Every writer’s dream is to be able to enjoy some quiet time so they can focus and get creative. But with the hustle and bustle of everyday life, this is pretty hard to do. That is what makes writing retreats a great opportunity for writers to get their much-needed focus time.
If you’d like to join a writing retreat but don’t know where to start, we have got you covered! Check the retreats happening these years and prepare yourself for some quality writing time.
Participating writers will learn about their own writing processes, common barriers to writing, and publication opportunities within ACPA and the larger student affairs field. Participants will also develop a writing plan and process that will guide them toward publication while building community with writers and scholars across the association.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
The Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway does not have an application process; everyone is welcome. They believe that every writer, whether they are just getting started or already have publications or an MFA, can improve their craft with rigorous instruction and a supportive community. Experienced writers may wish to register for an advanced workshop or try a new genre.
Do your best writing at this six-day, deep-dive, small-group writing retreat at scenic ZigBone Farm, just one hour from Washington DC/Baltimore in the Catoctin Mountains. Award-winning author and veteran writing instructor Diana Friedman will offer a mix of instruction, tools to develop your practice, evening readings, and precious quiet time to write in the coziness of their lodge. Share your stories over delicious farm-based meals and glasses of mulled wine and hot cocoa. Don’t want to mingle with humans? Their friendly sheep, goats, and barn cats are standing by!
Can you envision yourself writing on an open-air patio with the sound of the ocean in the background, surrounded by like-minded creatives and being gently led through yoga, meditations, writing prompts, sharing, and supportive feedback? For the six nights and seven days you are together they offer the space to step away from the things that shape your daily life and provide the opportunity to connect with yourself and the story that you need to tell. Their goal at Wide Open Writing is to create an environment of positivity, inspiration, and support that ignites your creative spirit.
The Winter Writers Retreat is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat, reconnect, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room, and a small private studio, you will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers with the opportunity to attend inspiring talks, performances, and meet with guest faculty to consult on your work.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Spend one week or two focusing uninterruptedly on your writing, with input from a resident mentor. Ideal if you are starting a new project, looking for professional guidance on your existing work, or editing your works in progress.
Island Time is a 7-day, 6-night onsite writing retreat for academic, professional, and creative writers who are looking for a change of venue, style, and heart. Join Helen and an international cohort of writers on gorgeous Waiheke Island for daily workshops, small-group coaching sessions, and plenty of individual writing time.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
There will be a Zoom Write Here Write Now session every month to get you pulling your finger out, getting over yourself and realising your excuses aren’t reak. Writing blocks, tasks, exercises, reality pills, all rolled up in myth busting, contagious enthusiasm, procrastination hacks and trouble shooting for all genres and all levels. Don’t worry, no sharing.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
This retreat is for writers attending solo, or with family or friends. Both beginners who have never written before, and novelists with manuscripts in the final stages are welcome. It’s specifically for writers wishing to focus entirely on their creative work, and others who combine workshops with daily sightseeing tours. The trip to Costa Rica is fully escorted from the moment you land at San Jose International Airport. The creative writing retreat is ideal even for people who have not traveled before.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
The Art of Writing is an intimate retreat in Tuscany run by Italian resident, author and journalist, Lisa Clifford. With special appearances from best-selling authors, literary agents, and other writing tutors from around the world. The small-group retreats for writers in the mountains of Tuscany is designed to help them reconnect with their writing muse. Whether you’re a published author or just starting out, these sessions are perfect for you. All they ask is that you love writing.
This is a lovingly curated weekend experience, designed to guide you back to your own voice. The focus will be on gently waking up your creativity and exploring what it wants to say now. Who am I in this time of crisis? What stories want to emerge? What’s the first step? You’ll use your writing to process the current global moment, but also to escape from it, to wander the roads that your words want to walk down, to linger in nostalgia and possibility, to find the joy of writing. The weekend will be full of ease and productivity!
This retreat is for writers attending solo, or with family or friends. Both beginners who have never written before, and novelists with manuscripts in the final stages are welcome. It’s specifically for writers wishing to focus entirely on their creative work, and others who combine workshops with daily sightseeing tours. The trip to Costa Rica is fully escorted from the moment you land at San Jose International Airport. The creative writing retreat is ideal even for people who have not traveled before.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
The Rain Forest Resort Village is set in the beautiful Quinault Rainforest on the shores of picturesque Lake Quinault. It’s in the rainforest so bring an umbrella. There has been snow before, too! If you will have a laptop, bring your power supply and cord in order to recharge from time spent in areas where outlets are scarce. Also consider bringing an extension cord or power strip, so that when in community areas you can reach (and share) limited outlets.
The Garsdale Retreat provides an inspiring place to develop as a writer. Their courses offer opportunities for new, emerging and experienced writers. The tutors, all professional writers, lead workshops and also give one-to-one tutorials to help the individual student. In the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales, The Garsdale Retreat gives a wonderful opportunity to escape from the daily stresses of life and to draw inspiration from fellow students, tutors and the landscape itself.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
The Rain Forest Resort Village is set in the beautiful Quinault Rainforest on the shores of picturesque Lake Quinault. It’s in the rainforest so bring an umbrella. There has been snow before, too! If you will have a laptop, bring your power supply and cord in order to recharge from time spent in areas where outlets are scarce. Also consider bringing an extension cord or power strip, so that when in community areas you can reach (and share) limited outlets.
The Stylish Writing Intensive is a 3-day online retreat for academic and professional writers who want to take their writing from stodgy to stylish — or from adequate to amazing — over the course of a single weekend. If you aspire to expand your stylistic repertoire, increase your research impact, and write with renewed pleasure and panache, this retreat is for you!
