Bear River Writers' Conference | U-M LSA Bear River Writers' Conference

Bear River Review The reason the Bear River Writers' Conference exists is to encourage new writing. Here we’ve created a space for people who have been a part of the conference to share their writing with their colleagues and with any other reader who may come across the Reviews. For more information on the Bear River Review, visit our Finished Work page.

Camp Michigania Located on the shores of Walloon Lake in Northern Michigan, Camp Michigania provides comfortable accommodations for the Bear River Writers’ Conference in a picturesque and peaceful location.

Online Registration TBA The conference takes place May 30 - June 3, 2019. Our faculty offer workshops in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, as well as in essay-writing. Bear River workshops are distinguished by their emphasis on new work.

Scholarships for 2018 Conference A limited number of full or partial scholarships will be offered to writers who plan to attend the conference. To apply, visit our Scholarships page.

Area Tourism The site of the Bear River Writers' Conference, Camp Michigania, is only minutes from the popular northern Michigan resort towns of Boyne City, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Harbor Springs and East Jordan.

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Conference Dates Set for 2019!

The 2019 Bear River Writers' Conference will take place on May 30- June 3, 2019. Because conference spots are so coveted, please visit the website in late 2018 for specific registration dates and times. We look forward to being an important part of your summer of literary inspiration and beauty in 2019.

Be a Victor

We strive to support our students and faculty on the front lines of learning and research; to steward our planet, our community, our campus. To do this, Bear River Writers' Conference needs you—because the world needs Victors.

The Bear River Writers’ Conference is a place where writers can enjoy the beauty of Northern Michigan and meet writers from all over the country. We hope to bring people with general literary interests together with those who are interested in writing about place and the natural environment. We hope the mix will create new ideas that would send writers home with good work to continue. We hope the shores of Walloon Lake, which have already inspired one American classic, Hemingway’s Nick Adams stories, will be a good place to accomplish that goal. After ten years of conferences, and a number of successful publications, it seems to be working!

- Keith Taylor
Director, Bear River Writers' Conference

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Scholarships Available!

The Bear River Scholarship Review Board works to make the conference affordable for all writers. Please visit our scholarships page for more information.