Community of Writers at Squaw Valley

The Community of Writers at Squaw Valley is an annual writers' conference which holds its summer sessions in Squaw Valley, California (Olympic Valley). Panels, talks, staff readings and workshops take place in off-season ski lodges. Founded by novelist Oakley Hall and writer Blair Fuller in 1969, it is held each summer in Olympic Valley, California. The first conference was held in August 1970 in the lodges of the ski area. It was originally staffed by San Francisco writers including David Perlman, Walter Ballenger, Barnaby Conrad and John Leggett, the latter two of whom went on to found, respectively, the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and the Napa Valley Writers Conference.

Community of Writers at Squaw Valley

The Community of Writers at Squaw Valley is an annual writers' conference which holds its summer sessions in Squaw Valley, California (Olympic Valley). Panels, talks, staff readings and workshops take place in off-season ski lodges. Founded by novelist Oakley Hall and writer Blair Fuller in 1969, it is held each summer in Olympic Valley, California. The first conference was held in August 1970 in the lodges of the ski area. It was originally staffed by San Francisco writers including David Perlman, Walter Ballenger, Barnaby Conrad and John Leggett, the latter two of whom went on to found, respectively, the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and the Napa Valley Writers Conference.