Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth by joining this writing intensive dedicated to crafting one’s own spiritual memoir. Writing Your Spiritual Memoir is an unparalleled opportunity to delve deeply and unearth the profound experiences that shaped you and your spiritual beliefs, then weave them into a compelling written narrative. Our facilitators…

“Baby shoes for sale. Never worn.” — anonymous, apocryphally attributed to Ernest Hemingway In this generative workshop, participants will draw inspiration from micro-flash essay and micro-fiction examples such as 100-Word Love Stories, Tiny Truths, and prose poems to write their own creative nonfiction micros. Together we’ll discuss the work that micro essays do–looking at use…

Telling stories is something that we all do. Storytelling is a wonderful way to think about who you are, what you have done, and what is next for you in your life. Think of it as an organized reflection on your life. Prompts and presentations will stimulate memories and, together, we will write and tell…

Telling stories is something that we all do. Storytelling is a wonderful way to think about who you are, what you have done, and what is next for you in your life. Think of it as an organized reflection on your life. Prompts and presentations will stimulate memories and, together, we will write and tell…

Telling stories is something that we all do. Storytelling is a wonderful way to think about who you are, what you have done, and what is next for you in your life. Think of it as an organized reflection on your life. Prompts and presentations will stimulate memories and, together, we will write and tell…

Join author Sally Collins for an afternoon of tapping into your own experiences and memories to create compelling, complex, and authentic fiction, no matter the genre. “Write what you know,” the old saying goes — but sometimes it’s a struggle. Over the course of the workshop, you will examine the fiction of authors throughout the…

Join us for a fun and highly interactive program that provides guidance, helpful tips, constructive advice, and a methodology and framework to help you write various types of songs. It is for all levels of musical aptitude including those who sometimes get stuck writing songs or have always wanted to write songs but have never…

Join us for Saturday only of our two-day writing conference focused on nature and the environment. Saturday's sessions include: Keynote with Daniel Slager, publisher & CEO, Milkweed Editions Morning breakout sessions with Jill Stukenberg (prose); Michael Walsh (poetry); Chera Van Falcon Burg (advocacy); Libby Humprhies (Hike and Write: The Ridges) Panel Discussion: Eco-Poetics with Kimberly Blaeser, Nicholas Gulig,…

Join us for Friday only of our two-day writing conference focused on nature and the environment. Friday’s presenters include: Keynote with Dan Egan Morning breakout sessions with Constance Malloy (prose), Caryl Pagel (poetry), Lindsey Taylor (advocacy), Carrie and Peter Sherrill (Hike and Write: Art/Speaks) Panel discussion on Writing the Nature of the Door with Kathleen…

Many people have stories to tell about illness, whether it’s visible or invisible, chronic or an era in their lives. Jumi Bello will introduce participants to various writers, both living and dead, who write on the notions of illness and the different forms they’ve embodied in expressing their experience. She will then guide participants in…