This is two full days of boot camp writing with solo blocks, prompt exercises, and other creative therapy. Brilliant food, great chats, and amazing people. There will be surprises and treats. You’ll be leaving feeling loved up, special, relaxed and fired up.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
The Rain Forest Resort Village is set in the beautiful Quinault Rainforest on the shores of picturesque Lake Quinault. It’s in the rainforest so bring an umbrella. There has been snow before, too! If you will have a laptop, bring your power supply and cord in order to recharge from time spent in areas where outlets are scarce. Also consider bringing an extension cord or power strip, so that when in community areas you can reach (and share) limited outlets.
Enjoy and learn from workshops, readings and craft sessions held at the pristine Ossabaw Island Heritage Preserve—just twenty minutes by boat from historic Savannah, Georgia and its renown restaurants, art galleries, squares and riverfront beauty.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
Writing retreats are a rare opportunity for nine women to join them as they live and write together in the sprawling countryside near Healdsburg, CA. Life in their little compound of five two-bedroom cabins at Bishop’s Ranch is informal and relaxing. Their meeting room is both cozy and spacious, with a fireplace, snack kitchen, and spectacular views of the great outdoors. Someone else does the cooking and cleans up after you.
Starting a new book, editing a finished one, or stuck somewhere in the middle? lift your writing mojo with a weekend dedicatied to writing, under the guidence of two highly regarded tutors, both multi published award-winning authors.
This retreat is for people who want to use writing as a tool for self-knowledge, growth, and deepening awareness. The focus will be on personal storytelling in a safe supportive circle.
In this retreat, led by author Dipika Mukherjee (Ode to Broken Things; Shambala Junction, Rules of Desire), you will journey to India. Halfway around the world, a long way from everything familiar, you will learn in a new context. The discussions will center on themes and craft, with a special focus on developing strong beginnings, writing effective dialogue, and making the setting come alive. Important literary examples will guide your learning.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Haven Writing Retreats, led by New York Times bestselling author Laura Munson, welcomes writers at all levels. Haven meets you where you need to be met, whether you aspire to write and publish a book, or simply seek a deeper level of authentic self-expression.
Like other Algonkian events, this workshop retreat begins before you arrive with pre-event assignments and readings, and continues after you depart with a post-event novel development program online. It also includes a broad range of faculty, an array of vital workshops, as well as extended personal time with business professionals.
Ego Break Writers’ Retreat will focus on creativity and character development. Rather than offering workshops that lecture about craft, Ego Break workshops are designed to show writers how to create. No matter your genre or where you are in your writing journey, the expanded and unique perspectives you’ll gain while on an Ego Break will open creative layers within your imagination.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
Spend one week or two focusing uninterruptedly on your writing, with input from a resident mentor. Ideal if you are starting a new project, looking for professional guidance on your existing work, or editing your works in progress.
A week-long, creative writing holiday with a difference – scenic walks, fascinating talks and daily practical writing and editing workshops – all in a land as old as time itself, Pyrénées Orientales in Languedoc, France.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
On a cruise onboard Carnival Vista®, there’s no such thing as too good to be true. In fact, every moment spent on the seafaring marvel is another opportunity to discover fun and excitement, dining for every mood and taste, relaxation, or just about anything else your heart might desire.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Meet with screenwriters and producers in workshops dedicated to writing screenplays. Turn your novel into a screenplay or start one from scratch. Either way, prepare to enter the world of agents and producers. All in the 14th century Marouatte Castle in the beautiful landscapes of Dordogne in southwest France.
Join other writers on the wondrously scenic and soothing Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove for the express purpose of working intimately with experienced author and agent professionals. Know that writers of every kind have journeyed for over a century to this location on the California west coast. They come in search of inspiration, individuality, purpose, and vision, but more importantly, to share an understanding that art has preceded their arrival in the form of a brutally beautiful sea and windswept shore.
This 13-day trip offers a rare opportunity to travel with other creative women, explore Peru’s Sacred Valley, and spend time with the Quechua women of the high Andes.
This all-inclusive retreat will take place in Ellijay. There are miles of hiking trails right on the property with pavilions and benches for when inspiration hits and you want to capture a thought. A luxury room with a serene atmosphere, guided meditation, hiking the most beautiful trails, these are the tools you will use to connect with nature and tap into your own creative spirit.
Experienced authors and creative writing tutors, Alison Knight and Jenny Kane, invite you to join them for some writing time, author chatter, and relaxation. Open to beginners and experienced writers alike. Non-Writing partners or friends are very welcome.
Writing retreats are a rare opportunity for nine women to join them as they live and write together in the sprawling countryside near Healdsburg, CA. Life in their little compound of five two-bedroom cabins at Bishop’s Ranch is informal and relaxing. Their meeting room is both cozy and spacious, with a fireplace, snack kitchen, and spectacular views of the great outdoors. Someone else does the cooking and cleans up after you.
A replenishing week, centered on art and beauty in an Athenian countryside villa near the sea. This retreat offers an immersive contemplation of fine arts, creative practices, and beauty in all forms of sensory inspiration. 2-hour daily workshop includes lectures in art history and art appreciation techniques; opening to creative practices through writing, sketching, watercolors, aesthetic appreciation, and focussed group discussions. This retreat deepens all forms of creative practice and enhances well-being through awareness and understanding of the aesthetic beauty of everyday life.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Instead of generating a ton of new work through prompts and short writing seminars, you’ll be writing into, extending, and deepening an existing writing project. Each day will begin with (optional) dance, then breakfast, then meditation to quiet the inner critic and fears of being good enough. You’ll briefly focus and start on your writing as a group. Then head off to write in silence.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Explore beautiful Iceland with literary tours, hang out with award-winning authors, attend writing workshops and finally, write. If you’d like to take some time off from your real life to concentrate on your writing as well as enjoy the company of other writers in the beautiful Icelandic countryside, this retreat is for you!
