2025 Day Retreat

Saturday, September 20, 2025

8:30 am - 4:45 pm

Veseli Event Venue in Springfield, Nebraska

10 minutes from Omaha/Interstate 80

Registration is now open. Early bird pricing runs through June 30, 2025. Seats are limited, so register early!

Venue:

Veseli, An event venue

17017 S 138th St.

Springfield, NE 68059

The 2025 writing retreat will be held at Veseli just outside of Springfield, NE. Ten minutes from Omaha/Interstate 80, this is a dreamy venue for a writing retreat. This beautifully converted farmhouse is full of Pinterest-worthy sitting areas and cozy nooks for writing, as well as a scenic patio. Our programming will be held in the large walk-out basement event room with a wall of windows overlooking the Nebraska landscape.

Faculty: Allison L. Bitz

Keynote:

The Resilient Writer: Strategies for Working Through Challenges to Creativity

@allisonlbitz

Allison L. Bitz is the award-winning author of Three Things About Emmy Crawford and The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom (which won the 2024 Nebraska Book Award and a Best Children’s Book of the Year award from the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature). Her YA contemporary romances tackle issues such as body positivity, chronic illness, and mental health.

Allison hails from Lincoln, NE, where she lives with her spouse, two kids, and various rescue pets. When she’s not writing a novel or a song, Dr. Bitz is helping clients in her private counseling practice, planning some form of political action, or trying to track down a pastry to enjoy with her coffee. If you can’t find her at a party, check the floor—she’s probably hanging with the dogs. You can learn more about Allison at www.AllisonLBitz-author.com, or follow her on X, Instagram, and TikTok at @AllisonLBitz. 

Allison will be speaking on resilience and a flexible mindset during the writing process in her keynote, The Resilient Writer: Strategies for Working Through Challenges to Creativity.

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 Registration

9:00 - 9:30 Opening Remarks and Get To Know Your Fellow Writers

9:30 - 10:00 Writing Exercise

10:00 - 11:20 Writing Sprints 

11:20 - 11:30 Strengths Exercise

11:30 - 12:15 Lunch Break

12:15 - 1:15 Faculty Keynote: Allison L. Bitz - The Resilient Writer: Strategies for Working Through Challenges to Creativity

1:15 - 1:45 Break and Book Table

1:45 - 3:05 Writing Sprints

3:05 - 3:20 Break

3:20 - 4:30 Open Writing Time 

4:30 - 4:45 Closing Remarks

Agenda is subject to change.