Bread Loaf Conferences

The 2019 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference will be held from August 14 to August 24 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures, craft classes, meetings with editors and agents, and readings by faculty and guests. The faculty includes poets Rick Barot, Jericho Brown, Vievee Francis, Sally Keith, Matthew Olzmann, A. E. Stallings, and Mary Szybist; fiction writers Liam Callanan, Maud Casey, Christopher Castellani, Alexander Chee, Stacey D’Erasmo, Cristina García, Ravi Howard, Don Lee, Ana Menéndez, and Michael Parker; and creative nonfiction writers Jennifer Finney Boylan, Aminatta Forna, and Reyna Grande. Tuition is $3,525, which includes lodging and meals. The fee for auditors who do not have a manuscript is $3,380. Financial aid is available. Submit up to 10 pages of poetry or up to 6,000 words of prose with a $20 application fee by February 15. Visit the website for an application and complete guidelines.

The 2019 Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference will be held from May 31 to June 6 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for poets and prose writers whose work deals with the environment and the natural world, features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures, craft classes, meetings with editors and agents, and readings by faculty and guests. The faculty includes poets Jennifer Chang and Sean Hill, fiction writer Claire Vaye Watkins, and nonfiction writers Daniel Duane, John Elder, J. Drew Lanham, and Helen Macdonald. Tuition is $2,380, which includes lodging and meals. The fee for auditors who do not have a manuscript is $2,025. Financial aid is available. Submit up to eight pages of poetry or up to 4,000 words of prose with a $20 application fee by February 15. Space is limited; admissions are first come, first served. Visit the website for an application and complete guidelines.

The 2019 Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference will be held from May 31 to June 6 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for both emerging and established translators, features translation workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures, craft classes, meetings with editors and agents, and readings by faculty and guests. The faculty includes translators John Balcom, Edward

Gauvin, Elisabeth Jaquette, Suzanne

Jill Levine, and Emily Wilson. Tuition is $2,380, which includes lodging and meals. The fee for auditors who do not have a manuscript is $2,025. Financial aid is available. Submit up to eight pages of translated poetry or up to 4,000 words of translated prose with the original works and a $20 application fee by February

15. Space is limited; admissions are first come, first served. Visit the website for an application and complete guidelines. Bread Loaf Conferences, Middlebury College, 204 College Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. (802) 443-5286. Noreen Cargill, Administrative Director; Jason Lamb, Coordinator. blwc@middlebury.edu

www.middlebury.edu/blwc