Ken Burns is the 2026
Writer in the World Prize Recipient
We are pleased to announce that documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will receive our Writer in the World Prize at the 2026 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference (SVWC), for work that fuses narrative mastery with moral imagination, deepening our understanding of the world and our place in it. Burns will be receiving his award and giving a presentation at SVWC 2026, happening July 18-20. Stay tuned for more information.
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Virginia Evans
Susan Orlean
Julia Lovell
Susan Choi
Ada Limón
Amy Bowers Cordalis
Ilyon Woo
Atul Gawande
Barbara Wansbrough
Derek Thompson
Amor Towles
Ken Burns
Sebastian Mallaby
Robert Macfarlane
Simon Rich
Shelley Read
Richard Osman
Jill Lepore
Rick Atkinson
Beth Macy
Peter Godwin
Theo Baker
Abby Phillip
David Gelles
David Sanger
Michael Pollan
Liaquat Ahamed
Kiran Desai
Gary Shteyngart
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become today’s premier literary conference. Over the last three decades,казино онлайн на деньги
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Ken Burns 2026 Writer in the World Prize Recipient
We are pleased to announce that documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will receive our Writer in the World…
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It is one of SVWC’s foremost goals to make the Conference and its content as accessible as possible, especially to students, teachers, and our local community. We have opened our doors each year, both virtually and in-person, with free Pavilion lawn talks, free livestreaming, free talks at The Community Library, as well as free online audio and video recordings (including our very own podcast) in our digital media library. This year, we are also offering Special Series Pavilion Passes and a Live Watch Party in downtown Ketchum. We invite you to join in and get inspired. For all the ways you can get involved for free, visit svwc.com/free.
Thirty years ago, the founders of the Sun Valley Writers’pinab
Conference sat around a kitchen table and dreamt up what wouldpin up kz
become today’s premier literary conference. Over the last three decades,казино онлайн на деньги
more than 500 poets, playwrights, historians, novelists, journalists, musicians, and more have graced the stage at SVWC.pin up вход
We hope you will join us as we celebrate this momentous occasion. most bet
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