Our annual dinner, now in its fourth year, brings established and aspiring writers together to celebrate and inspire each other. While the gathering is rich in conversation and connection, it has a higher goal. Proceeds from the dinner provide funds to support outreach and grant making endeavors that assist New Mexico writers seeking to further their craft.
Keynote speaker
New Mexico Poet Laureate Levi Romero. His most recent book is the co-edited anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland. His two collections of poetry are A Poetry of Remembrance: New and Rejected Works and In the Gathering of Silence. He is co-author of Sagrado: A Photopoetics Across the Chicano Homeland. His poems and book publications have received numerous awards, including two 2017 Society for Humanistic Anthropology Poetry Award Honorable Mentions, a 2015 International Latino Book Awards, 2014-2015 Southwest Book Award, New Mexico Arizona Book Award, Writers’ League of Texas Book Award, Finalist, and a Best Books of the Southwest.
Location
La Fonda Hotel, 100 East San Francisco, Santa Fe, NM
Parking
Available at hotel, Cathedral parking lot, and at the public lot on Water Street for a fee. On street parking is free of charge at that time of day.
Accommodations
La Fonda Hotel has set aside 20 rooms for the night of the dinner at a special price of $299 plus tax for single/double occupancy. Guests should mention NM Writers when booking. Call 800-523-5002 Extension 1 to book.
New This Year
Writers may select to sit at a table reserved for a specific genre such as fiction, mystery, nonfiction, or poetry. You may make a selection for these limited number of seats at the bottom of the next checkout page (next.)
