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2025 Personal Retreats at The Barn at Boyds Mills
Personal Retreats at The Barn at Boyds Mills Please see more information about personal retreats here: https://thebarnatboydsmills.com/personal-retreats/
Sera Rivers Client Retreat
Sera Rivers Client Retreat Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for *a writing retreat. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, […]
Poetry, Memory, And Creative Flow: A Generative Two-Night Mini
Writing For The Educational Market: Mike Downs Post-Course Critique Summer 2025
A Critique By Mike Downs For students who have completed the Writing For The Educational Market Online Workshop, there is the option to add faculty critiques. OPTIONAL written critique of submission packet. The cost for this optional feedback is $125, and within 4-6 weeks of submission deadline participants will receive written feedback. Please submit by […]
Writing For The Educational Market: Sandra Athans Post-Course Critique Summer 2025
A Critique By Sandra Athans For students who have completed the Writing For The Educational Market Online Workshop, there is the option to add faculty critiques. OPTIONAL written critique of submission packet. The cost for this optional feedback is $125, and within 4-6 weeks of submission deadline participants will receive written feedback. Please submit by […]
Black Voices: An In-Community Retreat for Storytellers
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/black-voices-an-in-community-retreat-for-storytellers
Novels in Verse: Working Retreat
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/novels-in-verse-working-retreat
Getting the Gig: A Two-Night Mini on Speaking Opportunities for Storytellers
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/getting-the-gig-a-two-night-mini-on-speaking-opportunities-for-storytellers/
Nonfiction Retreat: Science, Nature, Biography, and More
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/nonfiction-retreat-science-nature-biography-and-more
Welcome to the Whole Novel Workshop: An In-Person Retreat for Novelists (August)
OVERVIEW: Congratulations on your acceptance into the Whole Novel Workshop: A Summer Retreat for Novelists! The Whole Novel Workshop offers writers the rare opportunity to have the entire draft of a novel (up to 80,000 words) read with written feedback and a private consultation, along with rich presentations specifically designed for novelists at this stage […]
Big Picture Revision: A Two-Night Mini with Editor Harold Underdown
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/big-picture-revision-a-two-night-mini-with-editor-harold-underdown/
2-night special, August 2025: Personal Retreats at The Barn at Boyds Mills
Personal Retreats at The Barn at Boyds Mills Please see more information about personal retreats here: https://thebarnatboydsmills.com/personal-retreats/
Coming Home to Ourselves and Reclaiming Our Wholeness as Highly Sensitive People - Gathering Retreat
**Retreat Name** Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for retreat. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching and gorgeous sunsets […]
Expressing Your Voice: A Two-Night Workshop for YA & MG Novelists
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/expressing-your-voice-with-dialogue/
Middle Grade Writers: A Generative Retreat
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/middle-grade-writers-a-generative-retreat
Picture Book Authors and Illustrators: Working Retreat
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/picture-book-authors-and-illustrators-working-retreat
Monsters & Mayhem: A Two-Night Mini for Young Adult Horror Writers
Black YA Writers Personal Retreat
Black YA Writers Personal Retreat Come join us at the Highlights Foundation campus for a writing retreat. This long weekend is designed to allow you to focus on your writing and soak up the creativity granted to us through nature There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. The […]
VCFA Allusionists' Retreat
VCFA Allusionists' Retreat Come join us at the Highlights Foundation campus for a writing retreat. This long weekend is designed to allow you to focus on your writing and soak up the creativity granted to us through nature There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. The Highlights Foundation […]
Jennifer Louden Writing Retreat 2025
**Retreat Name** Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for **a writing retreat**. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching […]
From Idea & Sketch to Dummy & Submission: An Author/Illustrator Online Course
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/from-idea-and-sketch-to-dummy-and-submission/
Kindling Words at Highlights
Kindling Words at Highlights Please note that being traditionally published is a pre-requisite for this retreat. Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for a retreat. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a […]
Intro to Nonfiction Writing: History, Biography, Steam and Much More
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/intro-to-writing-nonfiction-history-biography-steam-and-much-more/
Diving into Picture Books (Fall)
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/diving-into-picture-books-format-structure-and-practice/
Just Do It! Your Collaborative Support Group for Finishing Your Draft (Fall)
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/just-do-it-your-collaborative-support-group-for-finishing-your-draft-fall/
Welcome to the Whole Novel Genre: An Online Course for Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, & Beyond
OVERVIEW: Welcome to this Multi-Month Online Course with a Full Novel Critique! The Highlights Foundation Whole Novel Workshop offers you the rare opportunity to have the entire draft (up to 80,000 words) of a novel read by faculty, with detailed written feedback and a private consultation provided. This online program in particular is for writers […]
Wing Night 2025
Come join us at the Highlights Foundation campus for Wing Night. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching and gorgeous sunsets as the […]
Viable Paradise Alum Retreat
Come join us at the Highlights Foundation campus for Wing Night. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching and gorgeous sunsets as the […]
The Pub Retreat 2025
The Pub Retreat 2025 Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching and gorgeous sunsets […]
Prospect Agency Fall Retreat
