Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

The 2024 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference was held from August 14 to August 24 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures; craft classes; meetings with editors, agents, and publishers; and readings by faculty and guests. The faculty included poets Catherine Barnett, Rick Barot, Carmen Giménez, Sally Keith, Adrian Matejka, and Mark Wunderlich; fiction writers Marie-Helene Bertino, Jamel Brinkley, Jennine Capó Crucet, Garth Greenwell, Samantha Hunt, Mat Johnson, Victor LaValle, Rebecca Makkai, Dinaw Mengestu, and Helen Schulman; and creative nonfiction writers Jenny Boully and Paul Lisicky. Special guests included novelist Xochitl Gonzalez. Participating publishing professionals included editors Katie Raissian (Grove Atlantic) and Jenny Xu (Atria Books) and agents Miriam Altshuler (DeFiore & Company) and Janet Silver (Aevitas Creative Management). Tuition was $4,105, which included lodging and meals. Financial aid was available. To apply, writers submitted up to 10 pages of poetry or no more than 6,000 words of prose with a $20 application fee by February 1. Visit the website for more information.

Accessibility accommodations include accessible sidewalks, pathways, and doorways; elevators to dorm spaces; accessible bathrooms and dorm rooms; accessible event spaces; accessible parking; and assistive listening devices for lectures and readings. Contact Middlebury College ADA coordinator Jodi Litchfield at (802) 443-5936 or ada@middlebury.edu for additional accessibility details.