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O'ahu Writers Retreat
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About this camp
Develop writing skills at the O'ahu Writers Retreat in Waialua, HI. This overnight program focuses on fiction, nonfiction, and poetry workshops. Afternoons allow for swimming, focused writing, rest, or creative sessions like art and songwriting. Participants also experience Hawaiian culture through music, history, art, chanting, and local readings. Optional yoga and cultural excursions to sacred sites or local attractions are available, providing a complete writing and cultural immersion experience.
What kids love
- Daily writing workshops (fiction, nonfiction, poetry)
- Afternoons for swimming, polishing words, rest, or creative sessions (art, songwriting)
- Hawaiian immersion: music, history, art, chanting, readings by locals
- Yoga sessions available
- Cultural excursions to sacred sites or local attractions
Upcoming sessions
This option provides workshops and lunch for Saturday only, without lodging, as part of the November mini-retreat.
Learn more / RegisterThis option includes workshops and lunch for both Saturday and Sunday, without lodging, for the November mini-retreat.
Learn more / RegisterThis option includes workshops, lunch, and a private room for 2 nights for the November mini-retreat.
Learn more / RegisterThis option includes workshops, lunch, and a shared room for 2 nights for the November mini-retreat.
Learn more / RegisterA two-day 'mini-retreat' focused on generative writing and revising work, with an arty break with a visual artist, held on O‘ahu the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Learn more / RegisterPast sessions
This option allows island writers to join for Saturday, April 26 only, including a morning generative writing workshop, afternoon sessions, and lunch (no lodging).
Learn more / RegisterThis package includes workshops, a premium private room with a queen bed, all activities, and all meals for the April 2026 retreat.
Learn more / RegisterThis package includes workshops, a private room with twin beds, all activities, and all meals for the April 2026 retreat.
Learn more / RegisterThis package includes workshops, a shared room with one roommate, all activities, and all meals for the April 2026 retreat.
Learn more / RegisterThis package is for a non-writing companion and includes all activities and all meals for the April 2026 retreat.
Learn more / RegisterThis day rate includes all activities and all meals for the April 2026 retreat, with no lodging.
Learn more / RegisterA week-long writing retreat for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, and memoir, offering daily workshops, cultural experiences, and opportunities for reflection at Camp Mokulē‘ia.
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