Ken Burns is the 2026
Writer in the World Prize Recipient
We are pleased to announce that documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will receive our Writer in the World Prize at the 2026 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference (SVWC), for work that fuses narrative mastery with moral imagination, deepening our understanding of the world and our place in it. Burns will be receiving his award and giving a presentation at SVWC 2026, happening July 18-20. Stay tuned for more information.
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Theo Baker
David Gelles
Jill Lepore
Julia Lovell
Barbara Wansbrough
Ilyon Woo
Richard Osman
Atul Gawande
Amor Towles
Shelley Read
Kiran Desai
Derek Thompson
Peter Godwin
Michael Pollan
Sebastian Mallaby
Ada Limón
Abby Phillip
Robert Macfarlane
Simon Rich
Susan Orlean
Virginia Evans
Susan Choi
Amy Bowers Cordalis
Julian Brave NoiseCat
Liaquat Ahamed
Beth Macy
Rick Atkinson
Gary Shteyngart
David Sanger
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Ken Burns 2026 Writer in the World Prize Recipient
We are pleased to announce that documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will receive our Writer in the World…
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It is one of SVWC’s foremost goals to make the Conference and its content as accessible as possible, especially to students, teachers, and our local community. We have opened our doors each year, both virtually and in-person, with free Pavilion lawn talks, free livestreaming, free talks at The Community Library, as well as free online audio and video recordings (including our very own podcast) in our digital media library. This year, we are also offering Special Series Pavilion Passes and a Live Watch Party in downtown Ketchum. We invite you to join in and get inspired. For all the ways you can get involved for free, visit svwc.com/free.
Thirty years ago, the founders of the Sun Valley Writers’pinab
Conference sat around a kitchen table and dreamt up what wouldpin up kz
become today’s premier literary conference. Over the last three decades,казино онлайн на деньги
more than 500 poets, playwrights, historians, novelists, journalists, musicians, and more have graced the stage at SVWC.pin up вход
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This Black History Month, we’re celebrating journalist, author, and #SVWC2026 speaker Abby Phillip—a powerful voice shaping today’s conversations around culture, leadership, and public life. Her latest book, “A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power," offers a deeply reported, thoughtful look at a pivotal moment in our political history, shedding new light on an American icon.
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