Southampton Writers’ Conference

JULY 15—19, 2026

SOUTHAMPTON, NY

Since 1976, writers have gathered every July in Southampton to take workshops with some of the country’s most distinguished authors of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The Southampton Writers Conference, as it has long been known, began with just a few offerings but has gradually grown to include dozens of creative writing workshops and hundreds of participants.

Faculty: Billy Collins, Bobby Crace, Gayle Forman, Megan Giddings, Maya Shanbhag Lang, Susan Minot, Peter H. Reynolds, Peter H. Reynolds, Jenny Xie

Genres Offered: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Memoir, Generative, Young Adult, Speculative

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