Writing Workshops

Northern Woodlands conference, October 23-25, 2026

At the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Highland Center, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire 

 Northern Woodlands magazine sponsors this weekend workshop led by many experts, naturalists, foresters, and writers. My workshop will be on Saturday. For details and to sign up, go here. 

Writing from the Mountains at Cardigan Lodge, October 30-November 1, 2026

At the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Cardigan Lodge in Alexandria, New Hampshire. Writers go out on the trails and write new words with my guidance. Assistant leader Elissa Ely writes about the human condition in the world for the Boston Globe and Appalachia journal. Signup details to come. 

Writing with Woodside on Squam Lake

At Rockywold-Deephaven Camps, Holderness, New Hampshire

My unique generative workshop guides writers to oberve in nature, explore the past, and write new words.

I’ve set a date for the 2027 workshop. Join me from June 3-6, 2027. More information to come.

Writing with Woodside is a methods workshop for writers of all levels who wish to discover, hone, expand, or revise their ideas and work in a beautiful setting. Writers walk and observe in nature. They see a camp that operates and looks much as it did in the late 1800s. With my guidance, they draft new writing.

When I started offering retreats like this back in 2015, I could not find any workshop set on generating new words. This is the workshop I wanted when I was starting my career and could not find. The origins of Writing with Woodside were in a writing class I taught back in 2011 at a community arts center in Middletown, Connecticut. I’ve run more than a dozen workshops in Connecticut and New Hampshire: one-day, two-day, and three-day, since that time.

Fees are reasonable and include everything: workshop, lodging, and meals. We will have our own dock, and you have the option of renting a kayak or canoe on your own.

Full rate: $1650. Career-builder rate (5 years or fewer into your writing career): $1340. Student rate: $1235. Sign up here. 

Payment is expected at the time of signing up so that we can run a good workshop. Cancellation policy: Refunds available if cancellations occur before April 30. Cancellations between May 1-15: Writer will be responsible for 50% of the cost if the vacancy is not filled. Cancellations after May. 15: Writer will be responsible for the full cost if the vacancy is not filled. Email Chris: [email protected].