This is a writing retreat like no other, a time to read, write, reflect and relax. From the moment you arrive at Indian Summer House you will be immersed in a supportive environment of like-minded people taking time out to focus on all that we love about writing.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Meet with screenwriters and producers in workshops dedicated to writing screenplays. Turn your novel into a screenplay or start one from scratch. Either way, prepare to enter the world of agents and producers. All in the 14th century Marouatte Castle in the beautiful landscapes of Dordogne in southwest France.
There is no universal recipe for becoming a writer, every author has their own, unique way of working, but the process always starts with finding a headspace – as well as a physical space – to develop and nurture your idea. And what better place to kick-start your writing project than a beautiful 19th century farmhouse in Umbria, Italy?
The Write Away Hydra writing retreat offers an inspiring and invigorating Writers Retreat on Hydra, one of the most idyllic and enchanting Greek islands. The stunning views and serene atmosphere of the lovely little island of Hydra have captivated writers and artists throughout the ages. The white houses, red-tiled roofs, picturesque small cobblestoned pathways will soothe your senses and summon your creative spirit. Hydra has no cars on the island and the peace and tranquility and slow pace of this inspring little island paradise have served to make it home to many internationally known artists and writers, making it an ideal place for your Writing Residency Retreat in order to connect with your muse and stimulate your creative voice.
The Art of Writing is an intimate retreat in Tuscany run by Italian resident, author and journalist, Lisa Clifford. With special appearances from best-selling authors, literary agents, and other writing tutors from around the world. These are small-group retreats for writers in the mountains of Tuscany designed for them to reconnect with their writing muse. Whether you’re a published author or just starting out, these sessions are perfect for you. All they ask is that you love writing.
The Garsdale Retreat provides an inspiring place to develop as a writer. Their courses offer opportunities for new, emerging and experienced writers. The tutors, all professional writers, lead workshops and also give one-to-one tutorials to help the individual student. In the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales, The Garsdale Retreat gives a wonderful opportunity to escape from the daily stresses of life and to draw inspiration from fellow students, tutors and the landscape itself.
This writing retreat is for academics, Ph.D. students, and other professionals. It offers you the possibility to concentrate on thinking, reading, and writing in a sustained way, to recharge your battery, and to gain new inspiration. Let original new ideas be born, maybe even ground-breaking ideas for new projects, and let your writing flow.
This writing retreat is for academics, Ph.D. students, and other professionals. It offers you the possibility to concentrate on thinking, reading, and writing in a sustained way, to recharge your battery, and to gain new inspiration. Let original new ideas be born, maybe even ground-breaking ideas for new projects, and let your writing flow.
This writing retreat is for academics, Ph.D. students, and other professionals. It offers you the possibility to concentrate on thinking, reading, and writing in a sustained way, to recharge your battery, and to gain new inspiration. Let original new ideas be born, maybe even ground-breaking ideas for new projects, and let your writing flow.
Haven Writing Retreats, led by New York Times bestselling author Laura Munson, welcomes writers at all levels. Haven meets you where you need to be met, whether you aspire to write and publish a book, or simply seek a deeper level of authentic self-expression.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Meet with screenwriters and producers in workshops dedicated to writing screenplays. Turn your novel into a screenplay or start one from scratch. Either way, prepare to enter the world of agents and producers. All in the 14th century Marouatte Castle in the beautiful landscapes of Dordogne in southwest France.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Meet with screenwriters and producers in workshops dedicated to writing screenplays. Turn your novel into a screenplay or start one from scratch. Either way, prepare to enter the world of agents and producers. All in the 14th century Marouatte Castle in the beautiful landscapes of Dordogne in southwest France.
Daily morning yoga, two writing workshops per day, several evening salons, and one-on-one sessions upon request. You will be writing and nurturing your creative self for eight days and seven nights. Immersing yourself in all that the Italian countryside has to offer, you’ll find space and opportunity to break away from the routines that form ‘regular’ life, giving you the chance to connect with your senses and transform your writing.
All your needs will be taken care of so you can begin to reconnect with the writer you are and explore ways to become the writer you want to be. What better place to accomplish this than at a writing retreat held in a beautiful villa in Tuscany. Whether you are interested in memoir, fiction, or non-fiction, you will tap into your creative flow as they consider plot, dialogue, characterization, imagery, and more. You will find nothing between your words and the page except unlimited inspiration in this safe and nurturing environment.
Writing retreats are a rare opportunity for nine women to join them as they live and write together in the sprawling countryside near Healdsburg, CA. Life in their little compound of five two-bedroom cabins at Bishop’s Ranch is informal and relaxing. Their meeting room is both cozy and spacious, with a fireplace, snack kitchen, and spectacular views of the great outdoors. Someone else does the cooking and cleans up after you.
The Garsdale Retreat provides an inspiring place to develop as a writer. Their courses offer opportunities for new, emerging and experienced writers. The tutors, all professional writers, lead workshops and also give one-to-one tutorials to help the individual student. In the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales, The Garsdale Retreat gives a wonderful opportunity to escape from the daily stresses of life and to draw inspiration from fellow students, tutors and the landscape itself.
There will be a writing workshop every day except for the two days of all-day outings. Laura Davis will help you sharpen your powers of observation and ability to write vivid description. You will learn to record your experiences and insights with clarity and depth, facilitating a richer travel experience. They will also use writing practice, developed by Natalie Goldberg, to discover your “wild mind” and tap your deep creativity. Beginner and experienced writers are welcome, but since the material in the class builds progressively, this will not be a drop-in class.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
The purpose of this Writing Retreat is to support budding writers in accomplishing an ambitious, self-paced writing challenge. The goal is the rapid production of a first draft—not the careful editing and refining of a final draft. Everyone at the writing retreat (including staff) chooses a specific numerical goal for what they’ll write during the month. Then they turn off their inner editors and focus on hitting their daily word count.
