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Our story begins twenty five years ago, when a dedicated group of writers and arts patrons conceived of a conference that would meet in what had once been an old mining town but had yet to emerge as a resort destination. Bound by a love for words on a page and brandishing our art, Writers at Work had embarked on what now is one of the longest-lived gatherings of writers in the country.
We are pleased to have returned the annual Writers at Work conference to Park City, Utah. In partnership with the Spiro Arts Community (www.spiroarts.org), we host a five-day immersion writing experience featuring morning workshops, afternoon literary discussions, and evening readings in a breathtaking setting within the Wasatch Mountain range. Located at Silver Star in the heart of historic Park City, Spiro Arts offers its facilities to organizations such as Writers at Work, the University of Utah, and the Sundance Film Institute and Festival within a community that once was home to the Silver Star mines.
Under Iron Mountain, the original mine shafts that carted ore from the depths of the earth still exist outside of vintage buildings left as a framework, venerable remnants of the hard wrought mining heritage on which Park City was founded. At an elevation of 7,200 feet above sea level, Silver Star is nestled at the base of Park City Mountain Resort®, overlooking all of the city as well as its municipal golf course and the neighboring mountain range of the Uintas. Join us in June of 2009 as we discover the talents of a community, explore the writers within, and mine for the voices that lie within us all.
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Writers@Work is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization. All donations are tax deductible.
Contact us: lisa@writersatwork.org
P.O. Box 540370 North Salt Lake, UT 84054-0370
