Seventeenth Annual
Jackson Hole Writers Conference

June 25 - June 28, 2009

Every summer, passion for the written word brings writers together in Grand Teton National Park's backyard. Jackson Hole Writers Conference attendees are young and old, veterans and tenderfoots who all share one common denominator: they all love writing.

Special Guest:
Sweet Potato Queen
Jill Conner Browne
Jill Conner Browne is the Sweet Potato Queen

- and featuring -

Tony Earley
Julia Glass
Chris Crutcher
Ravi Shankar





Tracks for 2009

...and Special Guests



Fiction

Sponsored by Livewater Properties

Tony Earley
Julia Glass
Craig Johnson


Creative Nonfiction

Sponsored by Sophie Echeverria

William Powers
Jill Conner Browne
Ted Kerasote

Magazine

Sponsored by Jackson Hole Magazine

Chuck Sambuchino, Writer's Digest
Allison Adato, People

Young Adult

Sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council Trust Fund

Christoher Crutcher
Terry Davis
Roz Monette

Poetry

Sponsored by David Kornblum

Ravi Shankar
Katherine Coles
Laurie Kutchins



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Join the "Stories-in-Motion" Blog

To spark your writing year round, The Conference welcomes you
to join in our "Stories-In-Motion" blog.

Collaborative and ongoing stories and poetry, written by and for you, our writing community. Add an inspired paragraph anytime to keep these creations moving. Final stories may be published by The Conference to showcase this fun project.

Wild and endangered words that are supported by our donors and by you when you use them
in stories and poetry on this site, at home, or in your publishing endeavors.

Writing assignment suggestions for poetry and fiction.

Contests. Should we decide to hold one, you'll find it here first!

Visit the Jackson Hole Writers Conference's "Stories in Motion" blog at JacksonHoleWriters.wordpress.com today!




The 2009 Jackson Hole Writers Conference will be held at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts.


Center for the Arts; Jackson, WY





Thank You Sponsors!


The Magazine of the Tetons
"Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources." Wyoming Arts Council


Other sponsors include:

Jackson Whole Grocer Jackson Whole Grocer
Circumerro Stock JH Compunet

Teton County Library

Twist of Lime Marketing and Content Services
Jackson Hole Wildlife Safaris Dancers' Workshop Center for the Arts

High Country Linen Service

Jedediah's Original House of Sourdough

Old Bill's Fun Run for Charities 12

Pearl Street Bagels

Wyoming Balloon Company

Master's Studio

David Kornblum



Photo courtesy of Circumerro Stock