Next workshop: August 10-15, 2025, at Chico Hot Springs
People of all backgrounds are invited to join us at the 2025 workshop, which will feature an entirely Native faculty, with programming led by Native individuals and organizations deeply engaged in land stewardship, cultural preservation, and advocacy.
We recognize the significance of amplifying Native voices and believe this workshop will be a truly transformative experience. This special event will allow students and the broader community to engage with the essential contributions of Native writers, scholars, and activists whose work is crucial to understanding our environment, climate issues, social justice, and the art of writing itself.
For our 2025 workshop, we are thrilled to welcome faculty members Kimberly Blaeser, Thomas C. Gannon, Oscar Hokeah, Deborah Miranda, Angela Trudell Vasquez, with writer-in-residence Debra Magpie Earling.
During our five-day workshop, we offer small classes with workshop faculty, panel discussions, craft talks, evening student and faculty readings, and a chance to join a diverse community of writers, artists and conservationists whose work is situated in, and inspired by, the natural environment.
Explore your wild with the Elk River Writers Workshop!
If the application fee is a barrier for you, please reach out to us via email at info@elkriverarts.org.
The Elk River Writers Workshop is limited to participants age 21 and over, due to liability issues.
Application Process
To apply for the 2025 Elk River Writers Workshop, click on the orange Submit button, then fill in all the required fields. You will receive an email confirmation when your application has been submitted successfully.
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Workshop Descriptions
Please review the faculty/class descriptions before choosing your faculty member. These are available at the Elk River Writers Workshop website.
Scholarships
We are offering scholarships for students in the following areas:
- Park County, Montana Resident
- Indigenous Scholarshop
- Diversity Scholarship
To learn more and apply, follow this link. Application deadline for all scholarships is April 1, 2025.
Note that if you are applying for a scholarship, you must ALSO submit a workshop application.
What do we mean by a "diverse writer”? Diversity includes a range of experiences from things like gender, sexual orientation, and race, to religion, abilities, and economic background — anything that lends a different lens through which a writer might view (and therefore respond to) the world.
Please note: All scholarship funds will be allocated by May 1, and no scholarship applications will be taken after the April 1 deadline.
Please use this form to apply for:
- Diversity Scholarships
- Indigenous Scholarships
- Park County Scholarship
What do we mean by a "diverse writer”? Diversity includes a range of experiences from things like gender, sexual orientation, and race, to religion, abilities, and economic background — anything that lends a different lens through which a writer might view (and therefore respond to) the world.
The Indigenous Scholarships to the 2025 Elk River Writers Workshop are open to Native writers. This scholarship will cover $1,700 in tuition and fees, as well as lodging at Chico Hot Springs. Recipients will be responsible for their own travel arrangements.
The Park County Scholarship is open to writers whose primary residence is in Park County, Montana. It will cover $1,700 in tuition and fees. Recipients will be responsible for their own lodging arrangements.
You must submit a workshop application in order to apply for a scholarship!
We accept workshop applicants on a rolling basis.
We encourage all scholarship candidates to apply as early as practicable. All scholarship money will be allocated by May 1, and no scholarship applications will be taken after the April 1 deadline.