Kick-start your summer writing with time in the Green Mountain State.

Step out of the noise of your daily life and step into a quiet sanctuary, where you will find inspiration, space, and community—all designed to help you deepen your connection to your writing life.

June 11-15, 2026

@ The Creative Campus at Goddard

Plainfield, Vermont

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!

TO APPLY:

1. Click on the button to begin your application. You will be directed to a brief questionnaire on Google Forms to help us get to know you and what you are looking for in a retreat.  No writing sample required.

2. On the Google Form, there will be a link near the end that brings you back to us for your application fee of $35. Pay, grab the secret code on the bottom of your application payment form, and then go back and submit your form using this code. It’s sounds like a IQ test, but it’s easy!  

Once we have both your answers submitted in the Google Form and your fee, we will review your application in the next round (usually weekly) and get back to you in approximately one week’s time.  Any questions, you can always reach out to us at twotreeswriters@gmail.com. 

Want to know more?

The Emphasis at this retreat is inspiration: both to generate new material for upcoming projects and to offer insights and energize projects already in process.

The Days will be structured with mornings of uninterrupted time for writing, thinking, walking or dreaming. Each afternoon will offer a generative workshop to spark your intuition and to engage in creative play, with specific writing prompts to lead you towards sometimes mysterious, sometimes unexpected, but always timely new directions.

The Workshops:

“Let's use some creative tools—masks? invisible ink? your own heartbeat?—to imagine and then reimagine our way into what we don’t yet know, and bring what we do know into the light for some juicy exploration.” – Reiko

“At the height of summer, let’s shine some warm sunlight on our creativity, delving into the archetypes and mythic bones of the stories we tell, and the story we are living, using active imagination exercises and generative writing.  This is a time for greening and growing without worrying about word counts or final products.  When is the last time you wrote for fun?” – Sherri

“Using a prism of creative prompts, you will be invited to create your own desire line—a pathway that you will carve out for yourself by being encouraged to deviate from pre-existing paths, to dream, to explore, and to take risks, instead.” – Elena

The Evenings will include informal social events—a salon, a café, and a group tarot reading, and other impromptu happenings that will bring us together as a community of writers.

This Rustic Retreat takes place on 200 acres of lush land that was once a dairy farm, then an innovative college, and now a creative campus, which is exploring a variety of ways to embrace sustainability. Nestled on the edge of the tiny village of Plainfield, this bucolic timber and stone campus is the perfect setting for writers who want a relaxed, casual atmosphere to focus on their work in a supportive environment.

And last, The Magic: All our events will be held in the Martin Manor. In the 1920s, shortly after this house was built, a formal garden was added, which included a maze that is still in pristine shape and is available for walking at any time day or night. After this formal garden was added, another dwelling was also built—the Garden House, which also has its own garden of a completely different type—elaborate stonework accented by rams’ heads, spouting water that runs into a small stone pond, and framed by shade and benches—another magical another place to sit, think, read, and write. 

Included in the Retreat:

• • 4 nights of modest dorm lodging (single or shared double)
  • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner 
  • Extensive writing time
  • Daily workshops and gatherings
  • Indoor and outdoor writing spaces
  • Access to trails
  • Free on-site parking
  • Free WiFi connection

The Cost: We have tried to keep the tuition and fees affordable and flexible. Choose your own adventure!

The Private Package $1145 (includes all workshops, events, meals, facilities, your own private dorm room, parking etc.)

The Comfort Package $1025 (everything included in the private, except it's a double room for sharing with a friend.)

The Day Pass $880 (all workshops, events and meals. No lodging but come to campus breakfast and find a nook or a tree or a table somewhere to spend your morning.)

*tax on select Vermont-based services will be added at checkout

If you are interested in coming home to yourself in a magical place infused with the spirit of writers who studied and created here over decades at one of the most innovative and ground-breaking colleges in the country, then we would love to have you apply!

FAQs, Policies, and the Fine Print:

Deadline to apply: February 28, 2026 (but space is limited and we will stop accepting applications when we are full so don't delay!)

How to apply: Please use the link above to start your application with a few brief answers in our Google Form and follow the directions to pay your $35 non-refundable application fee. Don't forget to submit your Google Form; you will need the code at the bottom of your application check out to do so. If you have any problems, please let us know by emailing us at assistant@twotreeswriters.com, or using the contact form on the contact page.

What happens next? If you are accepted into the retreat, welcome!  We can't wait to spend time with you. You will receive an acceptance email, which will contain directions for where and how to pay your tuition.

Tuition: Your choice of package and tuition is variable, but whatever you choose, the full payment is expected upon acceptance to secure your place. Space is limited, and unpaid acceptance slots will not be held.

What’s not included: Alcohol is not provided (you can bring your own and we have been told there will be a pub on campus by the time we are there! The campus is a drug free space.

Cancelation policy: Your tuition is due within 48 hours of acceptance and is not refundable, except in the case that the retreat is canceled by Two Trees (refunded in full) or the Creative Campus is closed due to force majeure (includes state or federal Covid closures).

Accommodations: ADA compliant living spaces are available, but cannot be guaranteed unless the request is received by us upon acceptance. (If you prefer not to climb stairs, please let us know.)

Please see our Terms of Service for more information on Two Trees’ policies.