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Saturday, July 26, 2025<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Application Deadline: Monday, June 2, 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>This a tuition-based program to be held onsite at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, New York.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1jskdRcRGs8MyYns2-4o4OGk1fFaphNnO54ndE9vKsTc\/edit?ts=67e3e4ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApply Here with Google Forms\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3><strong>About the Week<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Fellows will engage in daily writing, reading and sharing sessions with workshop leaders and cohort leaders. Fellows will also have an opportunity for one on one sessions with their workshop leader. A detailed itinerary will be provided to accepted fellows. Tuition is $600 for this in-person retreat. A limited number of scholarships are available, with a written rationale required upon applying.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Writers Retreat Goal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Wild Seeds Retreat provides writers of color with an opportunity to meet other writers; to workshop their writing among peers; and to engage with published writers about concerns and issues related to writing and publishing. Through its writing workshops leaders, the Retreat provides the public with an opportunity to become knowledgeable about the range and diversity of the work produced by writers of color.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Our Background<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Wild Seeds Retreat for Writers of Color (formerly the North Country Institute &amp; Retreat for Writers of Color), began in 2004 as a collaboration with the Center for Black Literature, the English Department at SUNY, Plattsburgh, and the Paden Institute and Retreat for Writers. Today it continues to provide a writing community where established and emerging writers can focus on the craft of writing and create cross-cultural conversations around the literature created by writers of the African diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Writing fellows have an opportunity to draw upon their experiences as writers in a racialized society; to become knowledgeable about the issues facing other writers of color; and to study with a professional in the genres of fiction, memoir, and poetry.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing that the Writers Retreat should not be limited to a specific geographical region, the Center renamed the Retreat in honor of <strong>Octavia E. Butler<\/strong>, a speculative fiction writer known globally for blending science fiction with African American spiritualism. Butler&#8217;s writing crossed many boundaries and represented varying diverse voices.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A Look Back<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The first Writers&#8217; Retreat, held in 2004, was highly successful and featured the internationally acclaimed poet <strong>Sonia Sanchez<\/strong>, author <strong>Tony Medina<\/strong>, and writer <strong>Indira Ganesan<\/strong>. The Retreat had alternated between the Valcour Educational and Conference Center in Plattsburgh, New York, and the campus of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York. <em>Venues are subject to change each year<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Previous Poetry, Fiction, and Playwriting Workshop Leaders<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Jeffery Renard Allen, Mo Beasley, Breena Clarke, Kia Corthron, Bridgett Davis, Martin Espada, Patrice Gaines, Indira Ganesan, Aracelis Girmay, Marita Golden, Tonya Cherie Hegamin, DaMaris B. Hill, Donna Hill, Major Jackson, Sandra Jackson-Opoku. Patricia Spears Jones. Victor LaValle, E. 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Branch&#8217;s documentary <em>Hampton University: One of the Wonders of the World<\/em> (Maryland Public Television\/PBS) won the Emmy for Outstanding Education\/Schools Long Form Content (Capital Emmys\/2024). His film, <em>Searching for Shaniqua<\/em> (Maryland Public Television\/PBS), a documentary about the impact names have on our lives, won the HBO Best Documentary award at Martha&#8217;s Vineyard African-American Film Festival. His upcoming memoir tentatively titled &#8220;The Double Dutch Fuss&#8221; will be released by HarperCollins\/Amistad in<br \/>2026. He is a 2024 recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council&#8217;s Creativity Grant and a 2019 Rubys Artist Award grantee for storytelling and performance. He was the 2018 GrandSLAM Champion of The Moth in DC. He was also a 2014 Lambda Literary Nonfiction Emerging Voices Fellow. Branch is the founder and Creative Director of Baltimore Story Fest, a showcase for live, personal storytelling. Currently, Branch is a Resident Artist at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KmDbpp94nJE\">The Moth: &#8220;If the Suit Fits&#8221;<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wypr.org\/show\/on-the-record\/2024-05-17\/baltimore-story-fest-spotlights-tales- with-heart\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Baltimore Story Fest<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metroweekly.com\/2017\/05\/personal-narratives\/\">MetroWeekly<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/bs-ed-op-0617-pride-spectrum-20190614-story.html\">Baltimore Sun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected Publications:<\/strong><br \/><em>Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir.<\/em> Harper\/Collins, 2026<br \/><em>The Double Dutch Fuss<\/em> is a creative nonfiction memoir that examines living outside of the prescribed paradigms of masculinity and how that impacts the father\/son relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the Suit Fits&#8221; A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding On and Letting Go. Ed. The Moth. Crown, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chicago&#8221; For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home. Ed.\u00a0Keith Boykin. 1st ed. Magnus, 2012.