5 days at the Viking Union (VU) Center
Western Washington University, Bellingham
Be a part of the Authors at Large (AAL) writing retreat in August, our first to be held in North America. AAL co-founder Robin Hemley & Brenda Miller, two stars of the literary world, are the authors leading this writing retreat exclusively focused on prose. So bring your memoirs, novels, stories & essays to our manuscripts workshops and be inspired at our generative writing sessions this summer in the Pacific Northwest. Workshop manuscripts will be due by Friday August 4.
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE Thursday July 27!
Retreat Schedule (Preliminary)
Retreat Program Fee
The full retreat includes a choice of one 5-session manuscript workshop (limited to 10 participants) in either fiction/autofiction or creative nonfiction, attendance at 4 morning generative writing sessions, 3 literary salons that includes opportunity to give a reading of your work, a welcome reception and closing reception, plus informal connections with our writing community and authors. US$ 1,100 (AAL clients receive their usual 10% discount $990). Workshop manuscripts are a maximum of 5,000 words and we will ask you to submit your manuscript by no later than Friday August 4.
The partial retreat includes participation in the 4 morning generative writing sessions, 3 literary salons and a welcome reception and closing reception, plus informal connections with our writing community and authors. No manuscript workshop included. US$ 450 (AAL clients receive a 10% discount = $405)
All participants must make their own travel & hotel arrangements.
How to register
No application is required to register for our program, but we do ask anyone who is new to Authors at Large to complete a questionnaire about your writing background and experience in workshop. Here is a link to our survey.
Writers new to Authors at Large please register for the full retreat at this link
Authors at Large clients can register for the full retreat at this link
Partial retreat registration please go to this link and select either New to AAL or AAL Client from the pull down menu