Summer 2022 Details
Our second summer at The Priory Writers’ Retreat will be a little different. Rather than applying to work in a single workshop, you will be able to personalize the entire retreat experience!
Want to write for 68 hours straight? Go for it!
Want to hear some craft talks and a keynote address from published authors? We’ve got a spot just for you!
Interested in workshopping your daily writing in a supportive atmosphere? Let’s make it happen!
Need some networking and fellowship? Got ya covered!
Looking for an hourlong one-on-one conference with one of our writers-in-residence? For an additional fee, you can do that too!
In short, maximize your experience by personalizing it!
This year, we’re thrilled to welcome four incredibly talented and committed writers-in-residence: Nickolas Butler (fiction), Nicole Kronzer (young adult), Angela Trudell-Vasquez (poetry), and Barrett Swanson (nonfiction/memoir).
Please see below for four pricing options:
Pricing:
Option 1: $460.00 (all-inclusive with private lodging and an hourlong one-on-one conference with a writer-in-residence)
Option 2: $360.00 (all-inclusive with private lodging and no one-on-one conference)
Option 3: $360.00 (all-inclusive with no lodging and with an hourlong one-on-one conference)
Option 4: $260.00 (all-inclusive with no lodging and no one-on-one conference).
Please note that all participants are responsible for their own dinner during our Saturday “night out” in Eau Claire.
Meet Fiction writer Nickolas Butler
Nickolas Butler is the internationally-acclaimed author of several books of fiction, including Godspeed, Little Faith, The Hearts of Men, Shotgun Lovesongs, and the short story collection, Beneath the Bonfires. He is the winner of France's prestigious PAGE Prix America, the 2014 Great Lakes Great Reads Award, the 2014 Midwest Independent Booksellers Award, the 2015 Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award, the 2015 UW-Whitewater Chancellor's Regional Literary Award, and has been long-listed for the 2014 Flaherty Dunnan Award for First Novel and short-listed for France's FNAC Prix.
Click here to learn more about Nick.
Meet Young Adult writer Nicole Kronzer
.Nicole Kronzer is the author of the young adult novels Unscripted and the forthcoming The Roof Over Our Heads. Unscripted was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association and was a Minnesota Book Award Finalist.
Nicole is also a high school English teacher and former professional actor. She loves to knit and run (usually not at the same time). She lives with her family in Minneapolis.
Meet Poet Angela Trudell-Vasquez
Angie Trudell Vasquez is a Mexican-American writer and holds an MFA in poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Finishing Line Press published her third collection of poetry, In Light, Always Light, in 2019, and recently accepted her fourth collection, My People Redux, for publication. Her poems have appeared in the Yellow Medicine Review, The Slow Down, the Raven Chronicles, The Rumpus, on the Poetry Foundation’s website, and elsewhere. She is the current poet laureate of Madison, Wisconsin and the first Latina to hold the position. She recently co-edited a poetry anthology entitled, Through This Door – Wisconsin in Poems, with current Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Margaret Rozga, and released it through her small press, Art Night Books, in November 2020. With poet Millissa Kingbird, she co-edited the Spring 2019 issue of the journal the Yellow Medicine Review. angietrudellvasquez.com
Click here to learn more about Angie.
Meet Nonfiction Writer Barrett Swanson
Barrett Swanson is a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine. He was the recipient of a 2015 Pushcart Prize, and his short fiction and essays have been distinguished as notable in Best American Short Stories (2019), Best American Nonrequired Reading (2014), Best American Essays (2014, 2015, 2017, and 2019) and Best American Sports Writing (2017).
Click here to learn more about Barrett.