Whether you’re interested in our six-day Winter Workshop and Retreat, our Fall Retreat, or our Ossabaw Craft & Seminar Day Trip, you will find inspiration and professional, one-on-one feedback from our nationally recognized faculty and staff. Ossabaw Writers’ Retreat offers a variety of programs to address the needs of writers hoping to expand their craft and improve their work-in-progress. We hope you will join us in this great literary tradition by taking part in one or more of the various programs offered by the Ossabaw Writers’ Retreat. Where loggerhead sea turtles and endangered wood storks nest, and  photographers, writers, painters and musicians listen, watch, reflect and create.

NEW: Extended Stay Option: Fall & Spring 

We’re always trying to give our writers more of what they want–so beginning this fall, we will offer a three-day, two night extended stay option for those who would like to spend a few more days on the island writing and relaxing after the retreats. Just check the “extended stay” option at the bottom of the online application form, and we’ll reserve your space.

*We want to send out a special thanks to The Book Lady Bookstore for their continued generous donations which have now sponsored five university students to participate in our Retreat. Please show them some appreciation by visiting their store whenever you’re in town and thanking them for their great support of local and regional authors.

*We’d also like to send a special thanks out to the Diggs Family Foundation for their kind support. We were able to offer two workshop participants partial tuition waivers because of your kind and generous support.

2020 October Ossabaw Weekend Writer’s Bash

APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 4, 2020

Where shades take us to the past, and shadows forever fall.

Ossabaw Island Writers’ Retreat is happy to announce the opening of applications for our three-day weekend retreat, The 2020 Weekend Writer’s Bash. Held October 30-November 1, 2020, the retreat will feature workshops and seminars led by our nationally recognized faculty, visiting agents and publishers, and evening readings by faculty and participants.

WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION: $1295 tuition covers three days and two nights lodging, meals, manuscript consultations with nationally recognized authors, craft seminars, readings and ferried transportation to the island.

EXCITING NEWS: We’re now offering $250 scholarship discounts for a limited number of university students, military personnel, and teachers. In addition, we’re also offering Sisters in Crime members a $150 discount.

APPLY ONLINE: Fill in and submit convenient online form for easy, quick application.

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2021 Spring Writer’s Retreat

Applications for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry at the Winter Retreat, March 12-17, 2021, are now open. Application deadline February 15, 2021. 

Join us for our 10th Annual Ossabaw Island Writers’ Winter Retreat. Located just twenty minutes from downtown Savannah, GA., the retreat offers lectures, readings, workshops, and manuscript consultations.

The unspoiled beauty of Ossabaw Island has attracted writers, artists, and musicians to live on the island for short periods of reflection, research, and creativity in the mid-to-late 20th century. Ralph Ellison, Annie Dillard, and Alice Walker, are among those who have drawn inspiration from the island. Come join us for six days and five nights of writing, workshops and one-on-manuscript consultations with nationally recognized authors. Space is highly limited, therefore we strongly recommend early application submissions.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Final deadline February 15, 2021. Early applications highly recommended since there are limited openings (five-six per genre) and the retreat tends to fill quickly. 

EXCITING NEWS: We’re now offering $200 scholarship discounts for a limited number of university students, military personnel, and teachers. In addition, we’re also offering Sisters in Crime members a $150 discount.

APPLY ONLINE