Ego Break Writers’ Retreat will focus on creativity and character development. Rather than offering workshops that lecture about craft, Ego Break workshops are designed to show writers how to create. No matter your genre or where you are in your writing journey, the expanded and unique perspectives you’ll gain while on an Ego Break will open creative layers within your imagination.
This is a tutored writing retreat in idyllic Switzerland for participants at all levels of experience. Groups are kept small to enable personal attention and a customised schedule of workshops and discussion, private writing time, feedback and walks. Tuition, accommodation and meals are all included in the package. The retreat takes place in Flüeli-Ranft at the intimate Gasthaus Paxmontana (built 1617), which belongs to the nearby Jugendstil-Hotel Paxmontana, an icon of Art Nouveau listed in the Swiss Historic Hotels directory.
Your week is interspersed with daily writing workshops, private time to write, time to walk the golden sandy beaches or regenerate your body, mind and soul in *Ireland’s Leading Spa. Luxurious 4 Star Accommodation and fine dining is assured. Your balcony overlooks a golden sandy beach with invigorating sounds of lapping tides. You won’t want to leave!
This retreat offers you a week-long journey into the craft of writing in the tranquil and inspiring setting of Tuscany. Whether you are interested in memoir, fiction or non-fiction writing, you will tap into your creative flow as you consider the plot, dialogue, characterization, imagery, and more. In this safe and nurturing environment, you will find there is nothing between your words and the page except unlimited inspiration. This retreat welcomes women writers of all ages, genres, and levels of experience.
Working against spectacular landscapes, you’ll be able to work on whatever writing in progress you have, whatever the genre. No matter your level, you’ll have access to top literary agents and writers, in the beating heart of Italy’s cultural life.
The Literature & Landscape of the Horse Retreat provides a unique adventure for anyone who yearns for nature, longs to reconnect with horses, and hungers for creative inspiration in an authentic western ranch setting. Read, write, and ride horses.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Haven Writing Retreats, led by New York Times bestselling author Laura Munson, welcomes writers at all levels. Haven meets you where you need to be met, whether you aspire to write and publish a book, or simply seek a deeper level of authentic self-expression.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
Three days of immersive masterclasses where you will workshop your ideas and leave with pages and pages of writing. Special ‘Retreater’ discount for accommodation. Networking activities to help you make life-long connections with other writers. Private time to write your novel with incredible views to inspire you. The option to share your writing for feedback.
Composed at Home is a transformative writing retreat for any scholar who wants a simple, effective process for overcoming emotional writing blocks. So you can make meaningful, measurable progress.
The Art of Writing is an intimate retreat in Tuscany run by Italian resident, author and journalist, Lisa Clifford. With special appearances from best-selling authors, literary agents, and other writing tutors from around the world. These small-group retreats are designed for writers in the mountains of Tuscany to help them reconnect with their writing muse. Whether you’re a published author or just starting out, these sessions are perfect for you. All they ask is that you love writing.
The Garsdale Retreat provides an inspiring place to develop as a writer. Their courses offer opportunities for new, emerging and experienced writers. The tutors, all professional writers, lead workshops and also give one-to-one tutorials to help the individual student. In the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales, The Garsdale Retreat gives a wonderful opportunity to escape from the daily stresses of life and to draw inspiration from fellow students, tutors and the landscape itself.
The Garsdale Retreat Center
Jun 5-10, 2023
£660–£710
No Deadline
Lesvos Island, GreeceThe Writing RoomMemoir and Non-Fiction Writing
This is a structured writing workshop for writers of all levels who want to tell their own story or write a non-fiction. The course is a daily combination of technical writing techniques, working through your personal and writing blocks, finding ways to access your memories and plan your story. This is ideal if you are writing a memoir, biography, non-fiction or e-course and you need to understand how to structure a publishable book. Both novices and experienced writers are welcome.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Haven Writing Retreats, led by New York Times bestselling author Laura Munson, welcomes writers at all levels. Haven meets you where you need to be met, whether you aspire to write and publish a book, or simply seek a deeper level of authentic self-expression.
Head all the way to Andros for a change of scenery that will help jostle your creativity. Develop your book, play, story, or screenplay in this dynamic writing workshop and retreat, with NY Times best-selling authors and literary agent. Story and manuscript development come alive at this acclaimed, professional workshop for authors of fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, plays, and poetry. Develop your book, start a new project, fine-tune your manuscript, or perfect your writing in progress. Writers of all levels are welcome to attend this retreat to generate new material, develop ideas, or shape their stories.
Open to women writers of all levels, writing in all genres, this retreat offers a perfect balance of community and solitude. Bond with other women writers as you read, write, and listen together. Spend your morning every day writing close to the sea surrounded by the island’s flora. Inspiration abounds in such a setting.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Clockhouse Appartments
Jun 13-19, 2023
£880-£985
No Deadline
Lesvos Island, GreeceThe Writing RoomMemoir and Non-Fiction Writing
Join in on this intensive retreat with technical courses on the craft of planning and writing to tips to present your book to agents and publishers. Hang out on a Greek island filled with the muse of writers. Spend time inspired by ancient tales with a group of writers.
Sea-Facing Room
Jun 14-21, 2023
€3,200
No Deadline
Lesvos Island, GreeceThe Writing RoomMemoir and Non-Fiction Writing
Join in on this intensive retreat with technical courses on the craft of planning and writing to tips to present your book to agents and publishers. Hang out on a Greek island filled with the muse of writers. Spend time inspired by ancient tales with a group of writers.
Two full days of boot camp writing with solo blocks, prompt exercises and other creative therapy. Brilliant food, great chats, and amazing people. There will be surprises and treats. You’ll leave feeling loved up, special, relaxed and fired up.
