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Starting Labor Day, join us for Catskill LIT, a new creative writing festival.
Four days of workshops and activities are designed to ignite your writing life, get you out of your head, and into your creative zone. Come for a day or two, or better yet, all four!
Our location—Olivebridge, NY’s Ashokan Center—is an inspirational 385-acre campus comprised of fields, forests, trails and streams. Enjoy hiking & writing, learning to letterpress, or to write a song—you can even write with world-famous aerialist Philippe Petit!
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All festival passes and events are sold separately so you control cost and can design a bespoke event.
Please reserve by August 31.
Festival Passes
Commute, camp, or stay overnight in one of three beautiful buildings.
Workshops & Activities
Mix and match workshops & activities designed to get you in the zone.
Meals & Entertainment
Unwind in a wood-fired sauna, swim under the waterfalls, dance under the stars.
Testimonials
“A joyful, rewarding, enriching experience. The lovely setting, comfortable accommodations, delicious food and collegial atmosphere added to the pleasure of spending a weekend exclusively focused on writing.”
“The 2018 retreat was the highlight of my year. It definitely fulfilled.”
“I was one of the members at the Poetry Barn’s Workshop on the Living Object Retreat Weekend with Judith Vollmer. The experience checked off every box: a supportive teacher who offered inspiring prompts and helpful feedback; students who really dug in, were generous with their comments and fun to be around; and a beautiful environment, both outside the barn where it sits on gorgeous woodlands, and inside, where its comfortable, modern aesthetic and wall-to-wall books and are a bit of poetry heaven. The weekend ran smoothly thanks to Lissa Kiernan’s planning and good-humored daily involvement. I’ll be back for more!
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