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# UCR Writers Week returns May 5-8 for 49th year
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/ucr-writers-week-returns-may-5-8-for-49th-year/
- Published: 2026-04-10T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T14:02:30.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Culture, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:69d7e6e344ffc300012da1d8:1

[UCR Writers Week returns May 5–8 for its 49th year](https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/04/08/big-names-rising-stars-writers-week-may-5-8?ref=raincrossgazette.com) as California's longest-running free literary festival, featuring 11 authors including Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen and MacArthur Fellows Jonathan Lethem and Ilya Kaminsky.