Retreats and Workshops
Experience profound connection and reflection with our retreats on the land, where you can engage with the landscape and write with the land itself. Enjoy the to walk and be with nature in a quiet setting, receiving one-on-one and excellent teaching that nurtures your creative spirit.
Fishtrap Outpost with CMarie Zumwalt Prairie, OR
The Community of Beings: Story, Kinship, and the Prairie
June 15 – 20, 2026
What does it mean to belong to a community? On the welcoming and vast grasslands of the Zumwalt Prairie, the answer is written in the relationships between sunlight, soil, nighthawks, and sea-like stands of bunchgrass. A community is a web of reliance and reciprocity, a complex story told by many voices in many ways. The 2026 Zumwalt Outpost is a deep, immersive exploration of community—in the wild, in our lives, and in our writing.
Elk River Writers Workshop, Chico Hot Springs, Pray, MT
Voices. Elevated.
October 18 - 23,2026
Join us for the Elk River Writers Workshop from October 18-23, 2026! This unique experience invites you to explore the connection between nature and creativity alongside some of the most celebrated nature writers in the United States. Set in the serene backdrop of Chico Hot Springs, just north of Yellowstone National Park, you’ll deepen your relationship with the wild while enhancing your writing skills. Don’t miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in a nurturing community of writers and nature lovers!
Springfield Castle, County Limerick, IRELAND
Between Breath & Stone: An Ireland Writing Retreat
November 5th-12th, 2027
Get in Touch with Ireland
What happens when writing slows down enough to listen?
In these immersive workshops, writers will explore the connection between breath, line, and landscape — learning how attention to place deepens voice, sharpens imagery, and opens new creative possibilities.
Led by award winning poet and essayist CMarie Fuhrman, these sessions invite participants to write lyrically and fearlessly, engaging the senses as a gateway to deeper knowing. Together, we will explore how the natural world shapes language — how rhythm echoes walking, how breath determines line, and how paying close attention allows a piece of writing to come alive on the page.
Through generative prompts, close attention to craft, and supportive conversation, writers will:
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Practice writing rooted in sensory detail and embodied experience
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Explore line, breath, and pacing as expressive tools
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Learn to write from curiosity rather than certainty
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Deepen their connection to place as both witness and participant
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Take creative risks in a generative, encouraging environment
Participants will also have the opportunity for individual meetings with CMarie to discuss current work, questions of craft, and personal creative direction.
