Save the dates! October 23-24, 2026
at the Steamboat Creates Historic Depot Arts Center
We are proud to announce our presenters
Stay tuned for when registration opens this summer!
Rachel Weaver
Rachel Weaver’s novel Point of Direction was named a Top Ten Book To Pick Up Now by Oprah Magazine. She teaches at Wilkes University and Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Rachel’s migraine memoir, Dizzy, is newly out with West Virginia University Press and her novel, The Last Run, is forthcoming in June 2026 with Lake Union Publishing. Prior to earning her MFA in Writing and Poetics at Naropa University, Rachel worked for the Forest Service in Alaska studying bears, raptors and songbirds. She holds a CPA in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. For more information visit https://rachelweaver.net/
Rachel will present the following workshop:
How to Craft a Compelling Memoir
Jennifer Wortman
Jennifer Wortman is the author of the story collection This. This. This. Is. Love. Love. Love. (Split/Lip Press, 2019), named the Denver Westword 2020 pick for best new short-story collection, the 2019 Foreword INDIES bronze winner for short stories, and a finalist for the Colorado Book Awards and the High Plains Book Awards. Her work appears in TriQuarterly, Hayden’s Ferry Review, DIAGRAM, Electric Literature, Brevity, Best Small Fictions, W. W. Norton’s Flash Fiction America, and elsewhere, and has been cited as distinguished in Best American Short Stories. A recipient of fellowships from the NEA and MacDowell, she lives with her family in Colorado, where she teaches at Lighthouse Writers Workshop and serves as fiction editor for Colorado Review. https://jenniferwortman.com/
Jennifer will present the following workshops:
Writing Jump-Start: The Power of Obsession
Insights from an Editor: Writing Next-Level Short Fiction