Since 1920, the Bread Loaf School of English has held six-week summer sessions, offering graduate courses in the study of literature, literary theory, creative writing, the teaching of writing, and theatre. The Bread Loaf faculty is drawn from many of the best colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Students may elect to attend the school as nondegree students in continuing graduate education, or they may follow a full program of studies leading to the M.A. or M.Litt. Exceptionally able undergraduates who have completed three years toward their bachelor's degree may apply for admission. The central location for these programs of study is the home campus outside Middlebury in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
Admission is on the basis of college transcripts, letters of recommendation, and a writing sample.
Requests for a copy of the bulletin or further information should be addressed to the Bread Loaf School of English, Freeman International Center, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753. The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is held at the Bread Loaf campus in the middle of August. This conference offers lectures, discussions, workshops, and private consultations in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the leading writers in the country assemble to take part in the teaching and consulting activities. Full information is provided in the special bulletin, published each year in January.