Mountainview MFA Alumni Retreat

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Mountainview MFA Alumni Retreat * Only Two Spots Left!

Connecting Writers, Inspiring Stories

Need to reboot your writing? Want to reconnect with your fellow SNHU Alumni creatives?

The Mountains are calling!

The Mountainview MFA Retreat is an inspiring five-day, four-night event of conversations and panels, workshops, a guest author talk, a literary agent talk, and much more, from Wednesday, April 30th to Sunday, May 4th at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa in Whitefield, NH.

  • Take advantage of a full schedule of craft discussions, guest author talks, an optional one-on-one meeting with our guest agent, Lauren Liebow, Aevitas Creative Management, and other group activities.

  • Or, if you prefer to focus on your writing, pick and choose among the events you'd like to join, and spend the rest of your time working in the comfort of the many inspirational rooms at the Mountain View Grand!

Meet the Team

  • Nadia Owusu

    Her memoir, Aftershocks, was selected as a best book of 2021 by over a dozen publications, including Time, Vogue, Esquire, and the BBC. It was a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick, selected by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai for her Literati book club, and named one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of the year.

    Nadia is the winner of a Whiting Award in nonfiction and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Orion, Granta, The Paris Review Daily, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appétit, Travel + Leisure, and others. 

  • Jo Knowles

    She is the award-winning author of 12 books for children and young adults. Her books have been selected as a Top Ten Summer Reading Choice book by Horn Book Magazine, ALA Notable Books, Bank Street College’s Best Books, and B&N Best New Books for Readers. Her work has earned numerous awards, including a New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable, the Pen New England Children’s Book Discovery Award, an American Library Association Notable, and the Whippoorwill Award, among others.

  • David Moloney

    His critically acclaimed debut novel, Barker House, exposes the high-stress, high-stakes work environment of the U.S. criminal justice system. He received a BA in English and creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and an MFA from Southern New Hampshire’s Mountainview low-residency program, where he won the Lynn Safford Memorial Prize and now teaches.

    His writing has appeared in The Yale Review, Guernica, The Common, Salamander, Lit Hub, and GEN.

  • Lauren Liebow

    Lauren Liebow is interested in representing authors across literary and upmarket fiction as well as non-fiction.

    In fiction, she is drawn to projects that feature voice-driven narratives and is most fascinated by genre-bending novels written in beautiful prose. She’s looking for timeless stories that explore topics such as migration, family, socioeconomic inequality, and speculative worlds that also expose complicated truths about our own world.

    She’s also interested in working on nonfiction projects, focusing on narrative nonfiction, memoir, and investigative journalism. Across all genres, she’s keenly interested in books that uplift historically underrepresented voices.

    Based in New York, Lauren graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where she received a BS in English Literature. She served as a commissioned Army officer in El Paso, TX, and worked as an English writing tutor before joining Aevitas.

  • Morgan Talty

    He is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation, is the author of the national bestselling and critically acclaimed story collection Night of the Living Rez from Tin House Books, which won the New England Book Award, was a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers, and was a Finalist for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

    His debut Novel, Fire Exit, also from Tin House Books, was selected as a best book by Time, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Chicago Tribune and Portland Press Herald, also an Amazon Editors' pick an Amerie’s Book Club Selection, an Indie Next pick, and a Library Reads Bonus pick.

Finnigan’s Fans

$999

  • Mentor-led Craft Workshops

  • Optional one-on-one meeting with a literary agent (no additional cost!)

  • An Evening of Celebration with Guest Speaker -Morgan Talty

Pen Pals

$1499 (per person)

  • Mentor-led Craft Workshops

  • Optional one-on-one meeting with a literary agent (no additional cost!)

  • An Evening of Celebration with Guest Speaker -Morgan Talty

  • Complimentary shuttle to/from Manchester NH Airport

  • Complimentary breakfast buffet each morning

  • Double occupancy* guest room for four nights at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa

    *You select your roommate

Writing Warrior

$1999

  • Mentor-led Craft Workshops

  • Optional one-on-one meeting with a literary agent (no additional cost!)

  • An Evening of Celebration with Guest Speaker -Morgan Talty

  • Complimentary shuttle to/from Manchester NH Airport

  • Complimentary breakfast buffet each morning

  • Individual guest room for four nights at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa

Let’s work together

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