Unplug for a weekend of writing with fellow writers for A VERY Wordy Weekend, just 15 minutes north of Cochrane.This is a completely self-directed retreat; you’ll have the opportunity to relax and unwind after more than two years of isolation.
Spend one week or two focusing uninterruptedly on your writing, with input from a resident mentor. Ideal if you are starting a new project, looking for professional guidance on your existing work, or editing your works in progress.
Reconnect with the pleasures of writing at this 7-day, 6-night retreat hosted by international writing expert Helen Sword in the beautiful Swiss alpine village of Wengen. Whether you aspire to make progress on a specific project or seek fresh inspiration, this intimate gathering will replenish your creative energies and provide you with the time and space you need to experiment, play, and breathe fresh air.
Six days of personal writing time with opportunities to discuss writing issues with the Retreat Mentor (an award-winning, NYT best-selling novelist), and opportunities to attend certain Bookcamp presentations, all social activities, critiques, and chat with fellow writers and publishing professionals in a relaxed environment.
The retreat is designed for beginning, emerging, and published writers–anyone who feels the urge to reconnect with their writing self, or deepen and improve their work. Get in touch with your senses in daily morning workshops, generate new writing based on new experiences in Collioure and the wider world. In the afternoon, venture out–swimming, hiking, marketing–and loosening your grip on yourself and your work.
Collioure village hotel
Jun 18-23, 2023
€3,500
No Deadline
Lesvos Island, GreeceThe Writing RoomMemoir and Non-Fiction Writing
Join in on this intensive retreat with technical courses on the craft of planning and writing to tips to present your book to agents and publishers. Hang out on a Greek island filled with the muse of writers. Spend time inspired by ancient tales with a group of writers.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Game-changing master classes (delivered by writing and publishing pros that actually do this stuff) on every topic that will help you grow your writing skills and become an author that makes an impact and sells books.
The Tuscany Writing Retreat is set in the hills above San Gimignano on a wine estate surrounded by verdant rolling hills, olive groves, vineyards, wildflowers, and herbs which will assault your senses and summon your creative spirit. Your home for the week will be in two splendid villas set on private grounds with two swimming pools and abundant indoor and outdoor areas at your disposal for writing, engaging discussions, and relaxing.
The Art of Writing is an intimate retreat in Tuscany run by Italian resident, author and journalist, Lisa Clifford. With special appearances from best-selling authors, literary agents, and other writing tutors from around the world. They are small-group retreats for writers in the mountains of Tuscany designed for them to reconnect with their writing muse. Whether you’re a published author or just starting out, these sessions are perfect for you. All they ask is that you love writing.
This Summer Writing Retreat will be the perfect chance for you to get your creative juices rolling as you tour your way all across Ireland attending daily talks and workshops, all while attending Irish musical concerts, going on island and castle tours, and soaking in the beautiful landscape.
Everything in The Clockhouse has been planned to help you focus on your writing, away from day-to-day distractions. Walk in the beautiful landscape, share your triumphs and challenges with fellow writers over dinner together, or just sit at your desk and write. Whether you’re starting something new, or pushing on to finish something, make time to free your imagination with a writing retreat.
Professional and aspiring writers, struggling to create amidst the everyday demands of life, will get the gift of time: community, instruction, and the opportunity to reconnect with your own imagination and sense of possibility so you can confidently bring the work inside you to fruition.
The one-week Writeaways in France include consultations and workshops, all meals and drinks, and an optional cooking class. The 15-day France² includes all that plus a bonus: spend two days and one-night between weeks as you like: hangout with them and write at home in your chateau, or hop on a train and explore France!
Meet with screenwriters and producers in workshops dedicated to writing screenplays. Turn your novel into a screenplay or start one from scratch. Either way, prepare to enter the world of agents and producers. All in the 14th century Marouatte Castle in the beautiful landscapes of Dordogne in southwest France.
This intensive week’s retreat will enable you to submerge yourself in the art and practice of novel writing while gaining a new understanding of what it takes to be a great rather than a good writer. Optional group workshops will focus on progressively structured writing exercises while offering the ongoing opportunity for peer presentation. One-to-one mentoring will enable you to explore ways in which you can sustain a commitment to your novel beyond the workshop environment in order to achieve your full potential as a writer.
The Garsdale Retreat provides an inspiring place to develop as a writer. Their courses offer opportunities for new, emerging and experienced writers. The tutors, all professional writers, lead workshops and also give one-to-one tutorials to help the individual student. In the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales, The Garsdale Retreat gives a wonderful opportunity to escape from the daily stresses of life and to draw inspiration from fellow students, tutors and the landscape itself.
Meet with screenwriters and producers in workshops dedicated to writing screenplays. Turn your novel into a screenplay or start one from scratch. Either way, prepare to enter the world of agents and producers. All in the 14th century Marouatte Castle in the beautiful landscapes of Dordogne in southwest France.
Join a very intimate sacred circle of women in the spirit of reclamation for a creative inner adventure through meditation, yoga, movement, magical ceremonies and self-exploratory writing at Villa Sumaya in Santa Cruz, Guatemala.
The one-week Writeaways in France include consultations and workshops, all meals and drinks, and an optional cooking class. The 15-day France² includes all that plus a bonus: spend two days and one-night between weeks as you like: hangout with them and write at home in your chateau, or hop on a train and explore France!
Do your best writing at this five-day, five-night deep-dive, small-group writing retreat at scenic ZigBone Farm, just one hour from Washington DC/Baltimore in the Catoctin Mountains. Award-winning author of 14 novels and veteran writing instructor Tammy Greenwood will offer a mix of instruction, tools to move your novel forward, evening readings, and precious quiet time to write in the coziness of the lodge. Share your stories over delicious, family-style, farm-fresh meals and libations. Don’t want to mingle with humans? ZigBone Farm’s friendly sheep, goats, and barn cats are standing by!
