the 9th annual

Taos Writers Conference

Sponsored by SOMOS, Taos, NM

Friday July 25, 2025 - Sunday, July 27, 2025

Early Bird Registration by end of day 6/28/25:

All workshops (except for the ones designated online via Zoom) are located at SOMOS, 108 Civic Plaza Dr, Taos, NM 87571, unless otherwise specified.

The Taos Writers Conference was named one of the best in the Southwest by The Writer magazine.

Early Bird Registration by end of day 6/28/25:

$499 all three days, including faculty readings, keynote reading and lunch roundtable discussions

$335 for three weekend workshops(three hours each) plus all of the above

$175 Friday Intensive (six hours) only plus all of the above

Beginning 6/29/25

$569 for all three days

$385 for all three weekend workshops

$199 for Friday Intensive

Nick Flynn, Keynote Speaker & Instructor

Keynote to be held at SOMOS – 108 Civic Plaza Dr. Taos, NM. Friday, July 25, 5:30PM

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Nick Flynn

Nick Flynn (writer, playwright, poet) has published twelve books, most recently This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire (2020), a hybrid memoir; and Stay: threads, collaborations, and conversations (2020), which documents twenty-five years of his collaborations with artists, filmmakers, and composers. He is also the author of five collections of poetry, including I Will Destroy You (2019). He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Library of Congress, and is on the creative writing faculty at the University of Houston. His acclaimed memoir, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (2004), was made into a film starring Robert DeNiro, and has been translated into fifteen languages.

How to Get the Most Out of Writer’s Conferences

Early Bird Registration ends 6/28/25. All registration closes on 7/23/25.

PLEASE NOTE OUR CANCELLATION POLICY: 100% refund minus a $35 administrative fee for cancellations dated 6/28/25 or earlier; 50% refund minus a $35 administrative fee for cancellations received between 6/29/25 – 7/23/25. No refunds given for cancellations received after 7/23/25.

Open Tues-Sat 12pm-4pm 575.758.0081 108 Civic Plaza Drive

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3225, Taos, NM 87571

THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS

SOMOS programs are made possible in part by these organizations: New Mexico Arts, a Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts • Taos Community Foundation • The McCune Foundation • The National Endowment For The Arts • The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation • Taos County Lodgers Tax • TaosNetLLC for high speed internet service • LANL (Los Alamos National Labs) • New Mexico Humanities Council • Nusenda Foundation • Witter Bynner Foundation • Amazon Literary Partnership • Literary Emergency Fund