Guide to Writers Conferences & Writing Workshops
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The Writers' Retreat Network
Established
1998
Program Description
Residential retreats offering on-site mentors, lodging, coaching, editing services for residents. For those who wish to start their own residential writers' retreat.
Programs/Year
6-10
Group Size or S:T Ratio
1 or more
Program Focus
Business/Technical, Children's, Fiction, Horror, Humor, Journalism, Marketing, Mystery, Nature, Non-fiction, Autobiography/Memoir, Playwriting, Poetry, Publishing, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Screenwriting, Travel, Young Adult
Faculty
On-site mentors at selected residential retreats.
Costs
Vary depending of the retreat choice around the world.
U.S. Locations
Carmel, California
Sharpsburg, Georgia
Bostic, North Carolina
Hopkinton, Rhode Island
Craftsbury, Vermont
Sharpsburg, Georgia
Bostic, North Carolina
Hopkinton, Rhode Island
Craftsbury, Vermont
Global Locations
Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, Canada
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Ojochal, Costa Rica
Santiago, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Dingle (Heron's Beach), Ireland
schull, Ireland
Punta Sur, Nicaragua
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, Canada
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Ojochal, Costa Rica
Santiago, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Dingle (Heron's Beach), Ireland
schull, Ireland
Punta Sur, Nicaragua
Months
Year round
Calendar Link
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Contact
Micheline Cote
President and Founder
The Writers' Retreat
Quebec
Canada
E-Mail:
President and Founder
The Writers' Retreat
Quebec
Canada
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Writers Studio at UCLA Extension
An intensive 4 days of instruction and writing. Participants choose from 12 workshops in which they work closely with a professional writer, limited to 15 students.
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