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Highlights Foundation Campus

392 Boyds Mills Road
Milanville, PA 18443 United States Get Directions
570-253-1192

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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Working Retreat: Chapter Books and Early Readers

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Working Retreat Join Debbi Michiko Florence, Kashmira Sheth, and guests for time to create and connect during this "Working Retreat." A “Working Retreat” is lightly structured with one lecture each day, informal conversations, optional consultations with faculty, and plenty of time to create in the comfort and care of the Highlights Foundation retreat […]

$1199
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Whole Novel Workshop: An In-Person Retreat for Novelists (October)

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA

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
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Latinx Voices: An In-Community Retreat for Storytellers

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA

Join M. García Peña, NoNieqa Ramos, and Alex Villasante for their fifth annual, in-community retreat designed exclusively for Latinx writers and illustrators. About the Program This 3-night/4-day, in-community retreat is the space where you can ignite your creativity and forge connections with a diverse and supportive community of fellow storytellers in the Latine Diaspora. This […]

$850
In-Community Retreat Featured of of the Barn

Rainbow Retreat: An In-Community Retreat for Storytellers

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA

Join this 3-night/4-day, in-community retreat thoughtfully designed to bring LGBTQIA2S+ 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! About the Program Experience our in-community Rainbow Retreat that warmly welcomes queer and questioning authors and illustrators who […]

$850

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Working Retreat: Picture Book Authors and Illustrators

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA

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 guest M.O. Yukselto immerse yourself in all things picture books.  A Working Retreat is lightly structured […]

$1199
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Working Retreat: Revision

Highlights Foundation Campus 392 Boyds Mills Road, Milanville, PA

Overview In-person 4-Day/3-Night Working Retreat Join celebrated editors Emma Dryden, Eileen Robinson, and Harold Underdown for time to revise and connect during this Working Retreat for writers looking to reimagine, enliven, and rebuild their picture books, novels, or nonfiction. A Working Retreat is lightly structured with one lecture each day, informal conversations, optional consultations with faculty, […]

$1199

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