A guided writing residency for poets, fiction writers, journalists and essayists

Intimate master classes, inter-galactic conversations, readings and craft talks by some of the leading writers & thinkers of our time.

January 8-24, 2027

Highlights from

UTV 2025

Under the Volcano 2025 was a cornucopia of talent! Enjoy a glimpse of our journalism and poetry programs and drop back soon for highlights from fiction and writing of witness.

A space to dream, speculate and create new work

Set in one of Mexico’s legendary villages, Under the Volcano is an incubator of literary and journalistic talent, a catalyst for writers with books in progress and an international community that transcends borders, languages and place.

A writing residency like no other.

Under the Volcano master classes are open to emerging as well as accomplished fiction writers, poets and journalists, and offer high-level feedback and mentorship from award-winning writers in each genre.  A roster of distinguished guests joins our core faculty in a program designed to take each participant’s voice to the next level.