Our next TWH MAINE “Mini MFA” Writers Conference will be All-Genre! June 4-10, 2025, in person in Maine. All three genres: Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry. Join us! Apply below!

TWH 2025 All-Genre Faculty: Lidia Yuknavitch, Richard Blanco, Maine Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma, Susan Conley, Elyssa East, Jeffrey Ford, Elizabeth Hand, Former Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair, Alexandra Oliver, Mira Ptacin, Debra Spark and TWH Directors and Editors Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven.

:: Deadline to apply to TWH 2025 is February 19 (2025) or when we reach capacity. Space is limited. Apply today! We look forward to reading your work.::

Serious writers attend our program and go on to publish. There is no other writing program like it. The Writer’s Hotel Maine “Mini MFA” is a unique, hybrid, comprehensive writing program. Our programming includes our TWH two-editor pre-conference Team Reading and our conference, to be held IN-PERSON in Maine!

TWH Directors and Editors Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven will read and consult on each writer’s full length manuscript pre-conference in our “TWH Team Reading”. Each writer receives two sets of comments in their Team Reading—two editors read each manuscript. We also offer a follow-up phone call to discuss the comments and strategize next steps. No other writers conference delivers a full, comprehensive pre-conference manuscript reading and a conference call. We developed our program around the Team Readings—so that writers have their full manuscripts read all the way through, right from acceptance.

Writers often tell us that just the pre-conference Team Reading alone is worth the price of admission. TWH Directors team read each and every full length manuscript and make hundreds of comments. This reading sets writers on a track to success--from their desk to the marketplace. TWH gives writers the tools they need to publish, and publish well. Our writers generally go on to publish and either begin their career or build on their career. It's a wonderful thing to witness.

Following the pre-conference Team Reading process, writers meet in Maine for the TWH immersive, intense program. Writers workshop their writing in intimate Major Workshops with some of the industry’s top authors, and they attend generative Craft Lab workshops. This is a semi-hybrid event; our Agent Pitching Sessions and Agent Pitching Practice Session will take place virtually on Zoom on Saturday, June 29th, 2025 from 11:00 AM-5:00 PM Eastern Time. All other events will be held on-site.

TWH Workroom: Writer-to-Writer Virtual Editing.

Ongoing, as space allows. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Plays, TV Scripts & Film Screenplays.

If you’d rather write from home, this option might be for you. Two TWH Editors read your manuscript and generate hundreds of comments. This program is all-virtual and centers on a single writer. Writers select a single reading or multiple readings. We offer three different options in TWH Workroom. You can opt for a single Reading (Workroom 1); two readings (Workroom 2); or five readings (Workroom 5).

TWH writers go on to publish, and many have gotten book deals and representation. The bottom line is that we give writers the tools they need for writing and publishing success. Ready to take that next step? We're here for you. Let’s write!