Upcoming Writing Retreats
September 27 - October 3, 2026
Chamonix, France
RETREAT FULL
A Writing Retreat
with John Claude Bemis
Join us in Chamonix, France, for a week-long writing retreat at an alpine chalet. Whether developing an idea, drafting new pages, or revising an existing manuscript, this retreat will offer guidance, focused writing time, and a small, supportive group of fellow writers.
Each day will begin with a three-hour workshop, where participants will explore techniques to make each scene and every page more captivating to readers. You’ll learn new ways to create an immersive writing voice with point-of-view, how to micro-plot scenes into strong arcs, and how to weave together your characters’ interior lives with their external struggles. Each participant will have a one-hour private consultation with John.
A Writing Retreat
with Emily Colin & Julie Artz
Join us in Chamonix, France, for a week-long writing retreat at an alpine chalet. Whether developing an idea, drafting new pages, or revising an existing manuscript, this retreat will offer guidance, focused writing time, and a small, supportive group of fellow writers.
Each day will begin with a three-hour workshop, where participants will explore techniques to make each scene and every page more captivating to readers. You’ll learn new ways to create an immersive writing voice with point-of-view, how to micro-plot scenes into strong arcs, and how to weave together your characters’ interior lives with their external struggles. Each participant will have a one-hour private consultation.
October 4 - 10, 2026
Chamonix, France
David Rocklin
Writing Retreat
WE’LL FIND IT TOGETHER
We will spend three inspiring hours each day writing, inside or poolside. Writers looking to find their voice, start something new or deepen their current work will explore generative exercises, engage in craft talks on making their narratives vivid, and examine how context lies at the heart of character and place – whether in fiction or memoir.
We’ll create a space for your voices and an atmosphere of connection and community. Writers can encounter so many seemingly impossible mountains standing in the way of realizing their dream, but the strength to make your way is already in you.
October 4 - 10, 2026
Provence, France
October 11 - 17, 2026
Provence, France
Writing Retreat with
Carol Weston
FIND YOUR VOICE IN PROVENCE
A week in Provence? Oui, s’il vous plaît!
Immerse yourself in the sounds, smells, flavors, and sights of Provence while honing your craft, making friends, feeling pampered, and having fun. This retreat is open to writers of all levels, whether you’re working on essays, fiction, or memoir. Each morning, Carol Weston will offer three prompts to get your creativity going. We will write in bursts, share our work in ways that are constructive and inspiring. We’ll talk about word choice, characters, structure, and what makes readers want to turn the page. Carol will offer hour-long one-on-one consultations to help you make the most of your time and talent—and tell the stories only you can tell.
Get ready for an unforgettable, life-changing week.
Writing Retreat with
Jordan Roter
FOUND IN TRANSLATION
What happens when you stop trying to write the thing you think you’re supposed to write—and start writing the thing you actually want to write?
This week in Provence is part writing retreat, part creative reset, part adult summer camp (with much better food). Whether you’re working on a novel, personal essay, memoir, TV pilot, screenplay—or a letter you’ve been meaning to write—you’ll experiment with form as a way into voice, story, and momentum. Through prompts, guided exercises, and collaborative workshopping, we’ll explore how shifting mediums can unlock your work in surprising ways. You’ll write, share, laugh, and probably make a few new best friends. Come with an idea, a work-in-progress, or just an open mind and a willingness to create.
October 17 - 23, 2026
Provence, France
A Writing Retreat with
David Rocklin
WE’LL FIND IT TOGETHER
We will spend three inspiring hours each day writing, inside or poolside. Writers looking to find their voice, start something new or deepen their current work will explore generative exercises, engage in craft talks on making their narratives vivid, and examine how context lies at the heart of character and place – whether in fiction or memoir.
April 11 - 17, 2027
Bordeaux, France
April 5-11, 2027
Bordeaux, France
Writing Retreat with
Nina Savelle-Rocklin
In this stunning French chateau, discover how your personal story can become the foundation for a book that changes lives. This intimate writing retreat offers the rare luxury of slowing down, tapping into your creativity and history, and creating a self-help book to heal and inspire.
Each day begins with three inspiring hours of focused writing and guided exercises. Under the expert guidance of psychoanalyst and author Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin, you’ll learn how to process your lived experiences and craft them into narratives that resonate with readers facing similar challenges. This retreat creates a supportive space to find your voice in an atmosphere of trust and shared purpose. Whether you’re just starting out or already have a theme in mind, you’ll leave with real progress on the page. You’ll also learn how to turn your book into a business and build a platform that extends your reach. You’ve already grown so much. The insight to turn your story into a lifeline for others is within you.
Susan Rich
Writing Retreat
Taking Flight: Travel Poetry (& Memoir) with Humans and Birds
Join Susan Rich in a landscape that allows your heart to soar and your pen to fly. Take in the vineyards and the rolling hills beyond. We will visit the bird sanctuary down the road, and yes, the birds will all advance your sense of wonderment – and your writing. This all-women retreat will let you be the woman you always meant to be, as the poet Linda Pastan writes in her stunning travel poem, In Another Country. Now that woman can be you as you explore the countryside, sun by the pool, birdwatch, and more.
