Writing Together since 1994
Murphy Writing has been offering writing retreats and workshops since 1994. The Winter Poetry + Prose Getaway is our flagship program, attracting nearly 200 poets and writers from across the globe each year. We also offer one-day writing workshops, overnight retreats and online programs.
Past writing retreats + workshops
We’ve been doing this a long time! Time flies when you’re writing together. From one-day getaways to online courses to week-long retreats, see what we’ve been up to since 1994.
One-day Workshops + Retreats
- Autumn Writing Getaway (2015 – 2022)
- Google for Writers (2019)
- Mini Writing Getaway (2018 – 2022)
- New Year’s Writing Retreat (2019)
- Publishing Workshop (2016 – 2023)
- Quickie Poetry Getaway (2010 – 2014)
- Shore Thing Writing Getaway (2013 – 2019)
- When the Political Becomes Personal (2017, 2018)
- Writing in the Pines (2015 – Present)
International Retreats
- Dylan Thomas’ Wales (2014)
- Myth, Mountain + Imagination (2009, 2012)
- Get Away to Write – Scotland (2013, 2016, 2019)
- Get Away to Write – Spain (2015, 2017)
- Get Away to Write – Wales (2018)
- Vision, Valley + Revelation (2010)
Other Overnight Retreats
- Get Away to Write – Florida (2019 – Present)
- Live Free and Write (2011 – Present)
- Ocean View Writing Getaway (2022)
- River View Poetry Getaway (2018)
- Winter Poetry + Prose Getaway (1994 – Present)
One-day Online Workshops
- The Art of Compression: A Short Story Workshop (2020)
- The Poetry of #BlackLivesMatter: From Emmett Till to Jacob Blake (2020)
- Equinox Online Writing Getaway (2020)
- Harvest Online Writing Getaway (2020)
- Midsummer Online Writing Getaway (2020, 2021)
- Stirring Dull Roots: An Online Writing Getaway (2021)
- Spring Forward: An Online Writing Getaway (2021)
- Telling Your Story Twice: A New Approach to Writing Memoir (2021)
- Unshore Thing Online Writing Getaway (2020, 2021)
- Voice, Body, Space: Playwriting Tools for Writers of All Genres (2021)
Multi-week Online Workshops
- Agents of Change: An Online Poetry Workshop (2023)
- Art as Inspiration: An Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop (2025)
- The Art of Short Fiction: An Online Workshop (2022, 2024)
- At the Edge: An Online Multi-Genre Workshop (2022)
- Blurred Lines: Writing Speculative Nonfiction (2024)
- The Braided Narrative: Weaving Creative Nonfiction (2024)
- Building Narratives: Writing the Urban Pastoral (2022)
- Building Worlds: An Online Poetry Workshop (2025)
- Cinematic Storytelling: An Introduction to Screenwriting (2024)
- Delights in Form: An Online Poetry Workshop (2022)
- Designing Creative Nonfiction: An Online Workshop (2023)
- Developing Voice in Memoir: An Online Workshop (2023)
- Dive Deeper: An Online Memoir Workshop (2021)
- Entangled: An Online Ecopoetry Workshop (2022)
- Expand Your Imagination: An Online Poetry Workshop (2021)
- Extending the Document: An Online Poetry Workshop (2020, 2022)
- Feast of Forms: An Online Poetry Workshop (2021)
- Finding the Narrative Arc in Memoir (2025)
- The First Pages: An Online Creative Nonfiction Workshop (2022)
- Following the Thread: A Poetry Chapbook Workshop (2023)
- Form and Freedom: An Online Poetry Workshop (2020)
- From Spark to Story: A Fiction Workshop (2025)
- Get Unstuck: Defying Writer’s Block in Your Poetry (2024)
- Getting Started with Memoir: An Online Workshop (2021, 2022)
- Honing the Muse: An Online Poetry Workshop (2023)
- Magpie Poems: An Online Workshop (2024)
- The Poet’s Myth: An Online Workshop (2025)
- The Poet’s Toolbox: An Online Workshop (2021)
- The Poetry Bandit: An Online Workshop (2025)
- Poetry of Place: An Online Workshop (2023)
- Poetry Road Trip: An Online Generative Workshop (2024)
- Pressure Makes Diamonds: A Flash Nonfiction Workshop (2024)
- Second Wind: An Online Poetry Workshop (2023)
- Small But Mighty: Exploring Flash Forms (2023)
- Small Wonders: Exploring Flash Forms (2022)
- Strategic Submission: An Online Workshop (2024)
- Syntax and Surprise: An Online Poetry Workshop (2021)
- To Whom It May Concern: Writing Epistolary Nonfiction (2023)
- Uncontained: Finding Shape for Your Memoir (2021)
- Unearthing the Stories Within: A Creative Nonfiction Workshop (2025)
- Writing and Publishing Books for Young Readers (2025)
- Writing As Play: An Online Prose Workshop (2023)
- Writing Multitudes: An Online Memoir Workshop (2020, 2021)
- Writing Novels for Young Readers: An Online Workshop (2022, 2024)
- Writing Your College Application Essay (2022)
University Courses
- Approaching the Poem – with Stephen Dunn (2006-2012 and 2015-2016)
Other Professional Development Opportunities
- Business Writing Workshops (2016 – Present)
- Inservice Solutions (2008 – Present)
