Bread Loaf News

A Note from the Director

The Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences offer an exciting array of programs that are part of a tradition that has made Bread Loaf one of America's most valuable literary institutions. Read More »

2016 Readings and Lecture Audio Recordings Now Available

The 2016 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference lectures and readings are now online.

Bread Loaf Reading and Lecture Recordings

2016 Community Page

Visit the Community Page to see a list of all who will attend the conference in August as well as bios for the recipients of this year's fellowships, scholarships, and returning contributor awards.

2016 Crumb Daily Newsletter

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Ross Gay, Bread Loaf Orion Faculty Member, Wins Poetry Awards

We’re pleased to congratulate 2015 Bread Loaf Orion faculty member Ross Gay on being awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his work Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude.