Past Festivals

2009

Highlights from the 2009 Festival

The 19th annual Rocky Mountain Writers' Festival was held April 8 – April 11, 2009.

The venues included: The College Market, The Power House, Main Street Coffee & News, and Idaho State University.


Visiting Writers:

  • Simon J. Ortiz (poet, fiction-writer, essayist, and professor at Arizona State University)

Readers: Michael Corrigan, Snake Edmo, Karen Homstad, Kevin Kiely, Leslie Leek, Will Peterson, Amil Quayle, Michael Sowder, Susan Swetnam, Harald Wyndham, and songs from Bob Picard.



2008

Highlights from the 2008 Festival

The 18th annual Rocky Mountain Writers' Festival was held April 7 – April 12, 2008.

The venues included: Idaho State University, The College Market, Main Street Coffee & News, The Warehouse, and The Portneuf Valley Brewery.


Visiting Writers:

  • Brandon Schrand (author of Enders Hotel)
  • Paisley Rekdal (author of The Invention of the Kaleidoscope)

Readers: Rick Ardinger, Michael Corrigan, Carlen Donovan, Ronald Snake Edmo, Erin Gray, Brandon Hall, Audra Hansen, Karen Homstad, Joan Juskie, Leslie Leek, Joshua Mayes, Eli McCormick, Anne Merkley, Ray Obermayr, Jeff Pearson, Cathy Peppers, Will Peterson, J. Ely Shipley, Gino Sky, Bill Studebaker, Susan Swetnam, Martin Vest, Harald Wyndham, and Ofelia Zepeda.



2007

Highlights from the 2007 Festival

The 17th annual Rocky Mountain Writers' Festival was held April 2 – April 7, 2007.

The venues included: Piccolo Gallery, The College Market, Mocha Madness, Main Street Coffee & News, The Old Town Pocatello Building, and The Portneuf Valley Brewery.


Visiting Writers:

  • Judy Doenges (author of The Most Beautiful Girl in the World)
  • Jonathan Johnson (author of Mastodon, 80% Complete)

Readers: Margaret Aho, Sandy Anderson, Ron Braman, Michael Corrigan, Star Coulbrooke, Robin Dudley, Ron Snake Edmo, Susan Goslee, Erin Gray, Brandon Hall, Karen Homstad, Jessica Jensen, Joan Juskie, Leslie Leek, Stephen Mead, Anne Merkley, Ray Obermayr, Jeff Pearson, Cathy Peppers, Will Peterson, Amil Quayle, Teresa Sanchez, J. Ely Shipley, Susan Swetnam, Jennifer Tonge, Anne Vest, Bill Woodhouse, and Harald Wyndham.



2006

The 2006 Rocky Mountain Writers' Festival was held March 27 – April 1, 2006. The venues of that year included: Main Street Coffee & News, Mocha Madness, College Market, and the Westside Players (The Warehouse). Featured readers were:

Carlen Donovan, Kristin Fletcher, Janne Goldbeck, Erin Gray, Brandon Hall, Joan Juskie, Leslee Leek, Steve Montgomery, Greg Nicholl, Bethany Schultz, Michael Sowder, Susan Swetnam, Jennifer Tonge, and several more.

As well as readers from The Caldera Writers, Black Rock & Sage (ISU Literary Journal), and Fort Hall.

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Updated 11/12/07