The Art of Writing is an intimate retreat in Tuscany run by Italian resident, author and journalist, Lisa Clifford. With special appearances from best-selling authors, literary agents, and other writing tutors from around the world. These small-group retreats for writers in the mountains of Tuscany are designed to help them reconnect with their writing muse. Whether you’re a published author or just starting out, these sessions are perfect for you. All they ask is that you love writing.
On this inspirational pilgrimage to the land of myth, mystery, and magic, you can embrace opportunities to enrich your writing, meet like-minded individuals, and realize your creative dreams. Your package will include private consultations, group classes, workshops, and individual attention aimed at your personal needs.
Having unstarted, unfinished, or unpolished manuscripts floating around only makes you feel stressed out and unfulfilled. Writers shouldn’t have to feel uncreative, uninspired, and unproductive. It’s time to UN-DO all of that.
This writing retreat’s sole aim isn’t writing. This is a writing retreat that’s goal is to reach deep inside yourself and get you on your way to writing and publishing the book that is going to change your life, your career, and your income.
Ego Break Writers’ Retreat will focus on creativity and character development. Rather than offering workshops that lecture about craft, Ego Break workshops are designed to show writers how to create. No matter your genre or where you are in your writing journey, the expanded and unique perspectives you’ll gain while on an Ego Break will open creative layers within your imagination.
Ego Break Writers’ Retreat will focus on creativity and character development. Rather than offering workshops that lecture about craft, Ego Break workshops are designed to show writers how to create. No matter your genre or where you are in your writing journey, the expanded and unique perspectives you’ll gain while on an Ego Break will open creative layers within your imagination.
Spend one week or two focusing uninterruptedly on your writing, with input from a resident mentor. Ideal if you are starting a new project, looking for professional guidance on your existing work, or editing your works in progress.
After the daily Round Table Writing Workshops, there will be time for wandering down lovely winding cobbled streets and viewing and visiting the famed 2,000-year old Roman amphitheater still in use for performances today. In short, Plovdiv is a place where the past and the present mingle together, making it a unique haven for introspection, inspiration, and reflection.
Private Room
Jul 23-29, 2023
$2,150
No Deadline
Basque Pyrenees, SpainGeorgina HowardCreative writing (fiction and non fiction)
Whether you are new to writing or an established author, they are here to support you.Each morning, guests gather around the kitchen table to explore various aspects of creative writing. For the rest of the day, they enjoy the private spaces offered by this beautiful home and take advantage of the charming walks that step out from the farmhouse door. At seven each evening, they come together for an informal dinner and to share the creative processes they have explored during the day. They also share their daily writing experiences, which may include anything from roadblocks and doubts to triumphs and breakthroughs.
If you’re grieving or moving through a disorienting time of uncertainty and change, but are ready to integrate your losses and rediscover joy, then join this retreat in the serene beauty of a Northern California redwood forest where you’ll regain your bearings, be deeply held in a safe, intimate writing circle, and learn to transform pain into possibility.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
Private rooms
Aug 2-5, 2023
£325-£395
No Deadline
Basque Pyrenees, SpainGeorgina HowardCreative writing (fiction and non fiction)
Whether you are new to writing or an established author they are here to support you.Each morning, guests gather around the kitchen table to explore various aspects of creative writing. For the rest of the day, they enjoy the private spaces offered by this beautiful home and take advantage of the charming walks that step out from the farmhouse door. At seven each evening, they come together for an informal dinner and to share the creative processes they have explored during the day. They also share their daily writing experiences, which may include anything from roadblocks and doubts to triumphs and breakthroughs.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
On Pink Pangea’s Writing and Hiking Retreat in the Swiss Alps you’ll get to participate in transformative writing workshops, enjoy interactive writing activities to get your creative juices flowing, experience a new kind of freedom and power — and fully express yourselves, take daily hikes throughout Murren, including a trip to Interlaken and a boat trip on Lake Brienz, tour the waterfalls in Geissbach and the Schilthorn summit, visit Gimmelwald, Lauterbrunnan, and Brienz, and feel emotionally refreshed and physically rejuvenated.
Professional and aspiring writers, struggling to create amidst the everyday demands of life, will get the gift of time: community, instruction, and the opportunity to reconnect with your own imagination and sense of possibility so you can confidently bring the work inside you to fruition.
The annual GoodLit Retreat is a week-long gathering that brings together award-winning authors and industry leaders to mentor a new generation of aspiring writers. Hosted in Stanford, Kentucky, GoodLit writers take part in a series of workshops, enjoy personal writing time to develop their craft, receive one-on-one mentorship, and gain renewed creative energy from intentional rest in the beautiful Kentucky countryside.
The Garsdale Retreat provides an inspiring place to develop as a writer. Their courses offer opportunities for new, emerging and experienced writers. The tutors, all professional writers, lead workshops and also give one-to-one tutorials to help the individual student. In the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales, The Garsdale Retreat gives a wonderful opportunity to escape from the daily stresses of life and to draw inspiration from fellow students, tutors and the landscape itself.
Rise from within and together with this Lonely Planet recommended women’s writing retreat in a luxurious space on Lake Atitlan. Breathe and relax into lakeside comfort as we gather for a magical and soulful week beneath the watch of volcanoes.
This is a structured writing retreat for writers of all levels who want to tell their story or write their book. It’s a daily combination of technical writing techniques, working through your blocks, finding ways to access your memories and plan your story. It’s ideal if you are writing a novel, memoir, biography, non-fiction, e-course, or if you need to understand how to structure a publishable book.
