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Register Now for the 5th Annual Taos Writers Conference!
Registration for the 5th Annual Taos Writers Conference, 7/23-7/25/21, is now open! Sign up early for discounted pricing and to attend your chosen workshops and intensives. We will be offering the conference via Zoom again this year and will highlight a panel on...
New Podcast Features Ghosts of Taos with Melody Romancito
Musician, artist, writer and editor Melody Romancito has lived in Taos since 1986. In 2011, her interest in the paranormal led her to launch a new venture as a walking tour guide. Leading people down the streets and alleyways around Taos Plaza, Romancito retells the...
“Why I Love SOMOS” – Quotes from the 2020 Annual Appeal Letter
"Because of the engaging author events I've attended and writing workshops and SOMOS creates community which is vitally important. Thank you, SOMOS." - Ana M. "For all your programs and everything you do to feature writers and writing." - David & Carol F. "It...
Some Virtual Readings From 2020
Carolyn Forché reads The Boatman - April 26, 2020 Jericho Brown reads Bullet Points - May 27, 2020 Keynote Speaker Pam Houston Reads from "Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country" for the 2020 Taos Writers Conference - August 24, 2020...
SOMOS Presents Reading and Workshop by Holly George-Warren
SOMOS’ next Writer’s Showcase writer is Holly George-Warren who hails from New York. She will be presenting a reading on Friday, 11/13/20, at 5:30 PM from her recent biography: Janis: Her Life and Music and Q &A as well as a workshop on “The Art and Craft of...
Taos Storytelling Festival: Video Conversations with the Storytellers
SOMOS director, Jan Smith, talks with the featured tellers of the 2020 Storytelling Festival. Hear about their storytelling background and what stories that may tell on October 10, 2020.
Taos Writers Conference Virtual Book Sale
Since we can't host a book sale in person this year, we're bringing it to you virtually. Here we've supplied links to the websites where the latest offerings by our faculty members are available for sale. Just click on each book cover to read more and make your...
Writing Contest Winners
SOMOS is pleased to Announce the Winners of the SOMOS Writing Contest (4/1 – 6/15/20)! Congratulations to: Kimberley Shaw, from Taos, NM – Best in Fiction, “Haddie Mae” Jock Jacober, from San Luis, CO – Best in Poetry, “Refuge” Sylvia Ramos, from Albuquerque, NM –...
Taos Writers Conference: Video Conversations with the Faculty
SOMOS director, Jan Smith, talks with the faculty of Taos Writers Conference 2020 in one-on-one Zoom videos. Get to know all 22 writers before the July 24-26 conference.
4th Annual Taos Writers Conference, July 24-26, 2020 – ONLINE via zoom
SOMOS, the literary organization in Taos, New Mexico, since 1983 presents the 4th Annual Taos Writers Conference over three days, from July 24 – July 26th, 2020 on the zoom online platform. With over 20 workshops in diverse genres including fiction, memoir, poetry,...
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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 • Taos Community Foundation • The McCune Foundation • The National Endowment For The Arts • The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation • The Peter And Madeleine Martin Foundation for the Arts • The Santa Fe Community Foundation • Taos County Lodgers Tax • The Richard B. Siegel Foundation • TaosNetLLC for high speed internet service • LANL (Los Alamos National Labs) • New Mexico Humanities Council
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