PROGRAMS

 Whether you’re interested in our six-day Spring Workshop and Retreat, our Fall Writers’ Bash, or our inaugural Ossabaw Writers Craft & Seminar Day Trip, you will find inspiration and professional, one-on-one feedback from our nationally recognized faculty and staff.  Ossabaw Writers’ Retreat Foundation 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 Foundation. Where loggerhead sea turtles and endangered wood storks nest. Where historic cultures are studied. Where photographers, writers, painters and musicians listen, watch, reflect and create.

2024 Spring Writer’s Retreat

Applications for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry at the Spring Retreat, March 8-13, 2024, are now open. Application deadline: February 1, 2024. 

Join us for our 12th Annual Ossabaw Island Writers’ Spring 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 1, 2024. 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 full scholarships to three recipients who apply for the scholarship (apply here for the scholarship)  and partial discounts for a limited number of university students, military personnel, and teachers. In addition, we’re also offering Sisters in Crime members a $250 discount (only one discount my apply for any one application).

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2024 Fall Ossabaw Weekend Writer’s Bash

APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 15, 2024

Ossabaw Island Writers’ Retreat is happy to announce the opening of applications for our three-day weekend retreat, The 2024 Weekend Writer’s Bash. Held October 28-30, 2024, the retreat will feature workshops and seminars led by our nationally recognized faculty, independent publishers, and evening readings by faculty and participants.

WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION: $1695 tuition covers three days and two nights lodging, meals, manuscript consultations with nationally recognized authors, craft seminarsreadings and ferried transportation to the island.

EXCITING NEWS: We’re now offering full scholarships to three recipients who apply for the scholarship (apply here for the scholarship)  and partial discounts for a limited number of university students, military personnel, and teachers. In addition, we’re also offering Sisters in Crime members a $250 discount (only one discount my apply for any one application).

Ossabaw Writers’ Craft & Seminar Day Trip

APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 25, 2024

Ossabaw Island Writers’ Retreat announces the opening of applications for our 2024 Fall Writers Craft and Seminar Day Trip. Held Saturday, October 29, 2024, the Craft and Seminar Day Trip will feature workshops and seminars led by our nationally recognized faculty. A great opportunity to recharge the creative energies on one of the most beautiful barrier islands of the Atlantic.

WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION: $375 tuition covers  lunch, craft seminarsreadings and ferried transportation to the island. One-on-one manuscript consultations with nationally recognized faculty available for additional $75. 

University student, military personnel, teacher? Upload a photocopy of your official I.D. in the application form below and receive a $50 discount

We’re also offering a $25 discount for Sisters in Crime members. Just fill out application below and upload a copy of your membership receipt.

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

Craft and Seminar Day-Trip Application

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    Sisters in Crime applicants must submit copy of invoice/receipt for membership uploaded under the "choose file" option above. Student/Teacher/Armed Service Member discount applicants must upload a copy of their official I.D. under the "choose file" option above. Teachers
    Applicants wishing to participate in a one-on-one manuscript consultation must upload their file as PDF of Word document under "choose file" option above. Fiction and nonfiction manuscripts limited to 15 pages, double-spaced. Poetry limited to 5 poems, no more than 10 pages.
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