Get away with your writingXtreme Critique Weekend

It's the perfect writing get-away: a full weekend to focus on your writing and to connect with other writers.

You'll participate in five 3-hour critiquing sessions (each group will have six or fewer writers), receiving feedback from your session leaders as well as other attendees. You may decide to read and receive feedback on successive chapters or a novel or nonfiction manuscript, or share several essays or short stories.

Plus, you'll have a full weekend to interact with writing peers and professionals in a warm, non-competitive and nurturing environment!

    When: SORRY, no XCW is currently scheduled

    Where: Bishop Connare Center in Greensburg, PA (approximately
    30 miles east of Pittsburgh)

    Leaders: Cindy Closkey, Julie Long, Judith Burnett Schneider

    How much: Cost depends on which option you choose. Pick from three lodging options:

  • Single room includes five critique sessions, lodging Friday & Saturday, two dinners, two breakfasts and one lunch. $330.
  • Double room includes five critique sessions, lodging in a double room Friday & Saturday (share with a friend, or ask us to pair you with a like-minded fellow writer), two dinners, two breakfasts and one lunch. $305.
  • No-lodging plan includes five critique sessions, two dinners, two breakfasts and one lunch. (Stay at home and still enjoy all the critiqueing and networking, plus meals.) $240.

Ready to sign up? Register today!

Have questions? Contact us for more information.

Can't make it for the weekend? Try Xtreme Critique Day, Book Boot Camp or our Private Consultations.

Sample Schedule

(Please note that details may change.)

Friday:  
4 — 5:30 PM Registration and Settling In
6 PM Dinner
7:15 — 10:15 PM Critique Session 1
10:15 PM Late-night Social
Saturday:  
7:30 — 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30— 11:30 AM Critique Session 2
11:30 AM — 12:30 PM Lunch
1:00 — 4 PM Critique Session 3
5 — 6 PM Dinner
6:30 — 9:30 PM Critique Session 4
9:30 PM Late-night Social
Sunday:  
7:30 — 8 AM Coffee and Conversation
8 — 9 AM Breakfast
9 AM — Noon Critique Session 5
Noon Checkout