

The Puterbaugh Festival is sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and World Literature Today with funding from the Puterbaugh Foundation of McAlester, Oklahoma.

Our co-sponsors for the 2026 festival include:

• OU’s Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian & Persian Gulf Studies
• OU’s School of Music
• The Norman Arts Council

Additional partners for the 2026 festival include:

• The Depot
• The Norman Public Schools

This project was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Norman Arts Council Hotel Tax Grant Program.