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 & OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES AT THE ANVIL HOTEL
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Hotel check-in and conference registration at The Anvil Hotel
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Live music at The Anvil Hotel
Dinner on your own
7:30 – 9:00 pm
After-hours Reading with faculty guests (open to the public)
Thursday, October 23
A FULL DAY OF EVENTS AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND EVENING FUN AT THE ANVIL AND IN TOWN
8:00 – 8:30 am
Generative Writing with a faculty guest at The Anvil (open to the public)
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Conference registration in the Center for the Arts theater lobby
10:30 – 11:30 am
Craft Class on writing a synopsis with agent Mira Landry
OR
Generative Writing time with a faculty guest
1:00 – 1:15 pm
Let the conferencing begin!
1:15 – 2:15 pm
Presentation
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Panel
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Craft Classes
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Meet & Greet at The Anvil with a reading by JH Writers board members and staff
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Dinner on your own
9:00 – 10:00 pm
After Hours Reading with faculty guests
Friday, October 24
A FULL DAY OF EVENTS AND AN EVENING KEYNOTE ALL AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
8:00 – 8:30 am
Generative Writing with a faculty guest at The Anvil (open to the public)
9:00 – 10:00 am
Registration at the Center for the Arts theater lobby
Craft Class led by an agent
Editors’ Table
Generative Writing with a faculty guest (open to the public)
10:00 – 11:00 am
Presentation
11:15 – 12:30 pm
Panel with editors
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch on your own
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Craft Classes
3:45 – 5:00 pm
Manuscript Critiques
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Keynote Address and book signing with Camille Dungy (open to the public)
7:30 – 9:00 pm
Dinner on your own
9:00 – 10:00 pm
After Hours Reading (open to the public)
Saturday, October 25
A LIVELY DAY AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND A FUN EVENING CELEBRATION
8:00 – 8:30 am
Generative Writing with a faculty guest at The Anvil (open to the public)
9:00 – 10:00 am
Craft Class led by an agent
Editors’ Table
Generative Writing with a faculty guest (open to the public)
10:00 – 11:00 am
Presentation
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Panel with agents
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch on your own
2:00-3:30 pm
Craft Classes
3:45 – 5:30 pm
Manuscript Critiques
Craft Class for participants without manuscript critiques
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Participant reading and faculty book sale (open to the public)
8:00 – 10:00 pm
Celebration dinner on the theater stage
Sunday, October 26
8:00 – 8:30
Generative Writing with a faculty guest at The Anvil
9:00 – 11:00
Craft Class on Revision at the Center for the Arts
11:00 – 11:15
Farewell Remarks