We’re back! Following on our tremendously successful residencies in 2024 and 2025, this year we are thrilled to return to the Green Mountains of Vermont and the lovely Campus at Marlboro Music (formerly Potash Hill). Expect the same delicious food, stimulating programming, stunning surroundings, and embracing community experience, with exciting new special guests and greater choice in accommodations!
The Campus at Marlboro Music was founded in 2021 on the gorgeous former site of Marlboro College. What better place for a residency than a real New England college campus in October? Enjoy crisp nights, sparkling days, and mountainsides stitched in blazing fall colors!
This residency is open to everyone. We welcome all writers to join us, from picture book to adult fiction, brand new visitors to the R(ev)ise and Shine! community and old friends alike. Whether you have published before or are just starting out, we will tailor your experience to meet you where you are in your writing journey.
You will be assigned two mentors who will work closely with you to determine your unique strengths and needs as a writer, as well as what’s working and what isn’t (yet!) in your current draft. Together we will help you design a plan of action for your next revision or for getting out of a stuck place. Come prepared to leap over hurdles that have been getting in your way.
Special Guests:
This year we are delighted to welcome Catherine Laudone (guest editor), Sera Rivers (guest agent), James E. Ransome (guest illustrator) and Alysa Wishingrad (guest author) to our residency!
All four will be joining us in person to interact with students and participate in the residency. In addition, for a modest fee, Catherine will be offering one-on-ones to writers of middle grade and picture book manuscripts, while Sera will be offering one-on-ones to writers of young adult and adult manuscripts. For those who write in more than one age category/genre, we invite you to sign up for one-on-ones with both!
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MAY 15, 2026!
