Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat

The Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat offers one-week to one-month residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and other artists in West Cork, Ireland, overlooking Coulagh Bay and the mountains and farmlands of the Beara Peninsula. Residents are provided with a private room and all meals. The weekly residency fee ranges from E600 to E700 (approximately $800 to $900), depending on the room. Submit a one-paragraph project description. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Upon acceptance, a 50 percent deposit is required.

Anam Cara also offers weeklong workshop-based retreats. Writing in Ireland: A Generative Workshop for Writers in All Genres, taught by Karen Blomain, will be held from May 19 to May 26. The workshop fee, which includes lodging and meals, is E900 (approximately $1,200) if registration with a 50 percent deposit is received two months prior to the workshop, or E1,000 (approximately $1,350) thereafter. Registration is first come, first served. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the website for more information.