Meet with screenwriters and producers in workshops dedicated to writing screenplays. Turn your novel into a screenplay or start one from scratch. Either way, prepare to enter the world of agents and producers. All in the 14th century Marouatte Castle in the beautiful landscapes of Dordogne in southwest France.
Walk the beaches. Luxuriate in the Seawater Therapy Pool. Kick back and enjoy Thalassotherapy Treatments. Eat high quality food – organic a speciality. Or just relax on your balcony and absorb the magnificent sea view to the sounds of lapping water. And spend your nights either writing, or enjoying local entertainment in the small colourful village of Clonakilty, just 7 minutes away.
Meet with screenwriters and producers in workshops dedicated to writing screenplays. Turn your novel into a screenplay or start one from scratch. Either way, prepare to enter the world of agents and producers. All in the 14th century Marouatte Castle in the beautiful landscapes of Dordogne in southwest France.
The retreat is designed for beginning, emerging, and published writers–anyone who feels the urge to reconnect with their writing self, or deepen and improve their work. Get in touch with your senses in daily morning workshops, generate new writing based on new experiences in Collioure and the wider world. In the afternoon, venture out–swimming, hiking, marketing–and loosening your grip on yourself and your work.
Collioure village hotel
Sep 10-15, 2023
€3,500
No Deadline
Camino de Santiago, SpainLaura DavisTravel writers and artists
This is primarily a hiking trip, enhanced with creative elements to enrich your travels and record your pilgrimage experience. Writing and drawing will feed and support your journey, but this trip will not provide a deep dive into either discipline. Beginners in both writing and sketching are welcome to attend.
Haven Writing Retreats, led by New York Times bestselling author Laura Munson, welcomes writers at all levels. Haven meets you where you need to be met, whether you aspire to write and publish a book, or simply seek a deeper level of authentic self-expression.
There is no universal recipe for becoming a writer, every author has their own unique way of working, but the process always starts with finding a headspace – as well as a physical space – to develop and nurture your idea. And what better place to kick-start your writing project than a beautiful 19th century farmhouse in Umbria, Italy?
A week-long retreat to inspire you to re-discover your creativity and fill your life with enchantment, wonder and empowerment. Drawing on ancient myths and fairy tales, this retreat with Dr Kate Forsyth and Kinchem Hegedus celebrates storytelling, poetry, art and the making of things with hands and heart. It is designed to help you find a new sense of meaning, purpose and connection to the human and natural world, as well as an opportunity for a cleansing of your body and spirit. Dr Kate Forsyth draws on her doctorate in fairy tales and mythology, and her many years of creative practice as a poet, novelist, oral storyteller and retreat leader, to help you follow your bliss and awaken to a life of creative joy.
The Provence Writing Retreat will be held in a charming Provençal farmhouse with plenty of indoor and outdoor living areas for us to enjoy, including a beautiful swimming pool overlooking the Luberon–a land of lavender fields, vineyards, crisp light and rosemary scented air that has always inspired writers. For a week, you will be immersed in the Provençal life, enjoying good company over food, writing workshops and convivial discussions about writing and the writing life. A perfect setting to get away from it all and reconnect with yourself and your writing.
The annual Okoboji Writers’ Retreat is open to all skill levels. It is produced by columnist Julie Gammack. Over 30 faculty resources will be on hand to work with participants in small group settings. Whether you come to find out how to get started, or land a book deal, this retreat is a welcoming and impactful event for all.
Oh yeah, and it’s a lot of fun.
The retreat is designed for beginning, emerging, and published writers–anyone who feels the urge to reconnect with their writing self, or deepen and improve their work. Get in touch with your senses in daily morning workshops, generate new writing based on new experiences in Collioure and the wider world. In the afternoon, venture out–swimming, hiking, marketing–and loosening your grip on yourself and your work.
This is an opportunity to make your dream a reality. Novel, memoir, short story, the choice is yours. If you are passionate about writing and want to dedicate a week to improving your writing skills – then Writer’s Retreat is for you!
This is a tutored writing retreat in idyllic Switzerland for participants at all levels of experience. Groups are kept small to enable personal attention and a customised schedule of workshops and discussion, private writing time, feedback, and walks. Tuition, accommodation, and meals are all included in the package. The retreat takes place at a large apartment in a modern, luxury chalet in the Hasliberg, a spectacular area of the Alps.
This writing retreat’s sole aim isn’t writing. This is a writing retreat that’s goal is to reach deep inside yourself and get you on your way to writing and publishing the book that is going to change your life, your career, and your income.
Haven Writing Retreats, led by New York Times bestselling author Laura Munson, welcomes writers at all levels. Haven meets you where you need to be met, whether you aspire to write and publish a book, or simply seek a deeper level of authentic self-expression.
The Garsdale Retreat provides an inspiring place to develop as a writer. Their courses offer opportunities for new, emerging and experienced writers. The tutors, all professional writers, lead workshops and also give one-to-one tutorials to help the individual student. In the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales, The Garsdale Retreat gives a wonderful opportunity to escape from the daily stresses of life and to draw inspiration from fellow students, tutors and the landscape itself.
In this retreat led by Erika Krouse (Tell me everything) & their co-founder Chetan Mahajan, you will journey to India. Halfway around the world, a long way from everything familiar, you will learn in a new context. The discussions will center on themes and craft, with a special focus on developing strong beginnings, writing effective dialogue, and making the setting come alive. Important literary examples will guide your learning.
Starting a new book, editing a finished one or stuck somewhere in the middle? Lift your writing mojo with a weekend dedicatied to writing, under the guidence of two highly regarded tutors, both multi published award-winning authors.
From outdoor excursions surrounded by the beautiful New England landscape to elaborate dinners in the company of other writers, and daily wrap-ups gathered around a campfire, this retreat will unleash your creativity.
