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392 Boyds Mills Road
Milanville, PA 18443 United States Get Directions
570-253-1192
https://www.highlightsfoundation.org

When we began offering Foundation workshops, we knew we had a unique situation: a campus tucked away in the picturesque northeastern Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains, with the solitude writers and artists need to produce their best work. See some photos and videos here, and you can also see what some of our attendees have to say about the Highlights Foundation workshop experience.

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Middle Grade Writers: A Generative Retreat (New Spots Available!)

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

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Workshop and Retreat To write for children, we need to reconnect with the clever, imaginative, and curious core of our childhood selves. Join celebrated middle-grade authors Erin Entrada Kelly and Laurel Snyder for a four-day retreat focused on generative writing inspired by the sleepaway camps of our youth (or the one we […]

$1299

Picture Book Authors and Illustrators: Working Retreat

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

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Working Retreat Picture book writers and illustrators: set aside time to focus on your picture book project! Here is a special retreat just for you. Join fiction and nonfiction author Darcy Pattison, author/illustrator Leslie Helakoski, and their guests including Aram Kim and Matt Phipps to immerse yourself in all things picture books. […]

$1299

Whole Novel Workshop: An In-Person Retreat for Novelists (October)

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

Overview In-person 6-Day/5-Night Workshop and Retreat with a Full Novel Critique Included This intensive, transformative Whole Novel Workshop offers writers the rare opportunity to have the entire draft (up to 80,000 words) of a novel read by faculty, with detailed written feedback and two private consultations provided. Attention in an intimate setting makes this program […]

$2799

Poetry Palooza! A Workshop for Poetry Lovers

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

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Workshop and Retreat We invite writers with a passion for poetry to come together for this special experience with celebrated poets Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Georgia Heard, Irene Latham, and Charles Waters. During this retreat you will work on your own poetry through guided writing exercises, sharing, engaging presentations, and a private consultation. You will […]

$1399

Writing Through Trauma & Grief to Empower Readers: A Retreat for Storytellers

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

About the Program In-person 4-Day/3-Night Writing Retreat Join this writing retreat designed for authors who are crafting books for kids and teens that center their lived experiences in areas of trauma, mental health, grief, and beyond. We believe there is hope in harnessing the transformative power of storytelling.  Explore therapeutic writing techniques that enable you […]

$1199