About AWC

I've dreamed of holding a writers conference in Croatia for a long time—25 years, to be exact. Since 2000, I have been going back to my grandparents’ homeland, and through travel writing and my debut novel, THE CHEESEMAKER’S DAUGHTER—set on Croatia’s island of Pag—I’ve shared my love of Croatia with readers around the world.

The inaugural Adriatic Writers Conference will take place from May 10-17, 2025 at the luxury 5-star Hotel Bellevue on Croatia’s island of Lošinj. I hope the “island of vitality” provides writers respite and the space to create, and that this conference fosters a fertile learning environment and supportive community that will inspire new work in an extraordinary setting. –Kristin Vuković, founder

Kristin Vuković is the author of the debut novel, THE CHEESEMAKER’S DAUGHTER (August 6, 2024) set on Croatia’s island of Pag. Kristin has written articles about Croatia for more than a decade, for The New York Times, BBC Travel, Travel + Leisure, Virtuoso, Hemispheres, Robb Report, AFAR, Fodor's, and Public Books, among others. She received two Golden Pen awards for her writing about Croatia from the Croatian National Tourist Board, most recently in May 2024. She is the recipient of the 2024 Rising Star Award in Arts and Culture from the Association of Croatian American Professionals (ACAP). She was also named a "40 Under 40" honoree by the National Federation of Croatian Americans Cultural Foundation. In 2019, her BBC Travel piece “Dalmatia’s Fjaka State of Mind” won first place in the Society of American Travel Writers Eastern Chapter Contest, Miscellaneous category. Kristin holds a BA in literature and writing and an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. She resides in New York City with her husband and daughter. Visit kristinvukovic.com for more information.