Are you ready to dive into your writing life?
TCWW 2023
At the Tennants Cove Writers Workshop, the focus is on the craft of writing, whether you are starting a new manuscript or revising work in progress. We can help you find your writing voice and generate new ideas. The retreat is located in a multi-generational farm in New Brunswick, Canada. The eight-bedroom farmhouse sits on a nature preserve of 175 acres with a view of the cove and the wide, slow Saint John River. Bring your bug spray, your guitar, and your sense of humor. We're serious writers who seriously retreat.
“My experience at TCWW was nothing short of transformative,” says Alastair Woods, a 2022 participant. “I had been writing my novel during stolen moments before work, after dinner and between meetings, and suddenly, I had this incredible opportunity to dedicate myself to writing amidst stunning natural beauty and a supportive creative community. I am incredibly grateful to Peter, Melissa and TCWW for the gifts they gave me. I made more progress on my novel in seven days than I had in the previous seven months.”
Our participants receive a full manuscript review as they met individually with screenwriter and novelist Melissa Scholes Young and creative nonfiction writer and memoirist Peter von Ziegesar. In addition to hands-on instruction, group workshops, and quiet times to write, they ate home-cooked meals, hiked in the fields, swam and kayaked. There were spectacular sunsets and breakthroughs in every area. The inspirational bonding among the writers continues even today.
The 2024 TCWW summer session will be held on July 28 through August 3, 2024. Tuition for the 2024 session is $1,500.00 U.S. per session ($1,500.00 CA for Canadian writer-participants.) and includes room and board for the week. To apply or ask a question, please fill out the form below. Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Travel to the retreat is at one’s own expense. Scholarships are available. Members of the Writers Federation of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Film Cooperative receive a discount.
Listen to what 2023 TCWW Fellows had to say:
“Peter and Melissa cultivated a perfect retreat that offered inspiration, a recharge, and a likeminded community that fostered creativity. The feedback offered was invaluable. Our workshops became a catalyst for improvement, sparking a transformation in my confidence as a storyteller.”
- Costa Pappas, NYC
“TCWW was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a huge privilege to participate in. It is an experience I will carry with me for the rest of my life. TCWW, its instructors, and its residents have changed me not only as a writer, but as a creative person. I hope to revisit the farm and re-indulge the privilege of sharing space with such creative individuals."
-Amy Saunders, Nova Scotia, Canada
“Tenants Cove was a beautiful, restful, and healing place to write. I found friendship in every writer that joined me and felt very welcomed by the hosting family. I learned a lot about the hard work that is structuring a novel and what it’s like to get real feedback that helped me take my writing to new heights. I am incredibly grateful for my experience at Tenants Cove and would love to return!”
- Grace Hassan, Baltimore, MD
I will remember my time at Tennants Cove Writers Workshop as one of the most pivotal weeks of my writing career. I was given the opportunity to not only dig deep into the technical details of my work, but also the philosophical meaning and merit of expressing oneself through the craft of storytelling. The community of writers created a warm, intellectually stimulating space to explore our hopes and anxieties about putting ourselves, our work, out into the world.
- Emily Edwards, Atlanta, Georgia.
