Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
August 16-26, 2023
(Credit: Todd Balfour
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Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences
The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, founded in 1926, is one of the oldest and finest of its kind in the country.
It is the cornerstone to the three Bread Loaf Conferences, which include the Writers’ Conference, the Environmental Writers’ Conference, and the Translators’ Conference.
In all the programs, you’ll experience the Bread Loaf model, which includes small-group workshops scheduled among enriching readings and lectures.
Each summer, our faculty members include some of the world’s most notable writers and translators.
2023 Crumb Newsletter
We invite you to read the daily issues of The Crumb during the conference:
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Friday, August 18, 2023
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Sunday, August 20, 2023
Monday, August 21, 2023
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Friday, August 25, 2023
Saturday, August 26, 2023
The Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences
Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference
June 2-8, 2023
Bread Loaf Translators' Conference
June 2-8, 2023
Community
The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences create diverse and inclusive communities that give voice to writers of all ages and experience. The conferences are not retreats where writers work in solitude, but instead places where writers of all backgrounds and at all stages of their careers—unpublished and published—come together to test their assumptions regarding literature and seek advice about their progress as writers. Bread Loaf fosters communities where open-mindedness, respect, and appreciation are truly valued and where each person can thrive and benefit from their time on the mountain.
The Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences in Photos
A faculty member during the 1976 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Toni Morrison offers a lecture in the Little Theater and later in the conference will read from her book Song of Solomon that will be published the following year. Listen to Toni Morrison read from Song of Solomon in the Little Theater.
Archive of Lectures and Readings
Listen to lectures and readings from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences, including the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference, the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in August.
Our Mission
The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences provide a time-tested model of instruction for writers, especially in their early stages, to strengthen their command of literary craft, to examine their assumptions about the art, and to seek advice about works-in-progress.
Immersive learning experiences that take place in both national and international contexts, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences bring together diverse and talented communities of writers to take part in workshops, lectures, readings, classes, meetings with professionals in the publishing industry, and other programming aiming to prepare, educate, and inspire.