Prospect Agency Fall Retreat Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for our Fall 2025 two-night retreat. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day and night. This retreat will be low-key and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, […]
Penned by You Fall Writer's Retreat
Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for **a writing retreat**. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching and gorgeous sunsets […]
Thrills, Chills & Mystery in MG: A Two-Night Workshop
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/thrills-chills-mystery-a-two-part-mini-on-genre-tales-for-mg-readers/
Drexel MFA Program Writer's Fall Retreat
Drexel MFA Program Writer's Retreat Come join us at the Highlights Foundation campus for a writing retreat. This long weekend is designed to allow you to focus on your writing and soak up the creativity granted to us through nature. There are no formal classes, but writers may organize a workshop if desired. You may […]
From Story to Script: An Introduction to Writing Graphic Novels
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/?p=47581&post_type=tribe_events&preview=1&_ppp=ddce472ea2
Peg and Awl Retreat
**Retreat Name** Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for **a writing retreat**. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching […]
Welcome to the Whole Novel Workshop: An In-Person Retreat for Novelists (October)
OVERVIEW: Congratulations on your acceptance into the Whole Novel Workshop: A Fall Retreat for Novelists! The Whole Novel Workshop offers writers the rare opportunity to have the entire draft of a novel (up to 80,000 words) read with written feedback and a private consultation, along with rich presentations specifically designed for novelists at this stage […]
Successful School Visits for Authors and Illustrators: An Online Course
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/successful-school-visits-for-authors-and-illustrators-an-online-course/
Poetry Palooza! A Workshop for Poetry Lovers
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/poetry-palooza-a-workshop-for-poetry-lovers
Marketing Opportunities for Storytellers: A Two Night Mini
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/marketing-opportunities-for-storytellers-a-two-night-mini/
Revising Your Novel in Verse: An Online Course
Writing Through Trauma & Grief to Empower Readers: A Retreat for Storytellers
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/writing-through-trauma-and-grief-to-empower-readers-a-retreat-for-storytellers
Plotter Reunion and Retreat
Come join us at the Highlights Foundation campus.There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching and gorgeous sunsets as the campus is […]
Inked Voices Retreat
Retreat We're hosting our third in-person writing retreat for Inked Voices members at the Highlights Foundation and we'd love to have you join us. This retreat is carved out time for you to refill your creative well, in the company of other Inked Voices writers. We’ll write for most of the day – or […]
Jersey City Writers Retreat Fall 2025
**Retreat Name** Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for **a writing retreat**. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching […]
CAT Agency Retreat
Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for a CAT Agency Creative Retreat!! This 4-day retreat is an opportunity to gather with your CAT colleagues, and rest, connect, and create! We will have a loose, attend-if-you’d-like agenda, including presentations given by our Agents (and possibly some of you!), writing critique groups, portfolio reviews, brainstorming […]
Rodale Institute Consulting Team Retreat
**Retreat Name** Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for **a writing retreat**. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching […]
WAT Writing Alone Together Retreat
WAT Writing Alone Together Retreat Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for a 3-night retreat. WAT (Writing Alone Together) is a zoom-room weekday morning writing group open to women and non-binary writers. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat is low-key and unstructured, with ample […]
Theater Camp For Writers
Come join us at the Highlights Foundation campus for Theatre Camp for Writers. Link to the full workshop description here: https://sites.google.com/view/theater-camp-for-writers/home?authuser= There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will provide some unstructured time to write, and to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities […]
The Motherlode Workshop
The Motherlode Retreat Come join us at the Highlights Foundation campus for The Motherlode Retreat. We welcome all writers looking to gather in community and deepen our understanding of the Motherlode and how to write about it. We'll gather a few times each day for discussions, writing exercises, and generative prompts designed to unleash […]
CR template / organization paying
**Retreat Name** Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for **a writing retreat**. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching […]
CR template / individuals paying
**Retreat Name** Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for **a writing retreat**. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching […]
Just Do It Alumni Retreat
Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for Just Do It Alumni Retreat. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching and […]
The Unreliable Narrators Retreat
Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for a writing retreat. There will be delicious, locally sourced meals, with snacks and beverages throughout the day. This retreat will be low-key and unstructured and a time to connect as a group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching and gorgeous sunsets as […]
Mad Woman Literary Agency Retreat
Mad Woman Literary Agency Retreat All clients of Mad Woman Literary Agency are welcome to attend a three-day retreat in person at The Highlights Foundation from March 6 - 9. This will be an opportunity to connect with one another, have quality writing time in a peaceful setting, and learn from each other in workshops […]
Revise and Rise: A Retreat for Novelists
Join two seasoned authors and book coaches for an immersive retreat at the Highlights Foundation campus designed specifically for novelists seeking to refine their craft and elevate their storytelling. In this retreat, we will help you build a road map to demystify the revision process and sort through conflicting advice to polish your manuscript while […]