A participant-focused writers’ conference. Advance your craft and energize your writing at the 32nd annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway. Join us January 16-19, 2026 at the historic Seaview Hotel near Atlantic City, NJ. Enjoy challenging and supportive workshops, insightful feedback and an encouraging community. Choose from workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, songwriting and more.
Among fan favorites, we’re thrilled to welcome several new faculty including Jason Mitchell, Nathaniel Popkin and Jane Wong. BONUS: Peter E. Murphy will return as a feedback session leader for his classic Poetry Incubator.
In addition to tons of new three-day workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, songwriting and storytelling, we also added an additional Poetry Round Table Workshop add-on. See the full lineup of three-day writing workshops and add-on workshops.
Peter Murphy will again match up to $5,000 in donations toward scholarships! Our goal is to offer at least 10 scholarship seats.
Our roster is exceptionally full this year, but we wanted to bring back Story Slam! The Story Slam crew will return this year for more stories, compassion and resilience right before we shake it out at the Getaway Disco.
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“I had never previously attended ANY writer’s conference or retreat. I can’t express how marvelous it was to find the Getaway completely devoid of elitism. Never have I felt so welcomed by such a massive gathering of complete strangers.”
“If you have doubts about attending this workshop due to experiences at outside events—or worries about fitting in if this would be your first writers event—put your misgivings aside and dive in. You will find a warm welcome, wonderful writers to work alongside and a stretching session for your writing muscles.”
