Conference
2025 Jackson Hole Writers Conference Schedule Overview
Revised April 15th and subject to change
JH Writers
P.O. Box 3871
Jackson, WY 83001
307-200-5858
Wednesday, October 22
PRE-CONFERENCE ARRIVALS & SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AT THE ANVIL HOTEL and KNOX KRONENBERG GALLERY
Arrivals before 5:00 are invited to explore Jackson using our conference sponsor map or head up to Grand Teton National Park
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Anvil Hotel Lobby – Hotel check-in, meet & greet with live music
Dinner on your own
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Knox Kronenberg Gallery – Public reading with faculty guests – Community reading and open mic featuring LGBTQIA+ cosponsored by JH Pride and St. John’s Episcopal Church and hosted by The Anvil Hotel and Knox Kronenberg Gallery.
Thursday, October 23
A FULL DAY OF EVENTS AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND EVENING FUN AT THE ANVIL HOTEL AND AROUND TOWN
8:00 – 9:00 am
Anvil Hotel Lobby – PUBLIC EVENT – Guided Writing Time
Current and former faculty will be present at The Anvil each morning to get your day started with a writing prompt.
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Conference registration
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Craft Class with agent MIRA LANDRY – From Manuscript to Market: Demystifying Traditional Publishing
10:30 – 11:30 am
JULIE BARTON – Guided Writing Time
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Free lunch – Pizza and salad from Yeah Buddy! Pizza
11:45 – 12:15 – PUBLIC EVENT – Yoga for Writers (and the desk-bound)
12:45 – 1:00 pm
Welcoming remarks by Matt Daly
1:00 – 2:20 pm
Presentation – Persistence and Optimism by CHRIS TEBBETTS
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Panel – Growing Your Community of Writers with LUCAS SCHAEFER, GREG MARSHALL, LAURA PRITCHETT, ANDREW BUCKLEY and more.
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Craft Classes
TRACI L. JONES – New Ideas for Starting New Projects
LAURA PRITCHETT – Interior and Exterior Landscapes: How to use any setting to deepen character
DĀSHAUN WASHINGTON – The Integrity of the Poetic
Line
GREG MARSHALL – Embodied Humor
5:00 – 6:45 pm
PUBLIC EVENT – Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship Reading with KRISTIN HUGO, ANDREW MUNZ, & GEORGE VLASTOS
6:45 – 9:00 pm
Dinner on your own
9:00 – 10:00 pm
PUBLIC EVENT – open mic with conference attendees, faculty and local authors and writers
Friday, October 2
A FULL DAY OF EVENTS AND AN EVENING KEYNOTE ALL AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
8:00 – 9:00 am
Anvil Hotel Lobby – PUBLIC EVENT – Guided Writing Time
Current and former faculty will be present at The Anvil each morning to get your day started with a writing prompt.
9:00 – 10:00 am
Late Registration
DĀSHAUN WASHINGTON – Guided Writing Time
AMY BISHOP-WYCISK – Craft Class – Queries About Querying
10:00 – 11:00 am
The Story You Have to Tell by JULIE BARTON
11:15 – 12:30 pm
Panel with editors MAYA RAIFORD COHEN, TAYLOR GILREATH, SUMMER STEWART & MOLLY MCCULLY BROWN
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch on your own
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Craft Classes
JULIE BARTON – Structuring a Compelling Narrative
CHRIS TEBBETTS – Revising For Flow
LUCAS SHAEFER – Keep It Moving: Writing Action
NIKKI TERPILOWSKI – Page to Screen
3:45 – 5:00 pm
Manuscript Critiques (see critique map on site)
4:00-4:20 & 4:30-4:50 – Craft Activity on collaborative writing projects with BROUGHTON COBURN
4:00-4:20 & 4:30-4:50 – Craft Activity with JENNIFER GRIFFITH
5:00 – 7:30 pm
PUBLIC EVENT – non-ticketed & no cost
Reception
Keynote Address and book signing with CAMILLE DUNGY
Signing
7:30 – 9:00 pm
Dinner on your own
9:00 – 10:00 pm
Anvil Hotel Lobby – PUBLIC EVENT open mic with local authors
Saturday, October 25
A LIVELY DAY AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND A FUN EVENING CELEBRATION
8:00 – 8:30 am
Anvil Hotel Lobby – PUBLIC EVENT – Generative Writing
Current and former faculty will be present at The Anvil each morning to get your day started with a writing prompt.
9:00 – 10:00 am
Editors’ Table with MAYA RAIFORD COHEN, TAYLOR GILREATH, SUMMER STEWART & MOLLY MCCULLY BROWN
Guided Writing Time with TRACI L. JONES
10:00 – 11:00 am
Presentation by GREG MARSHALL
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Panel with agents AMY BISHOP-WYCISK, MIRA LANDRY & NIKKI TERPILOWSKI
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch on your own
CFA Commons – 11:45 – 12:15 – PUBLIC EVENT – Yoga for Writers (and the desk-bound)
2:00-3:30 pm
Craft Classes
ANDREW BUCKLEY – From Concept to Script – Screenwriting Workshop
BRIDGET CROCKER – Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit
MOLLY MCCULLY BROWN – The Uses of The Body
CAMILLE DUNGY – From nothing to something: Five ways of filling a blank page.
3:45 – 5:00 pm
Manuscript Critiques
4:00-4:20 & 4:30-4:50 – Craft Activity KRISTIN HUGO on social media for nonfiction writers
4:00-4:45 – Author/Editor conversation with SID SIBO & TAYLOR GILREATH
5:00 – 5:30 pm
Planning Alternatives Money Personality Quiz with Nathan Mersereau – How does your relationship to money connect to your relationship to writing?
5:45 – 6:45 pm
Faculty Book Sale and Signing
6:45 – 8:00 pm
Participant Reading
8:00 – 10:00 pm
Celebration dinner on the theater stage
Sunday, October 26
8:00 – 9:00 am
Anvil Hotel Lobby – PUBLIC EVENT – Generative Writing with MATT DALY
Current and former faculty will be present at The Anvil each morning to get your day started with a writing prompt.
Departures
5:30 – 7:00 pm
The Virginian – PUBLIC EVENT – CAMPFIRE with Camille T. Dungy – Hosted by St. John’s Episcopal Church
For two years, St. John’s has been hosting monthly CAMPFIRE Gatherings, inviting artists, athletes, and huge-hearted leaders for brave conversations around what moves and inspires us.