The Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, one of the oldest and most prestigious writers workshops in the country, has opened enrollment for its 2019 summer writing workshops in Squaw Valley. The gatherings are for serious poets and writers, and include workshops, panel discussions, and craft talks as well as special interest classes. Founded almost five decades ago, it is now a community to many of the most eminent American writers and poets.

The Poetry Workshop will be held June 22 – 29, 2019. The program admits 70 serious poets into the week-long program. Guest directed this year by Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet Brenda Hillman, this program fosters poets as they produce new work each day. Robert Hass, who usually directs the program, will instead serve as special guest. Participating poets meet daily in session to share poems written during the previous 24 hours. Poets attend daily craft talks by the teaching staff poets, and meet in brief one-on-one sessions with staff poets. The week culminates in a public poetry reading, featuring the staff poets reading their recent work—sometimes poems written during the previous week. This year three of the visiting poets, Robert Hass, Gregory Pardlo, and Sharon Olds, have been awarded the Pulitzer prize. Additional staff for 2019 includes long-time staff members Forrest Gander and Brenda Hillman, as well as David Tomas Martinez and Jane Miller--both of whom will be teaching at the workshops for the first time.