May 2 - 8, 2027
Bordeaux France
May 8 - 14, 2027
Bordeaux, France
A Writing Retreat
with Richard Babcock & Gioia Diliberto
The Creative Spark
Take your writing to a new level of creativity and accomplishment in immersive workshops and focused private consultations. For three hours every morning, we will discuss those elements of craft that are crucial to vivid, compelling writing and practice how to achieve them in generative exercises. Your afternoons will be free to work on your own projects, or explore the countryside for inspiration. During the week, each participant will meet with either Gioia or Dick for a deeper consideration of their work and goals for the future.
A Writing Retreat with
Jessica Berg & Rita Veras
Two Agents, One Goal: Amplify the Author Within
Most writing retreats treat getting a literary agent as the finish line. This one starts there.
Spend a week in the French countryside with Rita Veras and Jessica Berg—two Rosecliff Literary agents who have made it their work to say the things the publishing industry usually keeps quiet.
Rita is a literary agent and member of the AALA’s DEI Committee. Jessica is the founder and director of Rosecliff Literary and the woman behind Your Literary Agent Bestie. Neither are approaching this week as evaluators. Instead, they’re coming in as curious about your pages, about the career you’re building, about the woman behind the work.
June 6 - 12, 2027
Chamonix, France
September 5 - 11, 2027
Chamonix, France
A Writing Retreat with
Sadeqa Johnson
& Julie Cantrell
Writing Retreat with
John Claude Bemis
Whether developing an idea, drafting new pages, or revising an existing manuscript, this retreat will offer guidance, focused writing time, and a small, supportive group of fellow writers.
Each day will begin with a three-hour workshop, where participants will explore techniques to make each scene and every page more captivating to readers. You’ll learn new ways to create an immersive writing voice with point-of-view, how to micro-plot scenes into strong arcs, and how to weave together your characters’ interior lives with their external struggles. Each participant will have a one-hour private consultation with John.
All genres of fiction writing are welcome.
September 25 - October 1, 2027
Bordeaux, France
September 19-25, 2027
Bordeaux, France
Writing Retreat with
Sarah Penner
Ignite the Spark
Fiction writers: join us for a week-long retreat at a Gothic Revival château in the heart of Bordeaux, France.
Led by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Penner, this intimate retreat is designed to help you gain clarity, momentum, and renewed excitement for your novel.
Each morning, our small group of ten writers will gather for three hours of writing, workshop, and discussion focused on both the craft and business of fiction writing. Through guided exercises and personalized feedback, you’ll strengthen character arcs, sharpen story structure, deepen emotional resonance, and learn the art of effective pacing and micro-tension.
Whether you’re drafting a novel or revising one, you’ll leave with greater confidence in your project, a clearer path forward, and tangible progress on the page.
Each participant will also receive a private one-hour consultation with Sarah to discuss their manuscript, publishing goals, and next steps.
A Writing Retreat
with Christy Cashman & David Rocklin
Writing the story only you can tell
Morning sunlight over the sea. Two luxurious oceanside villas, their windows facing the Bassin d’Arcachon, will become our writing homes for six unforgettable days!
Dive into your writing in every corner of this breathtaking location. We will spend three inspiring hours each day writing, inside or under the skies of Arcachon. Writers looking to find their voice, start something new or deepen their current work will explore generative exercises, engage in craft talks on making their narratives vivid, and examine how context lies at the heart of character and place –whether in fiction or memoir. We’ll create a space for your voices and an atmosphere of connection and community. Writers can encounter so many seemingly impossible mountains standing in the way of realizing their dream, but the strength to make your way is already in you. We’ll find it together.
Christy and David will also offer each writer a 1-hour private consultation.
Oct 2-8, 2027
Arcachon, France
October 10-15, 2027
Kilkea Castle, Ireland
Writing & Golf Retreat
with Tom Coyne
WRITING YOUR PASTIME
You have to care. When we drift into writing about things for which we have lack passion, it shows. We feel it. Our reader feels it. So on this retreat, I want to identify the things you care deeply about, and work on presenting them in a way that engages an audience, and makes them care, too.
If golf is that thing, great. If it’s some other sport or game or hobby, perfect. We’ll begin with what you love, and we’ll work to find the words for it.
During our time together, we’ll explore what separates good writing from great writing and practice our fundamentals: scene, detail, dialogue, character, setting. Golf isn’t too dissimilar from writing in that regard. Good fundamentals unlock a lot of possibilities.
I’ll ask you to bring writing to the workshop that we can share with the group. I’ll ask you to do some writing in our workshop. And we’ll use our activities that week to inspire new work. We’ll work in prose (nonfiction or fiction welcome) though a little verse is always welcome. It’s Ireland, after all.
Writing Retreat with
Christine Sneed
LIGHTNING ON THE PAGE
Each morning our group of 8 writers will meet for three hours of both generative writing and workshop, along with discussions addressing practical aspects of the writing life.
We’ll aim for the flexible goal of writing vibrant new work—either stand-alone or part of a longer project—by the end of our week together.
Each student will meet with Christine for an individual one-hour session.
All genres—fiction, nonfiction/memoir, poetry, and one-acts/scripts—and all levels of experience are welcome.
October 23 - 29, 2027
Provence, France
“What a lovely experience from start to finish. Everything was so well done for us with such consideration for each of us. The view from my room was spectacular!”
– Mercilee Jenkins