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About the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
January 16-19, 2026
Seaview Hotel, Atlantic City area, NJ
This writers’ conference offers challenging and supportive workshops, insightful feedback and an encouraging community. Here are some fast facts:
- Participant-focused, with small workshop sizes—most limited to just 10 participants
- Writers from across the globe participate each year
- No application process for registration; everyone is welcome to register
- Luxury accommodations and buffet-style meals
- Presented by Murphy Writing of Stockton University
- Celebrating its 32nd year—founded in 1994 by writer and educator Peter E. Murphy
- Scholarship seats available each year
- Open to partnerships with integrity
“I have been to 11 Getaways and 17 of the poems I drafted there have been published! If you ever get discouraged and wonder why you are looking up obscure quotations or packing up boxes of postcards, I can tell you that your goofy prompts/ variations/ challenges for the delusional really work. 17 poems I would not have written if not for you, Peter. Thank you for helping me become a poet.”
~ Pat, Elkton, MD
History and Background
Murphy Writing of Stockton University offers writing workshops, conferences and retreats in the United States, abroad and online. The Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway is the flagship program.
Peter E. Murphy created the Winter Getaway in 1994 based on the belief that when writers leave behind distractions to gather in an encouraging community, they will make breakthroughs in their art. Over the last three decades, the Getaway has become one of the oldest and largest writers’ conferences in the winter season, attracting writers from across the globe.
