Books By the Bay, Northwest Florida’s premier outdoor book festival, is seeking authors, poets, editors, graphic designers, cover artists, illustrators, agents, literary professionals, and new and used book vendors to participate in its2025 festival. The one-day, free event is slated for March 29 at Pensacola’s Museum Plaza, 120 Church Street, behind the Pensacola Museum of History. The inaugural 2024 festival “drew rave reviews from “attendees and exhibitors alike,” according to a spokesperson from the event organizer, Emerald Coast Writers, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.