Tremont Writers Conference in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Application Deadline: April 30, 2023
Event dates: October 25-29, 2023
Event location: Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, Townsend, TN
Join renowned authors and professional park educators for a writers conference like no other. Set on a lush, secluded campus in America’s most-visited national park, this five-day intensive will be offered to a small group of selected writers. Faculty members Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, Janet McCue and Frank X Walker will lead small-group workshops in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Powers will lead multiple sessions for the entire group. Writers will also join Tremont naturalists for guided explorations that tap into the region’s cultural and natural history to spark curiosity and wonder. Apply by April 30 at writers.gsmit.org.