Taos Writers Conference

Now is the time when we ordinarily would be advertising and accepting registrations for the upcoming 4th Annual Taos Writers Conference, scheduled for July 24-26, 2020. On the one hand, given the current COVID-19 pandemic it feels inappropriate to announce the conference with our usual level of excitement. On the other hand, we, like all of you, need something to look forward to right now. We can’t wait for July when, hopefully, this scary and frustrating time will be a distant memory and we can get together to talk about our mutual love affair with writing. 

So, rather than encouraging you to register now, we’ll just say this: if you need a distraction from the news, bookmark https://somostaos.org/taos-writers-conference/#about and check back often. We’ll continue planning the conference and posting updates to the site on a regular basis, because we’re looking forward to the 4th Annual Taos Writers Conference as much as you are. 

Sending you and your family wishes of good health and safety. 

Jan Smith, Executive Director, SOMOS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Pam Houston is the author of Contents May Have Shifted, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Waltzing the Cat, the novel, Sight Hound, and a collection of essays, A Little More About Me and a memoir Deep Creek (2019). Her stories have been selected for volumes of Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Awards, The 2013 Pushcart Prize, and Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is the winner of the Western States Book Award, the WILLA award for contemporary fiction, The Evil Companions Literary Award and multiple teaching awards. She co-founded the literary nonprofit Writing By Writers, is professor of English at UC Davis, teaches in The Institute of American Indian Art’s Low-Rez MFA program, and at writer’s conferences around the country and the world.

Keynote address and reading will be held at the Harwood Museum on Friday, 7/24/20, at 7 PM.  Tickets may be reserved by calling 758-9826; $16 – SOMOS & Harwood Alliance members; $20 – general public.