| Write a Query That Gets Manuscript Requests | | 7/1/2026 | Does your query letter make an agent want to keep reading, or does it make them click away? What if the difference between a rejection and a manuscript request comes down to how well you’ve packaged your story premise?
Join us for this in-depth workshop with Jane Friedman, one of publishing’s most respected voices in author education, as she breaks down the anatomy of a query letter that works. Register at pwnwriters.org. |
| Write a Query That Gets Manuscript Requests with Jane Friedman | | 7/1/2026 | Join publishing educator Jane Friedman for an in-depth workshop on writing query letters that compel agents and editors to request your work. Whether you're querying for the first time or refining a letter that hasn't landed, you'll walk away with the tools to open doors. |
| Book Revision Lab | 6/13/2026 - 7/3/2026 | 7/16/2026 - 12/10/2026 | Book Revision Lab is a half-year program for creative writers ready to revise their completed memoir or novels. With a focus on community, our revision program provides feedback, support, accountability, and guidance so that writers can explore and realize the artistic and commercial potential of their books. |
| Virtual Writers Week | 6/4/2026 - 7/5/2026 | 7/6/2026 - 7/10/2026 | Writers Week is a five-day program for students entering 9th through 12th grade. Each day, participants attend writing and theatre workshops led by prose writers, poets, and performance artists. Included in the week are mini-workshops taught by program faculty, graduate students and guest artists. Rooted in the Sarah Lawrence College tradition of one-on-one interaction, the program offers students the opportunity to meet in small groups with workshop leaders. |
| Book Submission Bootcamp | | 7/15/2026 - 7/29/2026 | Book Submission Bootcamp is a three-week program designed for writers ready to submit their memoirs or novels for publication. With a focus on community, the Book Submission Bootcamp provides feedback, support, and guidance for writers ready to take on the challenging process of getting their work out in the world. |
| Writers Week Session 1 | 6/4/2026 - 7/19/2026 | 7/20/2026 - 7/24/2026 | Writers Week is a five-day program for students entering 9th through 12th grade. Each day, participants attend writing and theatre workshops led by prose writers, poets, and performance artists. Included in the week are mini-workshops taught by program faculty, graduate students and guest artists. Rooted in the Sarah Lawrence College tradition of one-on-one interaction, the program offers students the opportunity to meet in small groups with workshop leaders. |
| Stick Season Writers Retreat | 6/13/2026 - 8/1/2026 | 11/19/2026 - 11/22/2026 | Six spots. Four days. One beautiful writers’ house.
Nestled in the Green Mountains, this intimate four-day getaway is for writers who are ready to step away from the noise and get serious about their work. You write, share, walk, talk craft, and eat well—all in the company of fellow writers who get it. |
| Writers Week Session 2 | 6/4/2026 - 8/2/2026 | 8/3/2026 - 8/7/2026 | Writers Week is a five-day program for students entering 9th through 12th grade. Each day, participants attend writing and theatre workshops led by prose writers, poets, and performance artists. Included in the week are mini-workshops taught by program faculty, graduate students and guest artists. Rooted in the Sarah Lawrence College tradition of one-on-one interaction, the program offers students the opportunity to meet in small groups with workshop leaders. |
| Writeaway in France | 9/1/2025 - 8/4/2026 | 9/4/2026 - 9/11/2026 | Why write at home when you can write in a castle? Find your je ne sais quoi at Chateau du Pin in the Loire Valley of France. John Yewell and Mimi Herman, author of The Kudzu Queen will help you revitalize your writing while you pursue the project of your choice. Suitable for all levels, this weeklong workshop-retreat provides you with private consultations, daily workshops, a French cooking class, all meals and wine, and 300 acres of gorgeous French countryside. |
| Get Away to Write - Vermont | | 8/9/2026 - 8/14/2026 | COMING SOON:
August 9-14, 2026 in Grafton, VT. Combine an extended writing retreat with a relaxing summer vacation in the picturesque mountains of New Hampshire. This getaway blends our trademark challenging and supportive workshop experience with plenty of free time for you to write and bask in the refreshing New England summer. Enjoy encouraging workshops, homemade meals and good company. |
| Radical Reimagining: Growing the Archive with Shawna Kay Rodenberg | | 8/17/2026 - 8/21/2026 | Dölen Perkins-Valdez says that, “Somewhere between written and oral traditions is a space the imagination can fill.” Excavating the past can be especially intimidating for those of us who come from places where history is kept through oral traditions or inscrutable scraps of information. Words like ‘exhaustive’ are often used to describe bodies of knowledge, but this is the language of patriarchy, and it is possible to think of research instead as tending history, caring for it, and even growing |
| Fiction Intensive Workshop with Taymour Soomro | | 8/17/2026 - 8/22/2026 | In this workshop, we will close read and critique each other’s fiction. We will use each other’s writing as opportunities to discuss and explore questions of fiction craft such as structure, characterization, and voice. We will study how to read as writers, how to read for craft, and how to talk and think about fiction in a way that supports our craft. The challenges with fiction are never only technical. Often, the greater challenges are psychological. |
| The Muse Writers Conference | | 8/29/2026 - 8/30/2026 | Register now for The Muse Writers Conference, Saturday & Sunday, August 29 & 30 at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel... with two days and 4 tracks of programming, covering everything from fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and screenwriting craft to navigating publishing, marketing, and submission strategy.
Featuring:
-6 literary agents, editors, and publishers hosting 10-minute one-on-one sessions to pitch, get query feedback, or ask industry questions
-Enjoy more than 35 breakout sessions with |
| Washington Island Literary Festival | | 9/17/2026 - 9/19/2026 | A three-day festival for writers and readers with featured presenters novelists Anika Fajardo, Jane Hamilton, and Naeem Murr; poet Erika Meitner, and memoirist Catherine Jagoe. |