2025 Schedule & Program is Live!
It’s here … time to check out our incredible schedule of talks! Read about our panel discussions, breakout session choices, what’s available for free lawn talks, and more. We also have a few special guests this year, like the Improvised Shakespeare Company and Typewriter Rodeo. Our surprise speaker, the recipient of the 2025 Writer in the World prize, will be revealed live from the stage on July 19!
2025 Presenters
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Dan Jones

Sloane Crosley

Theodore H. Schwartz

Paola Ramos

Meenakshi Ahamed

Colum McCann

Griffin Dunne

Oren Cass

The Improvised Shakespeare Company

Edward Luce

Todd S. Purdum

Vivek H. Murthy, MD

Erling Kagge

Evan Osnos

Carl Hiaasen

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Ruth Reichl

Claire Keegan

Clara Bingham

Admiral James Stavridis

Wright Thompson

Ocean Vuong

Liz Moore

Andre Dubus III

Jonathan Blitzer

Sonia Purnell

Safiya Sinclair

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Abraham Verghese

Yael van der Wouden

Max Boot

Nayantara Roy
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Did you miss a talk or have one you want to share? Our 2024 livestreaming videos have already aired, but you can head over to our digital media library for select video and audio recordings from the 2024 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference!
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This year, we look forward to welcoming New Voices Fellows Yael van der Wouden and Nayantara Roy to #SVWC2025! In a literary conference filled with recognizable and established authors, the New Voices Fellowship aims to showcase some of the country’s most exciting new talent—young, award-winning writers whose debut work is both original and daring. As presenters, these two authors will speak about their choice to become writers and read from their highly-acclaimed debut novels. Learn more at the link in bio and keep an eye on these rising stars in the years ahead!
The New Voices Fellowship program was inaugurated in 2022, thanks to the support of the Grossman Family Foundation (in honor of Peggy Grossman), bringing fresh voices and perspectives into the SVWC fold.
Our Writers` Conference passes have sold, but stay tuned for more info about our free Community Speaker Series, free lawn talks, free livestreaming, our NEW Special Series Pavilion Pass and tickets to our Live Watch Party. Subscribe to receive updates about these events at svwc.com/subscribe.
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UPDATE: please note, the dates have changed. Sonia Purnell will now be speaking on July 16 and Ruth Reichl on July 22. The talks are both full, but there is a waitlist available. You can also join us via livestream (pending author permissions). Visit comlib.org/2025/css for more info.
SVWC is partnering with The Community Library to bring you two free talks this July. Both talks will be held at 5:30pm in The Community Library Lecture Hall with book signings to follow (books will be available to purchase on-site).
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“SVWC is unquestionably the best writers conference I have ever attended.”
– Rebecca Donner, SVWC 2022 Presenter