for mid-career and emerging artists

SprInG ReTreaTs

2025

tWo rEtreAts. Two PurpOses.

EaRlY WriTeRs

Early Career Writer's Retreat will take place March 14-16, 2025.

We define early career as having less than full-length book (eg. 48 pages + for poetry) or 8 individually published pieces - this could be in any medium, a literary magazine, anthology, popular magazine, online or print. Playwrights should not have any plays fully/professionally produced.

MiD-CarEer WritErs

Mid Career Writer's Retreat will take place June 12-15, 2025.

There will be a mandatory online orientation on May 21st, 6-8 pm. 

We define mid-career as having at least 1 book (eg. 48 pages + for poetry) or 8 individually published pieces - this could be in any medium, a literary magazine, anthology, popular magazine, online or print, etc. Playwrights should have had at least one play fully/professionally produced.

aPpLiCaTiOnS CloSed

Applications are closed for this year. We’ll be in touch soon!


This work is funded in part by MHC with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.