About the Getaway

Now in entering its 18th year, The Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway is well known for its challenging and supportive atmosphere which encourages imaginative risk taking and promotes freedom and transformation in each participant’s creative work.

This intensive three-day conference features a variety of poetry and prose workshops, each with 10 or fewer participants. This is a conference where you write!  Of course you will receive feedback, but our workshops emphasize creating new material or revising works in progress.

Crack that winter thaw and join us at The Grand Hotel in historic Cape May during the three-day holiday weekend honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr!

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This Getaway Isn't Your Typical Writers' Conference

The focus isn't on our award-winning faculty, it's to help you improve your craft as a poet, writer or artist.

Excerpted from ARTHUR FROMMER’S BUDGET TRAVEL

When one of Peter Murphy's poems got "slaughtered" at a famous writer's conference a few year's back, he vowed to create an event where beginners could learn while keeping their egos intact. His "Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway". . .offers a dozen workshops. . .taught by writers hand picked by Murphy for their compassionate approach. This isn't the place to nitpick over manuscripts. Rather, the emphasis is on fueling your imagination. . .
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