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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/
2026 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/
2026 Personal Retreats Two Night Specials
Personal Retreats at The Barn at Boyds Mills Please see more information about personal retreats here: https://thebarnatboydsmills.com/personal-retreats/
From Story to Script: An Introduction to Writing Graphic Novels
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/?p=47581&post_type=tribe_events&preview=1&_ppp=ddce472ea2
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/
From Idea & Sketch to Dummy & Submission Optional Critique 2025
A Critique by Courtney Pippin-Mathur An optional full dummy critique on the revised project from class (or a new project) is available following the class. The critique includes written feedback and a live Zoom 1:1 (scheduled at a mutually convenient time, 4-6 weeks after submission). The cost of this optional, post-course critique is $150. Please submit […]
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/
Welcome to the Muslim Storyteller's Crash Course in Children's Books
Welcome to the Crash Course in Children's Books for Muslim Storytellers! This community-focused program invites new Muslim voices into the children’s book industry through a multi-month, online course. The program covers all aspects of children’s book publishing, from genres and types of books to working with a publisher (and everything in between). Editor, educator, […]
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 […]
Pitch Perfect: Finding Your Novel's Theme and Crafting the Pitch
Rodale Institute Consulting Team Retreat
**Retreat Name** 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 group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching and […]
Diving Into Your New (or Next) Novel
Diving Into Picture Books: Format, Structure, and Practice
Kidlit Self-Publishing 101: Strategies for Indie Publishing Success
Successful Strategies for Submitting Your Manuscript to Agents and Editors
Breaking Into the Educational Market
Novel Retreat with Editor Patricia Lee Gauch (2026)
This invitation-based retreat is thoughtfully crafted to help you move your novel to the next level while working one-to-one with editor Patricia Lee Gauch. What You'll Learn Patricia Lee Gauch, former editor of Philomel Books and longtime Highlights Foundation faculty leads this unique, immersive experience meant to bring the best out of your […]
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 […]
Carrot Cake Hype Retreat
Come join us at Highlights Foundation campus for a four-day 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 […]
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 […]
SCBWI Pocono Retreat 2026
**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 […]
The Motherlode Retreat 2026
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 […]
Whole Novel Workshop: A Virtual Course for Middle Grade and Young Adult Writers (Spring)
OVERVIEW: Congratulations on your acceptance into the Whole Novel Workshop: A Virtual Course for Middle Grade and Young Adult Writers (Spring)! This intensive, transformative Whole Novel Workshop offers writers the rare opportunity to have the entire draft (up to 85,000 words)* of a novel read by faculty, with detailed written feedback and a private consultation […]
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 […]
Community Retreat with Grace Lin and Debbi Michiko Florence: Celebrating Asian and Asian American Stories (May 2026)
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 […]
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 […]
BSFW Goes to Highlights 2026
BSFW Goes to Highlights Come join us at the 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 group. The Highlights Foundation campus has ample opportunities for walking, hiking, bird watching […]
Community Retreat with Meg Medina: Celebrating Latinx Stories in Kidlit
All About Picture Books: A Retreat for Storytellers
Spotlight on the Middle of Your Novel: A Generative Retreat
Community Retreat with Andrea Page and Stacy Wells: Celebrating Native and Indigenous Stories in Kidlit
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 June 18 - 21. 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 […]
Birth a Book Coach Retreat 2026
**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 […]
Summer Camp for Writers and Illustrators: Session One!
Summer Camp For Writers And Illustrators: Session Two!
VCFA Writing for Children and Young Adults Alumnx Retreat
VCFA Writing for Children and Young Adults Alumnx 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 […]
Black Women Writers: A Retreat In Gratitude 2026
sis·ter·hood /ˈsistərˌho͝od/ 1: the feeling of kinship with and closeness to a group of women 2: a community of women linked by a common interest Dear Sisters, We are still so moved by the deep connections we made at the inaugural Black Women Writers’ Retreat last year. We are planning something special for 2026 and […]
The Writing Shorter Retreat: Why (and How) Less Can Be More
Welcome to Whole Novel Workshop: An In-Person Retreat for Novelists (August)
OVERVIEW: Congratulations on your acceptance into the Welcome to Whole Novel Workshop: An In-Person Retreat for Novelists (August)! This intensive, transformative Whole Novel Workshop offers writers the rare opportunity to have the entire draft (up to 85,000 words)* of a novel read by faculty, with detailed written feedback and two private consultations provided. Attention in […]
Community Retreat with Grace Lin and Debbi Michiko Florence: Celebrating Asian and Asian American Stories (August 2026)
An Inspired Life Retreat with Be & Breathe Studio
**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 […]
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 […]
Picture Book Authors and Illustrators: A Generative Retreat
Recharge: A Poet's Retreat 2026
JL WITH WORK WITH ROBBIN TO UPDATE**************************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 […]
Women At Woodstock Writer's 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 […]
Wing Night 2026
Wing Night Come join us at 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 […]
Middle Grade Writers: A Generative Retreat
Working Creatively With Conflict 2026
**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 […]
Whole Novel Workshop: A Virtual Course for Middle Grade and Young Adult Writers (Fall)
OVERVIEW: Congratulations on your acceptance into the Whole Novel Workshop: A Virtual Course for Middle Grade and Young Adult Writers (Fall)! This intensive, transformative Whole Novel Workshop offers writers the rare opportunity to have the entire draft (up to 85,000 words)* of a novel read by faculty, with detailed written feedback and a private consultation […]
South Asian Storytellers 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 […]
Welcome to 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! This intensive, transformative Whole Novel Workshop offers writers the rare opportunity to have the entire draft (up to 85,000 words)* of a novel read by faculty, with detailed written feedback and two private consultations provided. Attention in an intimate setting […]