In-Person

Novel Retreat (Spring) with Editor Patricia Lee Gauch*

March 23 - 29, 2025

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.     Agenda (Sunday, March 23 - Saturday, March 29, 2025) Prior to the retreat, you are asked to provide Patti with samples that she has requested to be sent to […]

Asian and Asian American Voices: An In-Community Retreat

May 1 - 4, 2025

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/asian-and-american-voices-an-in-community-retreat *please note the add a day option!

Muslim Storyteller Whole Novel Retreat (Spring)

May 5 - 9, 2025

Muslim Storytellers Whole Novel Retreat 2025   Register for the second part of your immersive, in-community Muslim Storytellers Whole Novel program. This 5-day/4-night immersive experience offers a supportive space for Muslim novelists to revise their stories, with limited programming and ample time to connect with fellow retreaters and find ways to amplify Muslim voices and […]

Revision Retreat: Moving Your Story Ahead

May 15 - 18, 2025

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/revision-retreat-moving-your-story-ahead

All About Picture Books: A Retreat for Storytellers

June 1 - 4, 2025

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/all-about-picture-books-a-retreat-for-storytellers

PJ Library Sephardic Stories Retreat

June 15 - 19, 2025

Welcome to the Retreat for the Sephardic Stories Initiative  hosted by PJ Library   The Sephardic Stories Initiative is part of PJ Library’s mission to represent the diversity of North American Jewish communities through the books sent to families. With generous support and guidance from the Seattle-based Samis Foundation, and following extensive research and recommendations […]

Summer Camp in Illustration: Intensive Artistic Inspiration

July 6 - 9, 2025
Book now for early bird pricing. The price goes up to $1,549 on May 1.

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=45298

Summer Camp in Writing: Create and Dream!

July 13 - 17, 2025
Book now for early bird pricing. The price goes up to $1,649 on May 1.

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/?p=45303&post_type=tribe_events&preview=1&_ppp=b66caf9a22

Black Voices: An In-Community Retreat for Storytellers

August 7 - 10, 2025

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/black-voices-an-in-community-retreat-for-storytellers

Novels in Verse: Working Retreat

August 10 - 13, 2025

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/novels-in-verse-working-retreat

Nonfiction Retreat: Science, Nature, Biography, and More

August 13 - 16, 2025

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)

August 17 - 22, 2025

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 […]

Muslim Storytellers: An In-Community Retreat

September 6 - 9, 2025

This 4-day/3-night immersive experience offers a supportive space for Muslim writers and illustrators (published or unpublished) to craft and share their stories, with limited after dinner programming to connect with fellow retreaters and find ways to amplify Muslim voices and stories at our retreat and beyond.  Thanks to funding from the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF), […]

Middle Grade Writers: A Generative Retreat

September 10 - 13, 2025

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/middle-grade-writers-a-generative-retreat

Picture Book Authors and Illustrators: Working Retreat

September 13 - 16, 2025

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/picture-book-authors-and-illustrators-working-retreat

Welcome to the Whole Novel Workshop: An In-Person Retreat for Novelists (October)

October 26 - 31, 2025

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 […]

Poetry Palooza! A Workshop for Poetry Lovers

November 1 - 4, 2025

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/poetry-palooza-a-workshop-for-poetry-lovers

Writing Through Trauma & Grief to Empower Readers: A Retreat for Storytellers

November 6 - 9, 2025

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/writing-through-trauma-and-grief-to-empower-readers-a-retreat-for-storytellers