1920s–1940s
Willa Cather (pictured)
Robert Frost
Eudora Welty
Truman Capote
William Carlos Williams
See the full list.

Centennial
Celebrate 100 years of Bread Loaf!
We invite you to enjoy the special features below and to stop back as we share more throughout the year.
A Hundred Years, A Hundred Writers
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1950s–1970s
Anne Sexton (pictured)
Ralph Ellison
Czeslaw Milosz
Joan Didion
Joyce Carol Oates
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1980s–2000s
Yusef Komunyakaa (pictured)
Erica Jong
Edward Hirsch
Garrett Hongo
Sigrid Nunez
See the full list.
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2010s–present
Danzy Senna (pictured)
Natasha Trethewey
David Treuer
Monica Youn
Victor LaValle
See the full list.

Prizes and Awards
5 Nobel
43 Pulitzer
41 PEN America
29 National Book Critics’ Circle
38 National Book
13 Kingsley Tufts
8 Kate Tufts
60 Academy of American Poets
28 Discovery/The Nation
See the full list.
(Pictured: Toni Morrison receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.)
Preserving the Past for the Future

From the Archives
Visit the past for a full scope of Bread Loaf’s rich history.
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Lectures and Readings
Listen to lectures and readings from all of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences.
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The Archives
Explore a trove of recordings, Crumb daily newsletters, photographs, and other documents.
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Slideshow
Scroll through a slideshow of Bread Loaf over the years!
The Centennial Fund
If you have ever considered making a donation to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences, now is the moment to do so. The special Centennial Fund, available only for 2025 to 2026, makes it possible for every dollar of every donation to go directly to the conferences. We hope you’ll consider making a donation no matter the size to help us address the many pressing needs as the conferences move into the next century.