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Registration for the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
January 16-19, 2026
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Seaview Hotel, Atlantic City area
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Congratulations to our 2018 scholarship recipients!

December 20, 2017 BY Murphy Writing Intern

After considering 82 applications, the panel has made its decisions. There were many strong applications and it was a tough choice, but the following writers were selected. We look forward to getting to know them at Seaview.   Toni Brown Memorial Scholarship First Place - Lindsey Danis, a writer from Kingston, NY Lindsey Danis is Hudson Valley-based writer and recovering chef who attended Vassar College and received an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She juggles freelance content marketing with working on novels about queers in the ... Read More...

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Carpooling to the 2018 Winter Getaway

December 12, 2017 BY Taylor Coyle

Need a ride? Have an extra space or two in your car? Flying in and looking to rent a car or share expenses on an airport shuttle? Taking public transit and looking to connect with other participants? Comment below to connect with others.   Please note, that over the years participants have often waited until the last minute to use the carpool board. However, the sooner you post, the more likely you are to find someone to share a ride with.   See our Travel Page for information on transportation to the Winter Getaway.   ... Read More...

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Getaway Reads 2018: Two Poems by Emari DiGiorgio

December 5, 2017 BY Murphy Writing Intern

Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Marissa Luca that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty.   Playing the Husband by Emari DiGorgio When you were the husband, you kissed up my back, lips cresting each ridge of spine. When I was the husband, I traced your name—the only poem I knew— with pointer finger, then tongue, in the small frame your shoulder blades made. When you were the husband, I lay flat on my back and closed my eyes. ... Read More...

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Getaway Reads: Excerpt from Devil on My Heels by Joyce McDonald

December 1, 2017 BY Taylor Coyle

  Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Marissa Luca that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty.   1 from Devil on My Heels by Joyce McDonald Lately I have taken to reading poems to dead boys in the Benevolence Baptist Cemetery. They don't walk away before I have finished the first sentence, like most of the live boys I know. When I read to them, their eyes don't wander to something, or someone, more interesting. I can pretend these ... Read More...

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Getaway Reads: The Night My Sister Went Missing by Carol Plum-Ucci

November 20, 2017 BY Amanda Murphy Kumpas

Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Marissa Luca that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty.   from The Night My Sister Went Missing by Carol Plum-Ucci The night my sister went missing, I sat in a back corridor of the police station, staring at a tinted glass window to an inner room. The lights were off in there, and so the window looked like a black screen. I remember how my insides felt as blank as that window. It’s a good thing, that ... Read More...

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Getaway Reads: Two Poems by Gregory Pardlo

October 26, 2017 BY Murphy Writing Intern

Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Marissa Luca that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty.   Double Dutch by Gregory Pardlo The girls turning double-dutch bob & weave like boxers pulling punches, shadowing each other, sparring across the slack cord casting parabolas in the air. They whip quick as an infant’s pulse and the jumper, before she enters the winking, nods in time as if she has a notion to share, waiting her chance ... Read More...

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Getaway Reads 2018: The Story Behind Groundhog Gets A Say by Pamela Curtis Swallow

October 17, 2017 BY Murphy Writing Intern

  Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Marissa Luca that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty.   The Story Behind Groundhog Gets a Say by Pamela Curtis Swallow A few years ago, I was ill and in a hospital, when a curious thought came to me. It was that I should postpone finishing the humorous fiction book that I’d been writing and begin work on a non-fiction book about groundhogs. I fully expected this odd idea to go away in a few ... Read More...

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Getaway Reads 2018: A Personal Essay by Anndee Hochman

October 4, 2017 BY Murphy Writing Intern

Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Marissa Luca that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty.   Long-Distance Call by Anndee Hochman My cell phone doesn't ring that often. Especially not at 7:40 a.m. So when the phone—parked near my feet on the coffee table while I nestled on the couch with my laptop—began to buzz one recent morning, I had to look. The caller ID said "Dad." That would have been odd under any circumstance. My father ... Read More...

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Getaway Reads 2018: Two Poems by Peter E. Murphy

September 22, 2017 BY Murphy Writing Intern

Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Marissa Luca that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty.   Watching The Crucible in the Time of Trump at Theatr Newydd, Cardiff by Peter E. Murphy First of all, everyone is terrified. Is she going to fly again? I hear she flies. The word “lies” lies inside of flies, inside of families. A clink of good women are shackled together, away from their families because of lies. No president in ... Read More...

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Special Guests at the 2018 Winter Getaway

August 24, 2017 BY Murphy Writing Intern

  We’re pleased to present our Special Guests for the 2018 Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway: Stephen Dunn and Gregory Pardlo. Stephen and Gregory will both lead special sessions of the Advanced Poetry Workshop. The 25th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, a writers' conference near Atlantic City, NJ, will take place January 12-15, 2018.    Stephen Dunn Stephen Dunn is the author of 19 volumes of poetry including his latest chapbook, Whereas: Poems, published in 2017 by Norton. His previous books include Different Hours, which was ... Read More...

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