The Mountain Words Literary Festival

The 2024 Mtn Words Writer-in-Res is open for apps! May 1 - June 1, 2024, private lodging in Crested Butte, CO, $1k stipend. Deadline Feb 9, apply here mtnwords.org/2021-writer-in…

@MtnWords was amazing this year and that smile on my face captures the feeling of friends old and new, the stories shared, and the wonderful community that surrounds us. I am filled with joy for the gift of a writing life full of incredible people. Join me next year!

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@betsygquammen @J_Farrell @tedconover @megankatenelson @ute_gal @gbtking @npbowlin @highcountrynews @TorreyHouse Can’t wait to have you and the gang back, Betsy!

Coming soon: A conversation about priceless manuscripts, book bans, and arguably the most repulsive story ever written. Thanks to @joelmwarner for sharing the stage @MtnWords this weekend in Crested Butte to discuss “The Curse of the Marquis de Sade.”

Talking to Ryan was an absolute pleasure and an honor for a radio junkie like me. Stay tuned for the drop on his Crested Butte visit!

🗻 I scored a “high voltage community radio” shirt from @KBUTRADIO. 🗻 The Eldo is a brewery that serves scrumptious Nepalese cuisine 🗻 Crested Beetlejuice 🗻 An auspicious perch

This enormous panel of panels DID pretty much solve The Future of Land in the West @MtnWords @J_Farrell @npbowlin @betsygquammen @megankatenelson @tedconover Regina Lopez Whiteskunk, @gbtking

Such a fun and invigorating day at the @MtnWords Festival in Crested Butte, CO, today! Grateful to be in this gorgeous place with such brilliant writers and readers 🙏

Great @MtnWords panel with @J_Farrell and @tedconover about Ted’s new book and the process of ethnographic journalism

Back streets of Crested Butte festival crescendo at the legendary Kochevars (Butch Cassidy left his gun here!) @HarlessBrooke @rebeccamakkai @davidbabylon @teowlimgoh @suziqpoet @FirstDraftADOW @npbowlin @boylesfarms @Spacejunc

@pam_houston always brings the crowds!

It’s on! @MtnWords kicked off with sensationally hard literary trivia —behold the winning team @ArvinRam1 @HarlessBrooke Sam Robards, @KateManning10 @JuliaWheeler1

@oliviachadha We can't wait to have you, Olivia!

The 2023 Mountain Words Writers-in-Residence 📣 Currently braving the high altitude, low oxygen, and ceaseless snows of Crested Butte — but managing to dominate our local trivia. Catch them at @MtnWords May 25 - 28! @abautze @boylesfarms Harrison Fletcher @JQiii @MollyMurfee

@KateManning10 We can't wait to have you @KateManning10 !

Wowza. Thrilling to be one of the "+more!" I'll be talking 5/26 in a workshop about writing fiction invented from wild true stories. Can't wait to head back to Colorado for #Mountainwordsliteraryfestival #GildedMountain #Fiction #Writers #CrestedButte

Hold the phone - @rachmonroe & @rebeccamakkai will be in convo on true crime (can it be ethical?) May 27 at @MtnWords2023. This hot talk is not to miss!

@anaturaldrift @tedconover Looking forward to having you, Vince!

Next up— this from ⁦@tedconover⁩. Want to read Cheap Land Colorado, too, but 1st things 1st! Looking forward to hearing him speak ⁦@MtnWords⁩ in Crested Butte at the end of May!

@atzuniga We 🖤 you Adrian! Can we get you back here soon?

Absolutely LOVE Crested Butte. Go to this!

@laurakrantz @rebeccamakkai @rachmonroe @tedconover @J_Farrell @pam_houston @ScDunnJr @boylesfarms @suziqpoet @teowlimgoh @_RajPatel @krantzlm whoopsie! @laurakrantz you want to join us anyway? We love your stuff and would be tickled to have you!

@MtnWords @rebeccamakkai @rachmonroe @tedconover @J_Farrell @pam_houston @ScDunnJr @boylesfarms @suziqpoet @teowlimgoh @_RajPatel @krantzlm

Join us this May in Crested Butte, CO for an intensely fun weekend with a mob of fiercely talented writers — time of your life, we promise 📚 @rebeccamakkai @rachmonroe @tedconover @J_Farrell @pam_houston @ScDunnJr @boylesfarms @laurakrantz @suziqpoet @teowlimgoh @_RajPatel