Writing retreats are a rare opportunity for nine women to join them as they live and write together in the sprawling countryside near Healdsburg, CA. Life in their little compound of five two-bedroom cabins at Bishop’s Ranch is informal and relaxing. Their meeting room is both cozy and spacious, with a fireplace, snack kitchen, and spectacular views of the great outdoors. Someone else does the cooking and cleans up after you.
Ego Break Writers’ Retreat will focus on creativity and character development. Rather than offering workshops that lecture about craft, Ego Break workshops are designed to show writers how to create. No matter your genre or where you are in your writing journey, the expanded and unique perspectives you’ll gain while on an Ego Break will open creative layers within your imagination.
In this retreat, you’ll get the unique opportunity to be in residence and study with an experienced and celebrated instructor on beautiful Whidbey Island. Participation in each class is limited to 6 writers, to ensure individual attention, and create an intimate, supportive writing community.
Instead of generating a ton of new work through prompts and short writing seminars, you’ll be writing into, extending, and deepening an existing writing project. Each day will begin with (optional) dance, then breakfast, then meditation to quiet the inner critic and fears of being good enough. You’ll briefly focus and start on your writing as a group. Then head off to write in silence.
Haven Writing Retreats, led by New York Times bestselling author Laura Munson, welcomes writers at all levels. Haven meets you where you need to be met, whether you aspire to write and publish a book, or simply seek a deeper level of authentic self-expression.
Professional and aspiring writers, struggling to create amidst the everyday demands of life, will get the gift of time: community, instruction, and the opportunity to reconnect with your own imagination and sense of possibility so you can confidently bring the work inside you to fruition.
In this in-depth and intensive writing retreat, Kate and Belinda will teach you the art of personal storytelling while drawing upon real life in your creative work. Whether you are writing fiction or non-fiction, memoir or autobiography, this retreat will give you the tools you need to write with authority and authenticity.
Spend one week or two focusing uninterruptedly on your writing, with input from a resident mentor. Ideal if you are starting a new project, looking for professional guidance on your existing work, or editing your works in progress.
Foxes’ Retreat will welcome you warmly, and you will leave nurtured, relaxed and re-energised for living your best life. Whether you want to focus on yoga, writing or wellbeing, the welcome will help you relax. You will find a completely open and non-judgemental space in which you will be empowered to let go of life’s negatives, to take control of the judgements about yourself, and to step into your very best self.
Two full days of boot camp writing with solo blocks, prompt exercises and other creative therapy. Brilliant food, great chats, and amazing people. There will be surprises and treats. You’ll leave feeling loved up, special, relaxed and fired up.
In this 4-day class, you’ll work on on-going projects and check on reading and writing news. You’ll also try some innovative, fun, low-key writing exercises that are designed to get you moving deeper into your own practice. You’ll be able to explore what comes easily to you as a writer and where do you get stuck or stopped?
The Garsdale Retreat provides an inspiring place to develop as a writer. Their courses offer opportunities for new, emerging and experienced writers. The tutors, all professional writers, lead workshops and also give one-to-one tutorials to help the individual student. In the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales, The Garsdale Retreat gives a wonderful opportunity to escape from the daily stresses of life and to draw inspiration from fellow students, tutors and the landscape itself.
This retreat gifts you the dedicated time, space, and guidance that your writing deserves! Whether you are a beginner or have several projects under your belt, this retreat will take your writing to the next level.
The Garsdale Retreat provides an inspiring place to develop as a writer. Their courses offer opportunities for new, emerging and experienced writers. The tutors, all professional writers, lead workshops and also give one-to-one tutorials to help the individual student. In the remote and beautiful setting of The Yorkshire Dales, The Garsdale Retreat gives a wonderful opportunity to escape from the daily stresses of life and to draw inspiration from fellow students, tutors and the landscape itself.
Writers’ Retreats Greece is a retreat created for the sole purpose of accommodating ingenious people and travel nomads who are looking for an artistic environment to work on a writing project (or any other art project). Combining the renowned Greek hospitality with fresh home-made food tailored to your needs and cravings, they aim to offer an exceptional setting with a totally personalized service. The locations of the independent residencies guarantee a tranquil, remote, untouched and idyllic environment where the writers have the chance to get inspiration, focus on their project without any distraction, and eventually feel at home.
Writers’ Retreats Greece is a retreat created for the sole purpose of accommodating ingenious people and travel nomads who are looking for an artistic environment to work on a writing project (or any other art project). Combining the renowned Greek hospitality with fresh home-made food tailored to your needs and cravings, they aim to offer an exceptional setting with a totally personalized service. The locations of the independent residencies guarantee a tranquil, remote, untouched and idyllic environment where the writers have the chance to get inspiration, focus on their project without any distraction, and eventually feel at home.
There’s no better place to write, recharge creativity and jumpstart one’s novel, short story or memoir than in an energetic, creative, and up-and-coming city such as Tbilisi, Georgia. From writing classes to mentoring, analytical feedback, writing workshops and excursions around the town, you’ll get more than your money’s worth and let your creativity soar.
Communal Hotel
All year round
€1,695
No Deadline
Whatever your writing expertise is, you could definitely use a writing retreat to finish your manuscript, meet fellow writers, or just relax and get some writing done!
Nour
December 1, 2022Thank you guys, you’ve spent a lot of time gathering all these retreats and organizing them in one place. Good job!
Kotobee
December 1, 2022Thank you Nour for your kind words 🙂
Carla Dias
February 25, 2023I really appreciate the information you provided.
Now I can properly prepare for my next writing retreat.
Congrats on a wonderful job.
All the best!
Kotobee
April 5, 2023Thank you for your kind words! We’re glad to hear that our article was helpful to you. Wishing you all the best with your writing journey!
Iram
September 16, 2023Grateful for your research.
Thanks.