Join us for the 7th Annual Festival • May 21 - 24, 2026

The Mountain Words Festival is a multi-day literary celebration at nine-thousand feet, featuring readings, workshops, kids' events, parties, panel discussions, and more.

2026 Authors + Presenters


  • Terry Tempest Williams

    Terry Tempest Williams

  • Nina McConigley

    Nina McConigley

  • David Baron

    David Baron

  • Megha Majumdar

    Megha Majumdar

  • Site Fidelity by Claire Boyles

    Claire Boyles

  • Ben Goldfarb

  • Take if from Me by Alia Hanna Habib

    Alia Hanna Habib

  • Terri Lewis

    Terri Lewis

  • Shelley Read at Mountain Words

    Shelley Read

  • Laura Krantz

    Laura Krantz

  • Ramona Ausubel

    Ramona Ausubel

  • Suzi Q. Smith

    Suzi Q. Smith

  • Erica Reid

    Erica Reid

  • Rajiv Mohabir

    Rajiv Mohabir

  • Dan Manzanares

  • Potted Meat

    Steven Dunn

  • Manuel Aragon

  • Doug Kurtz

    Doug Kurtz

  • Roam by Hillary Rosner

    Hillary Rosner

  • Wendy Videlock

  • First Draft by Mitzi Rapkin

    Mitzi Rapkin

  • Michael Hettich

  • Megan Kate Nelson

  • Blue Boy Novel

    Rakesh Satyal

  • John Hausdoerffer | What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?

    John Hausdoerffer

  • Thrill Me

    Benjamin Percy

  • The Dead Ringer

    Dane Bahr

  • Salvation

    C. William Langsfeld

  • River Selby Author of Hotshot

    River Selby

Festival tracks at the Mountain Words Festival.

Join us in stunning Crested Butte, Colorado for the seventh annual Mountain Words Festival!

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