Here’s a look at this year’s schedule — subject to change.
A NOTE FOR YOUTH PARTICIPANTS: Youth Workshop schedules will vary a bit from the schedule below. In addition to the regular workshop times, there will be youth writing activities Tuesday-Thursday from 1-3:15, with a final Showcase scheduled Friday at 1:30pm. There will not be a writing workshop Saturday morning.
| Monday, July 8 | |
| 2:00-4:00pm | Check-In |
| 4:30pm | Welcome & Workshop Orientation |
| 5:00 | Intro Workshop |
| 6:00-7:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:30pm | Opening Address: Luis Alberto Urrea |
| Tuesday, July 9 - Friday, July 12 | |
| 7:00-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am-Noon | Writing Workshops |
| Noon-2:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:30-3:00pm | Presentations & Panel Discussions Tuesday - Scott Russell Sanders: Stories as Containers Wednesday - Kim Stafford: Steering Your Craft Thursday - Laura Pritchett on Publishing Friday - Youth Showcase |
| 3:00-4:00pm | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Wallowa Lake State Park youth writing activities - Amphitheater Friday - Yearlong Writers Workshop Reading Saturday - Fellows Reading |
| 4:00-5:00pm | Open Mic Café |
| 5:00-7:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:30-9:00pm | Faculty Readings/Fri: Keynote Tuesday - Sharma Shields, Beth Piatote, Scott Russell Sanders Wednesday - MOsley WOtta, Perrin Kerns, Kim Stafford Thursday - Laura Pritchett, Anis Mojgani, Gary Ferguson Friday - Keynote: Molly Gloss, Reading: Jamie Ford |
| 9:00pm | Book Signings |
| Saturday, July 13 | |
| 7:00-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am-Noon | Final Writing Workshop |
| Noon-2:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-3:00pm | Plein Air Painting and Digital Storytelling with Perrin Kerns, Cam Scott, and The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture’s Dawn Norman |
| 4:00-5:00pm | Open Mic Café |
| 5:00-7:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:30-9:00pm | Fishtrap Live Screening of The Worlds of Ursula Panel Discussion: Dreams and Tales: Remembering Ursula with Molly Gloss, Luis Alberto Urrea, Scott Russell Sanders |
| 9:00pm | Book Signings |
| Sunday, July 14 | |
| 7:00-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am | Closing Address |
| 11:00 AM | Farewell |
| 2019 Summer Fishtrap Weekend Gathering | [Click here for detailed weekend schedule] |