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15 Inspiring Writing Retreats in the US
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items If you're dreaming of finishing your book (or at least making progress on it) at a quiet, secluded writer's retreat, here are my suggestions for beautiful, relaxing and supportive retreats for writers.
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This community of women writers and artists hosts writing residences on Whidbey Island in Washington State. Also, they writing retreats and convenings, online classes, and occasional public events such as the Open House held in June 2025. I love the ...
Hedgebrook - Whidbey Island, Washington
Besides beautiful gardens that anyone can tour, the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, Washington hosts writers retreats throughout the year.
Bloedel Reserve - Bainbridge Island, Washington
The Willapa Bay Artists in Residence program offers a 30 day self-directed residency (with lodging and meals) to new and established artists, writers, and playwrights. They also welcome scholars, singer/songwriters, and musical composers. Each month ...
Willapa Bay AiR - Oysterville, Washington
You have to pay to attend this writers' workshop. It seems very well planned out, with thoughtful activity choices, socialization, but still lots of writing time to work on your project. It's held in the beautiful San Juan Islands in Washington State...
Week Long Retreat by Laguna Writers Workshops - San Juan Island, WA
A women's writing retreat and residency on an island in Maine. Wide Open Writing also hosts writing retreats in Italy and Greece in some years.
Maine Lighthouse 2025 — Wide Open Writing - Whitehead Island, Maine
This writing retreat for women is held at McGee Island, a private island off the coast of Maine. You rent a bedroom in the Main House and take your meals with the others when the dinner bell rings, at the Cook House.
The Salty Quill Writing Retreat - McGee Island, Maine
Here's another writer's retreat in Maine. This one is at Millay House Rockland, a literary non-profit. Writers can stay for a month in the home where poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was born.
The Maine Coast Writer's Retreat — Millay House Rockland, Maine
This writing retreat is held in September on Star Island in New Hampshire. It's open to poets and songwriters.
Writers in the Round 2025 - Shoal Island, NY
Here's a writing and rejuvenation retreat on Nantucket Island near Massachusetts. It's held in spring. You stay at the Nantucket Hotel and get writing guidance from The Nantucket Writers Workshop people.
Nantucket Writers & Rejuvenation Weekend - The Nantucket Hotel, MA
A writing retreat in Minnesota. Charlson Meadows is a renewal center, with many programs and several retreat opportunities each year.
Charlson Meadows, Minnesota
Here's another magical island writing retreat. This one welcomes writers of poetry, memoir, fiction, screenplay, and also songwriting.
Write Doe Bay - A Pacific Northwest Writing Retreat on Orcas Island, WA
You can apply for a scholarship (residency) at the John Updike Tucson Casitas Fellowship in Tucson, AZ. If accepted, you'll be writing in one of the casitas where John Updike himself wrote some of his books.
John Updike Tucson Casitas Fellowship - Tucson, AZ
One of the best known and largest writing retreats in North America. Ragdale offers up to 165 residencies annually to artists, including dancers, musicians, writers, and visual artists. Each residency is 18 days long.
Ragdale - Lake Forest, IL
An incredibly famous and exclusive writing retreat in the Santa Cruz mountains in California. The Djerassi Resident Artists Program was founded by Dr. Carl Djerassi, who invented the birth control pill. His family created the retreat in memory of his...
Djerassi Resident Artists Program - Woodside, CA
Forest & Fawn create fantasy reading retreats as well as fantasy writing retreats. Their retreats are in various US locations, including North Carolina and California. I love this idea! They also host writing challenges (you pay $38 to enter, and...
Forest & Fawn Retreats