Welcome to Retreat West

About our community

Our online community is here to help you write more, learn more, submit more, and get published more often. We work with great authors to bring you regular online events and exclusive content to help you advance your writing practice, connect with other writers and have fun. 

Reasons to join us

We're friendly and supportive; we're all writers too; and we’re bringing the writing community together in a positive and motivational online space.

We've got monthly masterclasses all about writing, feedback sessions, craft articles, writing prompts and exercises, and lots more. You can join our community only membership plan or choose one that suits you best to also include feedback reports, discounts on our online courses and competition entries. 

Our 2021 event calendar is full of great authors and tutors sharing their knowledge, inspiration and insights about novel writing, flash fictions, short stories and lots more.