TWO-DAY VIRTUAL WRITING RETREATS / MANUSCRIPT DISCUSSIONS

Based on Connie’s popular in-person retreats, these virtual gatherings provide writers with dedicated writing time, workshops, daily guidance, accountability, and a supportive community of writers all without leaving your home.

  • Daily craft-based videos or audios arrive in your inbox every morning of the retreat.

  • Each retreat morning, participants write in the privacy of their homes.

  • Participants gather in the afternoons for virtual workshops in which we explore the material written that day.

  • Designed for maximum immersion, these retreats/discussions are limited to two writers. If you have a writing buddy, reserve your dates! Or spin the wheel and work with Connie and a new writing friend.

2026 VIRTUAL RETREAT DATES

February 21-22 FULL

April 25-26 FULL

May 23-24

July 25-26

August 22-23

September 26-27

HOW TO APPLY:

Send Connie one page of prose (double spaced, Times New Roman Font) and indicate which retreat or retreats you’d like to participate in.

If you are currently in one of Connie’s monthly workshops, simply let her know which retreat you want to attend.

There is NO application fee.

FEE:

$300, includes a $50 nonrefundable deposit.

Deposits must be paid at the time of acceptance. Balances are due on the 1st day of that retreat’s month.

Balance refunds are given only if a new participant fills the space. Late cancellations create a hardship for us; while we understand that emergencies arise, please inform us at your earliest opportunity.

Upon acceptance, participants will receive an email that includes payment instructions.

“I have worked with Connie May Fowler for three years and in that time her influence on my work as a fiction writer has been profound. Mentor, editor and champion, she has pushed me again and again to realize the full potential of my story and to deepen my craft skills. Her critiques are incisive and generous, her teaching and artistry inspiring. And she’s fun. Thank you, Connie.” ~ Beverly Boutilier, Historian, Novelist