Tentative Schedule of Events

Day One: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

• (Note time change) 2:00 p.m. Complimentary Shuttle Pick-up at Manchester Airport

• 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Check in at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa

• 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. SNHU Alumni Office hosted “Mingle at the Clubhouse” with Special Guest Ben Nugent - light refreshments provided with cash bar

Day Two: Thursday, May 1, 2025

• 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Complimentary Breakfast

• 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Morning workshop with Jo Knowles, Mountainview MFA Mentor

• 11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Lunch (Mountainview can provide a specialty lunch for $15 + tax)

• 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Afternoon workshop with Lauren Liebow, Literary Agent from Aevitas Creative Management, on Query Letters and the Querying process

• 2:15 – 5:30 p.m. Optional one-on-one meetings with Lauren Liebow

o Or, focused individual writing time

• 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Afternoon workshop with Nadia Owusu, Mountainview MFA Mentor

• 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Dinner on your own

• 7:15 p.m. It’s Movie Night at the Mountainview Grand! (Movie to be decided at the retreat)

Day Three: Friday, May 2, 2025

• 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Complimentary Breakfast

• 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Morning workshop with David Moloney, Mountainview MFA Mentor

o Or, optional one-on-one meetings with Lauren Liebow

• 11:15 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch (Mountainview can provide a specialty lunch for $15 + tax)

• 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Afternoon workshop with Jo Knowles, Mountainview MFA Mentor

• 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. Writing prompts with Evergreen

o Or, optional one-on-one meetings with Lauren Liebow

• 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. MFamily discussion on Beta Readers and Critique Groups

o Or, optional one-on-one meetings with Lauren Liebow

• 5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Dinner on your own

• 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Author Talk with Morgan Talty in the clubhouse- light refreshments provided with cash bar

Day Four: Saturday, May 3, 2025

• 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Complimentary Breakfast

• 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Craft Talk with Morgan Talty, Stonecoast MFA Faculty

• 11:15 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch (Mountainview can provide a specialty lunch for $15 + tax)

• 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Afternoon workshop with Nadia Owusu, Mountainview MFA Mentor

• 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Free Time

• 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Afternoon workshop with David Moloney, Mountainview MFA Mentor

• 5:45 – 7:00 p.m. Dinner on your own

• 7:15 p.m. MFamily Community Readings

Day Five: Sunday, May 4, 2025

• 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Complimentary Breakfast

• 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. A Q&A with Mountainview MFA mentors

• 11:00 a.m. Complimentary Shuttle to Manchester Airport

• 11:00 a.m. Check out from the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa