The Storylab creative writing retreat is designed for beginning, emerging, and published writers — anyone who feels the urge to reconnect with their writing self, or deepen and improve their craft is invited to attend.
Six-days in June 2021, Exact dates TBA
The retreat is for beginning, emerging, and published writers — anyone who feels the urge to reconnect with their writing self, or deepen and improve their work.
The village of Collioure is in the very south of France, where the Pyrenees meet the Mediterranean. The place smells of salt, earth, lavender, citrus and rose. Attendees will stay at the historic Hôtel des Templiers, in the center of the old village, steps away from the beach, cafés, shops and the Château Royale. The Templiers was a popular haunt of Matisse, Derain, Picasso, Dali and other painters who came to make art in Collioure, and continues to be popular among artists and writers to this day.
The Retreat
- 6 nights’ accommodation in Collioure, close to shops, cafés, and the sea
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner included with our retreat chef, Emily Park
- 5 morning writing workshops
- Afternoon Sensory Adventures with Karen
- Evening craft talks by Nomi Eve
- One-hour private consultation with Karen
- Ground transportation to and from Perpignan
Retreat costs cover lodging for attendees in single rooms with AC and ensuite bathrooms. They do not cover air transportation or course credit.
For-Credit Option
Students in Drexel’s MFA in Creative Writing have the option to take the retreat for elective, or just to as a way to awaken their writing self or deepen and improve their work. Students must pay for the credits separately at the MFA per-credit rate.
Meet the Retreat Instructors
Karen Karbo is the best-selling author of 16 works of fiction and non-fiction, including the international best seller, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel. Her work has appeared in Vogue, Elle, Outside, Tin House, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and the New York Times Modern Love column. She has taught writing workshops at the University of Oregon, Rutgers University, Portland State University, Tin House, Portland Literary Arts and the Todos Santos Writers Workshop. She launched Come to Karbohemia, her writing retreat in the South of France, in 2018.
Nomi Eve is the author of Henna House and The Family Orchard, which was a Book-of-the-Month Club main selection and was nominated for a National Jewish Book Award. She has an MFA in fiction writing from Brown University and has worked as a freelance book reviewer for The Village Voice and New York Newsday. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Glimmer Train Stories, The Voice Literary Supplement, Conjunctions, and Guernica. She lives in Philadelphia with her family and is the director of the M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Drexel University and of Drexel Storylab, a writing workshop for non-matriculating adults.
Pricing
Cost: $3000
Early Bird Pricing: $2500
Registration
There are 12 spots available on a first come, first serve basis. The Drexel Creative Writing Retreat will only run if all spots are filled.
If you are interested and would like to receive updates on registration, email Nomi Eve at nae28@drexel.edu.