2025 Day Writing 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 open. 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.
What is Included?
It’s hard to write when you’re hungry. We’ll provide coffee in the morning, snacks throughout the day, and a catered lunch.
Learning from an award-winning local author. Other organizations charge similar prices for just an hour webinar. Our retreat offers in-person learning and the chance to meet faculty, as well as a full day of writing time and programming with a great group of writers.
Community. Smaller groups, an intimate setting, and opportunities to get to know your fellow writers.
An amazing venue for writing. Take advantage of sitting areas throughout the farmhouse, a large patio with an excellent view, or the wrap-around porch. Our programming room has panoramic views. We’ll be right next to Soaring Wings Vineyard if you’d like to enjoy a glass of wine on their patio after we wrap.
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.
Photo credit: James Bitz Photography
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 (Lunch is provided)
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.