Literary Event Schedule for the 2026 Napa Valley Writers’ Conference
Tickets sold on-site 30 minutes prior to event (tickets not sold in advance or online); SEE PRICES BELOW.
EVENING READINGS (Performing Arts Center, Napa Campus, Napa Valley College)
Sunday, July 26 – 6:30 pm wine reception; 7 pm
Monday, July 27 – 6:30 pm wine reception; 7 pm
Tuesday, July 28 – 6:30 pm wine reception; 7 pm
Wednesday, July 29 – 5:30 pm wine reception; 6 pm
Thursday, July 30 – 6:30 pm wine reception; 7 pm
DAILY CRAFT TALKS (Performing Arts Center, Napa Campus, Napa Valley College)
Monday, July 27
9 am – Poetry Craft Talk:
1:30 pm – Fiction Craft Talk:
3 pm Translation Craft Talk:
Tuesday, July 28
9 am – Poetry Craft Talk:
1:30 pm – Fiction Craft Talk:
3:00 pm – Special Event:
Wednesday, July 29
9 am – Poetry Craft Talk:
1:30 pm – Fiction Craft Talk:
Thursday, July 30
9 am – Poetry Craft Talk:
1:30 pm – Fiction Craft Talk:
Friday, July 31
9 am – First Books Panels, Fiction and Poetry
FREE DROP-IN COMMUNITY CLASSES (Community room, McCarthy Library, Napa Campus, Napa Valley College)
Monday to Friday – 10:30 – 11:30 am – Poetry drop-in generative workshop with special guests
Monday to Thursday – 4:30 – 5:30 pm – Evening faculty seminar with Caroline Goodwin
Each daytime event takes place on the Napa Valley College main campus, at 2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy, Napa, CA 94558.
2026 PRICING for public admission (tickets sold on-site prior to each Reading and Craft Talk, no tickets sold in advance or online)
- Individual reading: $20
- Individual craft talk: $25
- Full week pass (all craft talks and readings): $275
- Lectures-only pass (all 9 craft talks): $200
- Readings-only pass (all 5 readings): $90
- Single-day pass (two lectures and one reading): $65