The 39th conference will be held July 28 – August 2, 2019. The faculty:
- Poetry: Eavan Boland, Forrest Gander, Jane Hirshfield, Major Jackson
- Fiction: Lan Samantha Chang, Ryan Harty, Mitchell S. Jackson, Julie Orringer
- NEW! Translation: Howard Norman
Eavan Boland
Eavan Boland is the author of, most recently, A Woman [...]
Forrest Gander
Forrest Gander is a writer and translator with degrees in [...]
Jane Hirshfield
Jane Hirshfield is the author of eight collections of poetry, [...]
Major Jackson
Major Jackson is the author of four books of poetry, [...]
Lan Samantha Chang
Lan Samantha Chang is the author of All is Forgotten, [...]
Ryan Harty
Ryan Harty’s story collection Bring Me Your Saddest Arizona (2003) [...]
Mitchell S. Jackson
Mitchell S. Jackson’s debut novel The Residue Years (2013) received [...]
Julie Orringer
Julie Orringer is the author of two award-winning books: The [...]
Howard Norman
Howard Norman received the Harold Morton Landon Prize in translation [...]
Applications open in January. Meantime, you may read faculty bios and learn more about the application process. If you’re heading to #AWP19 in Portland, please join us for one of several NVWC events. And be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest announcements.
