Bread Loaf Writers' Faculty Page
Dear Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Faculty,
We’re looking forward to seeing you in August!
Below you will find details about the information and materials we will need in order to prepare for your visit.
Thank you for taking a close look at the information noted here and submitting the materials requested. If you think of any questions, please let us know.
Noreen Cargill, Administrative Director
Jason Lamb, Coordinator
Forms Required for Honorarium Payment
Please return the forms below so we receive them by Friday, January 31.
1. W9 and Contracts
Faculty are processed as independent contractors through Accounts Payable. Please complete the three forms below and return them to us by Friday, January 7.
These three forms are fillable online. To complete the document on your computer (1) download the document; (2) save the document with a new title, such as your name; (3) open the saved copy not the downloaded copy; (4) select “fill and sign” on the right of the PDF; (5) complete the document and save and return to us as described below.
Please be sure to list your name in the same way on all documents.
The payment will be processed just after the session. Payments are sent by check or direct deposit (see the direct deposit option included on the W9).
Please send the W9 and contracts by email, fax, or mail:
Email: blwc@middlebury.edu
Fax: 802-443-2087
Mail: Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences, Middlebury College, 204 College Street, Middlebury, VT 05753
2. Online Information Form
Please submit this online form so we receive it by Friday, January 31.
In order to complete the form, you should have the following on hand:
- Publisher contact information for your most recent book
- List of titles and publication dates of your books you would like us to sell at the Bread Loaf Bookstore
- Emergency contact information
- License plate number (if driving to Bread Loaf)
- Names of anyone accompanying you to Bread Loaf, if any
- Your thoughts on offering a lecture and/or craft class (see more in the Lectures and Classes section below)
Conference Materials and Upcoming Deadlines
Dates subject to change
Notification of Faculty/Fellow Pairs (via email): July 1
Access to Manuscript Packets (via Google Drive): July 1
Fellow Books sent to Faculty (via snail mail): July 10
The book is for the faculty member to read for their own pleasure.
Assignment for First Workshop Due: due by July 11
Bread Loaf Faculty Handbook: Available July 22
The Bread Loaf Faculty Handbook Includes a packing list and information regarding workshops, readings, and Bread Loaf facilities, including housing, meals, Wi-Fi access, and cell phone service, among other details.
Copy and Tech Needs: Copy & Tech Form available July 22
We make copies of handouts for faculty during the conference. If you will have handouts during the conference, please upload the master copies via the form below.
We’re also asking you to let us know of any tech needs you might have during the conference. Whether you’re planning to show one picture or do something more involved with Powerpoint and sound during one of your programs (class, lecture, workshop), it would be helpful to know as soon as possible via the form.
This year we’re also asking faculty to share with us a Zoom link in case it’s needed during the conference; please see the Copy & Tech Form for more details.
Participant Photo and Bios: July 31
Health and Safety on Campus this Summer
COVID-19
Please read our current Covid-19 information.
Required Measles Proof of Immunity
The Vermont Department of Health is requiring that all Bread Loafers be able to provide proof of immunization from measles before the start of our summer sessions. In the time leading up to the conference faculty are assigned a temporary Middlebury email and given access to a secure form for uploading their proof of immunity document. In the meantime, please note that there will be three options for fulfilling this requirement of measles immunization:
- obtain proof of immunization from already extant records;
- get a blood test that proves immunity from a doctor or clinic;
- get an immunization shot for measles (MMR) from a local pharmacy or doctor and provide proof of it.
Please note:
—Individuals born prior to January 1, 1957 are assumed to be immune to measles and do not have to provide proof of immunity. Instead of uploading a proof of immunity document via the forthcoming secure form, these individuals will provide a document showing their date of birth.
—Those who attended a Bread Loaf conference last year or who are on Middlebury faculty/staff have already fulfilled this requirement and need not upload it again via this process.
You’ll find more details about measles and the College’s approach on Middlebury’s measles information website. (We’ll be in touch this spring with more details about your temporary Middlebury email and access to the secure form.)
Middlebury College Policies
In support of our community effort to promote a campus and workplace environment that is safe and welcoming for all Middlebury students, faculty, and staff, we ask all faculty to review the Middlebury College Policies. Please plan to review this important information before your arrival on campus this summer.
Should you have any comments, questions, or concerns in the time leading up to or during the conference, please let us know by contacting one of the Bread Loaf staff members below:
Jennifer Grotz, Director, jgrotz@middlebury.edu
Lauren Francis-Sharma, Assistant Director, lfrancissharma@middlebury.edu
Noreen Cargill, Administrative Director, ncargill@middlebury.edu
Jason Lamb, Coordinator, jlamb@middlebury.edu
Arrival
Faculty and fellows arrive on Tuesday, August 12 by 5:00 p.m.
Please join us for a cocktail hour from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in Treman Cottage, followed by dinner from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Bread Loaf Inn.
There is an important orientation meeting in the Barn at 8:00 p.m.
When you get to campus, please go to the Front Desk of the Bread Loaf Inn to get your room assignment and mailbox information. Registration packets will be distributed during the orientation meeting on Tuesday at 8:00 p.m., in the Barn.
Departure
Saturday, August 23, is the last day of the session. Saturday is a travel day—breakfast is available in the morning and then people head out by noon.
Travel Information
Please see the Travel Page for driving directions, details on how to make taxi arrangements, travel from the Burlington Airport to the Bread Loaf campus, and other information.
Event Formats
The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference offers a variety of pedagogical formats that in casual parlance are sometimes conflated, confused, or used interchangeably with one another. In an effort to clarify these formats (and with apologies for possible pedantry), descriptions are listed here to help you as you prepare your various events or presentations on the mountain.
Lectures and Classes
We invite you to give a lecture and/or craft class. These two formats are especially popular with Bread Loafers and make up an essential part of the conversation that takes place on the mountain.
Lectures are delivered in the Little Theater and are usually read texts of 45-50 minutes presenting some literary question or topic. Their attendance is conference-wide.
Craft classes are smaller, limited to 25 students who sign up based on the topic in advance, and as their name suggests, they are more hands-on or “craft” related (close reading of a text, writing or revision exercise, etc.) and are held in classrooms. The craft class can be either 50 minutes or 1 hour 15 minutes.
We ask for your interest in offering a lecture or craft class via the online Faculty Information Form, and if if we are able to add either or both to our roster, we pay additionally: $1000 for a lecture; $500 for a craft class.
Decisions about lectures and class offerings will be made by the director in late spring or early summer to guarantee your time to prepare.
See a list of past lectures and classes.
Sample Schedule
In order to help you get a sense of the daily lineup of events, please view the daily schedule from last year’s conference. The 2024 schedule will be available in your registration packet when you arrive on campus.