July 7-13, 2025 – Wallowa Lake Lodge, Oregon
Registration opens February 25, 2025
Summer Fishtrap offers weeklong creative writing workshops in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, revision, and graphic storytelling, plus a cross genre virtual workshop. Each workshop is limited to no more than 13 participants, giving you the opportunity to build connections with a world-class instructor and your fellow writers. Throughout the week, we’ll bring the best of Summer Fishtrap to you through craft talks, discussions, open mics, and readings. Keynote from author Beth Piatote.
Check out the 2025 Faculty below!
Summer Fishtrap Registration: $975 / $875 for Fishtrappers.
Summer Fishtrap is held at the historic Wallowa Lake Lodge which fills up quickly for this event. We recommend confirming your cabin or camp spot sooner than later. Call Wallowa Lake Lodge to reserve a room for the week at 541-432-9821 or contact The Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce to find lodging options to fit most any budget.
Weeklong Workshops
Erica Berry – Nonfiction
Writing Yourself Home
JaNay Brown-Wood – Children’s Books
Home As Inspiration—Utilizing Your Experiences to Craft Good Books for Children
Charles Goodrich – Poetry
Refuge and Reciprocity: Writing Poems that Ground Us in Place and Widen Our Circles of Belonging
Stephanie Elizondo Griest – Memoir/Nonfiction
At Home in the World
Nina McConigley – Fiction
HomeWord Bound
Anis Mojgani – Poetry
Homing in on the Poem
Beth Piatote – Prose
The Shed: Real and Imagined
Joe Wilkins – Cross Genre
Difficult Magic: Writing Our Way Home
Yearlong Workshops
2025 Yearlong Workshop with Karen Auvinen
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2024 Yearlong Workshop with Amy Irvine
It Runs Like a River