2025 Passes – SOLD OUT
All 2025 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference passes have sold out. We recommend joining our waitlist, as we do have cancellations. If more passes become available, those on the waitlist will be notified in the order received.
If you missed out this year, not to worry—there are many other ways to join SVWC that don’t require a pass! See below. We recommend signing up for our email newsletter to receive updates about these programs and events.
2025 Presenters
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Theodore H. Schwartz

The Improvised Shakespeare Company

Paola Ramos

Griffin Dunne

Meenakshi Ahamed

Jonathan Blitzer

Wright Thompson

Dan Jones

Clara Bingham

Vivek H. Murthy, MD

Nayantara Roy

Colum McCann

Andre Dubus III

Ocean Vuong

Yael van der Wouden

Max Boot

Safiya Sinclair

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Evan Osnos

Carl Hiaasen

Admiral James Stavridis

Ruth Reichl

Edward Luce

Oren Cass

Liz Moore

Erling Kagge

Todd S. Purdum

Sonia Purnell

Abraham Verghese

Claire Keegan

Sloane Crosley
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Recorded Talks from 2024
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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FREE Community Speaker Series | July 2025
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FREE TALK! As part of the SVWC School Speaker Series, Alejandra Campoverdi will be giving a free lecture at the Hailey Public Library on April 23 at 5:30pm—this event is open to the public, made possible by generous donations to SVWC.
At one of our local schools, author of the national bestseller "First Gen" will also be speaking with local high school and middle school students about her experience as a first-generation college student and conducting a writing workshop focused on students’ own “origin stories.” Learn more at the link in bio.
📸 : Kirsten Shultz @photorama2
#SVWC #SVWC2025 #SunValleyWritersConference #SVWCSchoolSpeakerSeries #AlejandraCampoverdi #FirstGen #OriginStories #WritingWorkshop #RepresentationMatters #InspiringTheNextGeneration #EducationMatters #SunValleyID #WoodRiverValley #IdahoEvents
The rare artist is accomplished in different genres and different media. Poet, photographer, and visual artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths (rachelelizagriffiths) is one of those artists. Now she has added the title of novelist with Promise, a beautiful debut about two young Black sisters in 1950s Maine and about how racism and discrimination reached into the small towns of America, distorting lives and dreams. The book has that rare ability to blend big national themes with the vivid, tender details of intimate lives. We can`t for her to join us for #SVWC2025!
Our Writers` Conference passes have sold, but stay tuned for more info about our free Community Speaker Series, free lawn talks, free livestreaming, and tickets to our Live Watch Party and Pavilion talks. Subscribe to receive updates about these events at svwc.com/subscribe.
📸 : Beowulf Sheehan
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“SVWC is unquestionably the best writers conference I have ever attended.”
– Rebecca Donner, SVWC 2022 Presenter