INTIMATE WRITING WORKSHOPS WITH A FOCUS ON CRAFT
Join us August 1-6, 2021, for workshops, craft talks, and readings with acclaimed poets, fiction writers, & translators.
We are excited to be hosting the 40th Annual Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, August 1 to 6!
Our evening readings and twice-daily craft talks are open to the public for a fee, with tickets sold onsite at the box office.
Evening readings will be held outdoors in the courtyard in front of the McCarthy Library.
Craft talks will be held indoors, at the Performing Arts Center (ample room for social distancing).
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Meet the 2021 Faculty
Victoria Chang – Brenda Hillman – Brian Teare – Gillian Conoley
Charles Baxter – Lan Samantha Chang – Daniel Orozco – Joan Silber – Robert Hass
Napa, CA
Since 1981, the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference has provided literary fellowship and a craft-focused experience among the foothills and vineyards that have made this region famous.
News
2021 Faculty Spotlight: Joan Silber
Joan Silber has authored nine books of fiction, including Secrets of Happiness (2021), Improvement (2017), winner of The National Book [...]
2021 Faculty Spotlight: Robert Hass
This summer we are honored to have U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus, and Pulitzer Prize winning poet, critic and translator, Robert [...]
2021 Faculty Spotlight: Victoria Chang
One of the breakout poetry books of 2020, Victoria Chang’s OBIT (Copper Canyon) received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, [...]
Key Dates
January 2021:
- 2021 faculty announced
February 2021:
- 2021 applications open
August 1-6, 2021:
- 40th anniversary conference – workshops, lectures & readings
Testimonials
“The spirit of Napa is one of generosity and support, with little focus given to professionalization, which often kills inspiration. I keep coming back to the conference each year because I want to turn my attention entirely to the study and to the creation of poetry, and unlike so many other conferences, Napa stands for that.”
“The conference fosters an amazing literary community, and I’m still in touch with classmates from our workshop. I deeply appreciate how my time at the conference shaped my development as a writer.”
“The support I received from everyone, teacher, students, staff, was the wind I needed to believe my words could fly. In a very literal way, the time and space provided by the conference helped me plant the seeds to what would become a book seven years later.”
