Steamboat Writers Group Weekly Gatherings (Year Round)
Please join us every Thursday from 12-2 pm at the Depot Art Center 1001 13th Street, Steamboat Springs.
Visit SteamboatWriters.com for more information or email steamboatwriters@gmail.com
*June 4th – August 7th the Writers Group meets at Steamboat Art Museum 801 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs
Writers of all genres and levels of experience are welcome to read their unpublished works. We do not critique content. Instead, we offer positive advice on whether the writing is effective. Each participant may read for about ten minutes and then receive a few minutes of comments. Times vary depending on how many readers we have. By meeting weekly instead of monthly like other groups, we are able to keep a degree of momentum on longer works.
43rd Annual Writer’s Conference October 23-24th
Join us for a weekend of inspiration, craft, and connection at the 43rd Annual Steamboat Writers Conference. Friday evening features a community dinner and our lively Five Minutes of Fame open mic. Saturday includes a full day of sessions with featured speakers Jennifer Wortman, prize-winning author and editor for Colorado Review, and Rachel Weaver, celebrated novelist and former naturalist. Topics include crafting strong novel ideas and selling nonfiction in today’s market. Breakfast and lunch are included, with afternoon workshops and a closing Q&A.
Conference registration is $150.00 for Saturday only, with an optional Friday evening Meet & Greet Reception and Buffet Dinner available for $45.00 per attendee or guest (no children, please).
About the Speakers
Jennifer Wortman is the author of the story collection This. This. This. Is. Love. Love. Love. (Split/Lip Press, 2019), named the Denver Westword 2020 pick for best new short-story collection, the 2019 Foreword INDIES bronze winner for short stories, and a finalist for the Colorado Book Awards and the High Plains Book Awards. Her work appears in TriQuarterly, Hayden’s Ferry Review, DIAGRAM, Electric Literature, Brevity, Best Small Fictions, W. W. Norton’s Flash Fiction America, and elsewhere, and has been cited as distinguished in Best American Short Stories. A recipient of fellowships from the NEA and MacDowell, she lives with her family in Colorado, where she teaches at Lighthouse Writers Workshop and serves as fiction editor for Colorado Review. https://jenniferwortman.com/
Rachel Weaver’s novel Point of Direction was named a Top Ten Book To Pick Up Now by Oprah Magazine. She teaches at Wilkes University and Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Rachel’s migraine memoir, Dizzy, is newly out with West Virginia University Press and her novel, The Last Run, is forthcoming in June 2026 with Lake Union Publishing. Prior to earning her MFA in Writing and Poetics at Naropa University, Rachel worked for the Forest Service in Alaska studying bears, raptors and songbirds. She holds a CPA in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. For more information visit https://rachelweaver.net
Full Conference Schedule
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