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Rainbow Retreat: An In-Community Experience for Creatives

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA, United States

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night, In-Community Retreat This in-community retreat is designed to bring to LGBTQIA+ creatives together. It is an informally structured retreat where the focus is on your own projects with room to celebrate and cultivate the joys of this community! Hosts Jas Hammonds and Rob Costello will lead informal evening activities. Special guest Antonio […]

$799

Emotions in Nonfiction Picture Books: A Two-Night Mini

Online

Overview A Two-Night Mini Online Course Picture books open the world of information to readers. Join children’s book author Heidi E.Y. Stemple and editor Eileen Robinson to explore the many ways to infuse emotion into your nonfiction picture book, and hook and inspire your readers. This program is a great fit if you’re looking for a short course […]

$59

Working Retreat: Spark Inspiration with Meditation and Creative Play

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA, United States

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Working Retreat Join Kekla Magoon and Laurie Calkhoven for a retreat built to spark inspiration through meditation and creative play, and then give you time to harness that spark in your own projects.  A “Working Retreat” is lightly structured with one lecture each day, generative activities, optional consultations with faculty, and plenty […]

$1199

Just Do It! Your Collaborative Support Group for Finishing Your Draft (Spring)

Online

Overview A 3-Part Online Cooperative This supportive program takes all creatives (nonfiction or fiction, picture books, novels, essays, and more) from goal-stating to finished drafts. Together, we’ll move through live sessions, writing prompts, mindfulness guidance, studio dates, daily inspirations, check-ins, and feedback with Sarah Aronson, Chris Tebbetts, and Daria Peoples, and their special guests! This […]

$399

Nonfiction Picture Books: Exploring Forms and Creative Approaches

Online

Overview A Two-Night Mini Online Course Nonfiction picture books offer a unique way to present factual information in engaging and accessible ways for readers. Join celebrated nonfiction authors Mélina Mangal and Rob Sanders for this short course that connects writers to the endless possibilities for topics and forms in nonfiction picture books. This program is a great fit […]

$59

Revision Retreat: Moving Your Story Ahead

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA, United States

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Retreat + 3 Live Pre-Workshop Zoom Presentations Join celebrated editors Emma Dryden, Eileen Robinson, and Harold Underdown for a deep dive into strategies for revision and a chance to reimagine, enliven, and rebuild your picture books, novels, or nonfiction at the Highlights Foundation retreat center. This is an in-person retreat for writers […]

$1399

Building Brilliant Book Proposals: A Two-Night Mini

Online

Overview A Two-Night Mini Online Course For most nonfiction books (except picture books), the first step in pitching your project to an agent or editor isn’t a full manuscript—it’s a compelling book proposal. This crucial document does it all: it hooks readers, outlines your vision, sells your idea, and proves why you’re the right person […]

$59

Summer Camp in Writing: Create and Dream!

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA, United States

Overview In-person 5-Day/4-Night Workshop and Retreat Get away for five days at our Summer Camp in Writing for fiction and nonfiction storytellers who are looking for inspiration, guidance, mentorship, community, fun, creativity, and...a place to dream! At the Highlights Foundation, “summer camp” is different than S’mores by the fire and hiking in the woods. (Though […]

$1649

Getting the Gig: A Two-Night Mini on Speaking Opportunities for Storytellers

Online

Overview A Two-Night Mini Online Course Whether you want to set up school visits, participate in literary festivals, and/or pitch your ideas to storyteller organizations, Alyssa Reynoso-Morris wants to help you “get the gig and get your bag.”  Alyssa booked 67 events in 2023, making an extra $19,000 in income.  In 2024, she booked 48 […]

$59

Nonfiction Retreat: Science, Nature, Biography, and More

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA, United States

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Retreat Bringing truth and fact to the page has never been more important. If you have an idea or draft of a nonfiction project and need a little support to move your work ahead, this retreat is for you. Join nonfiction and informational fiction writers: Miranda Paul, Heather Montgomery, and their guests […]

$1399

Big Picture Revision: A Two-Night Mini with Editor Harold Underdown

Online

Overview A Two-Night Mini Online Course Gathering tools and strategies for revision are an integral part of writing stories. Join editor Harold Underdown to explore revision strategies that will pinpoint problems and opportunities in your picture book, chapter book, novel, or narrative nonfiction manuscript.  "Big picture" revision techniques are meant to support you when you […]

$59