Send Me a Sign
At Ragdale, the author of The Great Believers receives portents that shape her books and strengthen her resolve.
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Close Encounters
Foxes, llamas, and one portentous bobcat remind the author of Ninetails: Nine Tales that the artistic process can’t be planned or tamed—and that perhaps its wildness is one of the reasons we write.
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Runaway
In the aftermath of his father’s death, an encounter with a literary hero at the Disquiet International Literary Program gives the author of Wyoming what he needs to write again: gratitude.
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Residing in Possibility
Amid political turmoil and momentous life changes, a retreat at the Blue Mountain Center gives the author of The Archer inspiring ideas about how to be an artist—even without writing any new pages.
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Writing a Dream Into Reality
A fortuitous residency at Jentel gives the author of Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites a chance to dream big and forge the first hundred pages of a new collection in just two weeks.
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Sometimes a Fish, Sometimes a Story
In a season of disappointment while trying to conceive, the author of How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder reconnects with creativity at the Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers.
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A Writer’s Home, a Writer’s Voice: Finding Inspiration in Literary Pilgrimages
Wherever you are on your personal journey as a writer, a stop at the home of a literary hero can be a revelation, inspiring and invigorating your writing in ways you might not expect.
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The Retreat Has Left the Group Chat: Planning and Executing a Successful Retreat With Writer Friends
Tired of waiting for an acceptance? The ingredients for a magical retreat are readily available to all of us outside the strictures of a space someone else is hosting—and at the place, time, and budget of our choosing.
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Scrappy, Funky, Gritty…Perfect: Retreats Run by Writers, for Writers
Gatherings like the Heart of It are part of a boom in writer-run retreats and workshops that serve as homegrown alternatives to established retreats, addressing a need for kinship, in-person community, and mentorship.
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Iceland Writers Retreat
The 2026 Iceland Writers Retreat will be held from April 15 to April 19 at the Fosshotel in Reykjavík. The retreat features workshops, panels, lectures, receptions, and time to write for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, as well as literary tours of Iceland. The faculty includes poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Ian Williams; poet and nonfiction writer Jesse Thistle; fiction writers Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Susan Choi, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Ann-Marie MacDonald, and Kamila Shamsie; and nonfiction writers Helen Jukes and Evan Osnos.
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RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
April 15, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
February 24, 2026
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Iceland Writers Retreat, P.O. Box 76, Gardabaer, Iceland 212. Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid, Cofounders.
Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid
Cofounders
Contact City:
Reykjavík
Country:
IS
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