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Poetry for Kids: A World of Publishing Possibilities

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

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Workshop and Retreat Poetry anthologies, stand alone poems, lyrical picture books, narrative picture books, and verse novels make up the colorful fabric of poetic offerings to children. Learn ways to weave words, sounds, and stories into engaging poems, and find new markets and opportunities in writing poetry for children. There will be […]

$1299

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

The Power of Historical Novels in Verse: A Two-Part Mini on Using Poetry and History to Inspire

Online

Overview A Two-Part Mini Online Course Today’s readers are desperate to learn the true and complex history of the world that they inhabit, and novels in verse provide a powerful vehicle to explore difficult periods of history.  Join verse novelists Nadine Pinede and Kip Wilson to discover strategies for weaving history into the structure of a novel in […]

$59

Intro to Novels in Verse: Forms and Fundamentals

Online

Overview Four Week Online Course Join verse novelist Cordelia Jensen for a four-week online course to explore the fundamentals, celebrations, and challenges of writing novels in verse. You’ll be introduced to using this form to its utmost advantage, while taking into consideration the general foundations of storytelling. Live Lectures (with closed captioning) Wednesdays at 1 – 2:30pm Eastern […]

$449

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

Rhyming Picture Books: A Two-Night Mini

Online

Overview A Two-Night Mini Online Course To rhyme or not to rhyme… a question that fills the picture book writer’s mind! Join Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Anne Marie Pace for this two-night mini to gain beginning knowledge about rhyming picture books in today's market. This program is a great fit if you’re looking for a short course of two, […]

$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

Poetry, Memory, and Creative Flow: A Generative Two-Night Mini

Online

Overview A Two-Night Mini Online Course This short, generative course has been thoughtfully constructed to engender creative connections, inspiration and abundance. Verse has a unique power to give voice to our inner stories—our memories, joys, challenges, and more—and poetry can unblock this expression to create flow as we access pieces of ourselves and bring them […]

$59

Novels in Verse: Working Retreat

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

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Working Retreat Verse novelists and novelists join Rajani LaRocca and Chris Baron for time to create and connect during a retreat built just for you. There will be daily presentations, 1:1 consultations to discuss your projects, and generative writing sessions to move ahead with your novel in verse. Rajani and Chris will be joined by […]

$1299

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