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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Colum McCann

Admiral James Stavridis

Safiya Sinclair

Edward Luce

Griffin Dunne

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Oren Cass

Sonia Purnell

Max Boot

Ocean Vuong

Wright Thompson

Ruth Reichl

Clara Bingham

Theodore H. Schwartz

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Vivek H. Murthy, MD

Evan Osnos

Erling Kagge

Liz Moore

Jonathan Blitzer

Claire Keegan

Nayantara Roy

Paola Ramos

Carl Hiaasen

Todd S. Purdum

Meenakshi Ahamed

The Improvised Shakespeare Company

Andre Dubus III

Yael van der Wouden

Abraham Verghese

Sloane Crosley

Dan Jones
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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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With a brand new book that just hit shelves yesterday, #SVWC2025 presenter Colum McCann is lighting up the internet. Originally from Ireland, this National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin has written many other international bestsellers and his work has been published in over 40 languages. As Kirkus Review writes, "As usual, his writing astounds; McCann hasn’t lost the shining prose that marked his earlier novels like Let the Great World Spin (2009). What a beautiful, sparkling book this is." And from Kevin Barry: "McCann may follow Coppola upriver and Conrad to the heart of darkness, but the concerns of his novel are contemporary and urgent and utterly compelling." He is also the co-founder of a global non-profit which uses storytelling to help young people transform their communities. Learn more at the link in bio.
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“SVWC is unquestionably the best writers conference I have ever attended.”
– Rebecca Donner, SVWC 2022 Presenter