<\/p>\n\t<strong>Phill Branch<br \/>\nCreative Non-Fiction\/Memoir<br \/>\nWorkshop Leader<\/strong>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" role=\"button\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centerforblackliterature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Headshot_1.jpg\" alt=\"Ladee Hubbard\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Ladee Hubbard<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Ladee Hubbard<\/b>\u00a0is the author of the novels\u00a0<i>The Talented Ribkins<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>The Rib King<\/i>, as well as the short story collection\u00a0<i>The Last Suspicious Holdout<\/i>. She is a recipient of a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, an Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and a Guggenheim Award. She has also received fellowships from the American Library in Paris, the American Academy in Berlin, and the Radcliffe Institute, among other organizations. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a PhD in Folklore and Mythology from the University of California, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\t<strong>Ladee Hubbard<br \/>\nFiction Workshop Leader<\/strong>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" role=\"button\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centerforblackliterature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Headshot_29.jpg\" alt=\"Wanda Phipps\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Wanda Phipps<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Wanda Phipps\u00a0<\/b>is a writer, performer and translator living in Brooklyn, NY. She is the author of nine books of poetry including <i>Mind Honey\u00a0<\/i>(Autonomedia),\u00a0<i>Field of Wanting: Poems of Desire<\/i>\u00a0(BlazeVOX [books]), and\u00a0<i>Wake-Up Calls: 66 Morning Poems\u00a0<\/i>(Soft Skull Press). Her poetry has been published over\u00a0a hundred times and translated into Ukrainian, Hungarian, Arabic, Galician and Bangla. She has received awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Theater Translation Fund, and others. As a founding member of Yara Arts Group she has collaborated on numerous theatrical productions presented in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Siberia, and at La MaMa, E.T.C. in NYC.\u00a0She&#8217;s curated reading series at the Poetry Project at St. Mark&#8217;s Church and has written about the arts for Boog City, Time Out New York, Paper Magazine, and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t<strong>Wanda Phipps<br \/>\nPoetry Workshop Leader<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/centerforblackliterature.org\/emergents-poetry-from-wild-seeds\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centerforblackliterature.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WS-Anthology-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"Emergents: Poetry from Wild Seeds Cover\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2000\" width=\"1545\" title=\"Emergents: Poetry from Wild Seeds Cover\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3><strong>Emergents:<br \/>\nPoetry from Wild Seeds<br \/>\nSummer 2023 Poetry Cohort<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tWhat Fellows Are Saying\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;This was my first workshop that the instructor allowed, suggested, and expected to have you write from your spirit, and it instantly worked for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Miriam F<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Paralegal, New York, Fiction FellowLegal Assistant. New York, Fiction Fellow &#8211; Author of &#8220;Love Changes&#8221; (2013)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I truly appreciate having a spaced carved out for Black Writers. The facilities were beautiful. The food was beyond my expectations and the cohort was inspiring.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Akanke W.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Educator, Author. Pennsylvania, Fiction Fellow, 2019<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;The feedback from the faculty, the independent writing, goal orientation was great and on point because the fiction and nonfiction groups met together for class and received personal feedback from the genre specialist.&#8221; <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Elaine F.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Consultant, Albany, New York, Memoir Fellow<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;This was my first experience in a true writers&#8217; workshop. And it was outstanding. Sharing my story with the instructor and my fellow participants has really helped me to see my work in a new light. And I got some great practical advice and ideas.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Holly E.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Journalism Professor, Columbia, Missouri, Fiction Fellow &#8211; Award Winning Short Story WriterConsultant, Albany, New York, Memoir Fellow<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;This experience was cleansing and it taught me to dig deeper or at least deep enough to write more honestly.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Eartha H.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Legal Assistant. New York, Fiction Fellow &#8211; Author of &#8220;Love Changes&#8221; (2013)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I enjoyed getting feedback from my workshop leader Dr. Tony as well as his availability to explain concepts to me after the sessions were finished. This was my first writers retreat ever and it was perfect, I just wish it could have been longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Felice P.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Fiction Fellow, 2019<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I enjoyed the personal relationships that were formed. [Valcour ] was a wonderful venue. One of the best experiences in my life as a writer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Sean A.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Program Director, New York, Fiction Fellow &#8211; Author &#8220;Alphabet City Blues&#8221; (2019)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I enjoyed discussing literature and the fellowship. 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