A Multi-Day Literary Festival at Nine-Thousand Feet
Join us in beautiful Crested Butte, Colorado
This literary festival welcomes a multitude of nationally and internationally acclaimed authors and presenters for a three-day celebration at nine thousand feet with offerings for all ages and interests.
This literary festival welcomes a multitude of nationally and internationally acclaimed authors and presenters for a three-day celebration at nine thousand feet with offerings for all ages and interests. Organizers are excited to gather in the stunning Gunnison Valley for workshops, readings, panel discussions, live theater, trivia, kids’ events and programming, parties, film screenings, gallery receptions, and other delights. The multi-genre festival includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism/long-form, nature writing, climate reporting, publishing, and more.
Writers and readers can immerse in workshops in fiction, research, investigative reporting, playwriting, poetry, flash fiction, memoir, close reading, and others.
Mission
Mountain Words elevates and illuminates voices from across the Mountain West and introduces audiences to the power of storytelling. We empower poets and writers at all levels through classes, panels, workshops, and talks to see themselves and their place in their landscape. Mountain Words is for lifelong learners, readers, and writers.
We can’t wait to meet you in the mountains.
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Schedule of Events
Don’t miss workshops, panel discussion, readings, live theatre, and film panels!
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Crested Butte, Colorado
A bit off the beaten path, Crested Butte appears to be frozen in time.
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Become a Sponsor
A bit off the beaten path, Crested Butte appears to be frozen in time.