Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp & Writing Retreat

Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp & Writing Retreat Novel Bookcamps / 1 Week with Your Book / 3 programs to Choose: Workshop - Retreat - Book Coach / 2 Genre Tracks: All-Genre & Speculative Fiction
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The Novel-in-Progress Bookcamps & Writing Retreats, two six-day residential sessions, an All-Genre NIP in May, and a Speculative Fiction NIP in August, for writers working on a book-length WIP. Each session offers a Bookcamp workshop and a concurrent Writers Retreat. You will be surrounded by fellow writers absorbing skill and career-building advice from publishing professionals. One fee covers pr

ogram costs, overnight accommodations, and all meals. All-Genre NIP, May 23-29, 2021. Open to all fiction genres or creative nonfiction projects. Speculative Fiction NIP, August 1-7, 2021. For writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and related genres. Retreat open to all fiction or creative nonfiction projects. Held at Cedar Valley UCCI, a 100-acre rural retreat in southeast Wisconsin, 40 miles northwest of Milwaukee and west of West Bend. BOOKCAMP
• Concentrated workshop instruction to sharpen storytelling skills.
• Group critique sessions to improve your mastery of plot, prose, voice, and characters.
• One-on-one advice from award-winning authors, editors, and literary agents.
• An opportunity to pitch your project to a professional editor or agent.
• The latest information on the evolving state of today’s publishing climate straight from professionals working in the industry.
• Valuable personal writing time to work on your book-in-progress.
• A resource library to consult. WRITING RETREAT
• Six days of personal writing time to write or edit your WIP.
• Experienced Retreat Mentor who will provide incentive, encouragement, and a shoulder to lean on when needed.
• Opportunities to chat with award-winning authors, publishers, and literary agents.
• An opportunity to pitch your project to a professional editor or agent.
• The latest information on the evolving state of today’s publishing climate straight from professionals working in the industry.
• Opportunity to attend additional work-related presentations.
• A resource library to consult. For more information and application instructions, visit https://www.novelbookcamp.org, or contact Dave Rank, NIP director, [email protected], or 262-717-5154. Enrollment to NIP programs are limited.

10/13/2025

3 immersive writing programs, 2 exciting genre tracks, 1 week with your manuscript! That awaits you at the 2026 Novel Bookcamp, June 21-27.

Save $90 with your Early Bird registration, valid through December 31st, on the Bookcamp Workshop, Writing Retreat, or Book Coach program.

Spend a week away from the "real world" with your WIP surrounded by fellow writers and able to consult with some of the top novelists, agents, editors and book coaches in publishing. An all-inclusive experience at a lovely retreat center on the shore of Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago. One fee includes the program of your choice, six nights private accommodations, and all meals during your stay.

For more information, go to www.novelbookcamp.org, or contact Director Dave Rank at [email protected]. Program enrollments are limited and require application acceptance.

09/28/2025

"Deborah King has written a compelling, thought-provoking novel that engages readers and made me wish the story would never end." Chicago Writer's Association Glory Bishop lives her life in pieces. At work and with her friends, she reads novels, speaks her mind, and enjoys slow dances and ...

05/24/2025

We're eagerly awaiting the opening of our 2025 Novel Bookcamp, June 22-28, at the Siena Retreat Center in Racine, Wisconsin. In the past few days a $500 partial enrollment scholarship was returned to us when the writer who was awarded it had to cancel attending the Bookcamp because of a change in her family's summer schedule.

So, if there is a writer interested in joining us at the Novel Bookcamp at the last minute, there may be a scholarship to claim.

Contact Director Dave Rank at [email protected] for further details. www.novelboookcamp.org.

We'll keep a light on.

Marrocco keynote speakerAn All-Genre Bookcamp Workshop Instructor for us this June, Professor Christina Marrocco will be...
05/04/2025

Marrocco keynote speaker

An All-Genre Bookcamp Workshop Instructor for us this June, Professor Christina Marrocco will be the keynote speaker at the Chicago Casa Italia's annual Literati for Italian-Americans on Saturday, May 17. For this free event, Marrocco will be hosted by Sharon Woodhouse of Conspire Creative, a Book Business Agency.

Afterwards, Woodhouse will make a short presentation and sell her latest book, The Profitable Author.

Casa Italia is located at 1621 N 39th Ave, Stone Park (a near-Western suburb of Chicago). Casa Italia Literati 2025 will run from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A free light lunch is served.

To attend, please RSVP at www.casaitaliachicago.org. Conspire Creative's website is www.conspirecreative.com.

Conspire Creative offers strategic collaboration services for post-publishing author rewards: coaching, publishing consulting, project management, and author business development.

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Racine, WI
53402

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