https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/home daily 1.0 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629826613194-33K9OT0PC1FZPC54Y7CX/RP2.jpg Home https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/about daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629821649582-9ZBFNOFV4NOFRQS67SBC/RP1.jpg About River Pretty is a 3-day retreat in the Missouri Ozarks, held on the banks of the North Fork of the White River. Choose from workshops in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, led by visiting writers and our in-house faculty. Afternoons and evenings include lectures, readings, and open mic sessions. The workshop itself is generative, but attendees are encouraged to submit manuscripts ahead of time for one-on-one consultations. For more information, email us at rpaf@riverpretty.org. https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/about-1 daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/scholarships daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629826678994-AW91H0TA9MOYNL7AYTY0/RP1.jpg Scholarships - Scholarship and Conference Submissions Please note: You must be fully registered for the Retreat before your submission will be considered. Please read the following guidelines for your respective genre before submitting. All submissions must be received at least one month prior to the start of the retreat to be considered for the scholarship or for a one-one-one conference. Poetry Scholarships: Submit one poem. One-on-One Conference: Submit no more than 5 poems. Prose Scholarships: Submit 5 - 10 pages, double-spaced, of your manuscript. One-on-One Conference: Submit 5 - 10 pages, double-spaced, of your manuscript. GUIDELINES: We only accept email submissions. Please put in the subject line of the email the genre of the submission and also whether it is intended for the Scholarship or for a One-on-One Conference (for example: Poetry Scholarship, or, Poetry Conference). Please send all submissions to: submissions@riverpretty.com https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629831889554-ROJYPC47AG9433OBFPCK/rp4.jpg Contact Us - Contact Us Send us an email to rpaf@riverpretty.org or visit us on Facebook and send us a message! https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/faculty-leaders daily 0.75 2023-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629830398846-U4OVR2OLMJFUAZD92RRZ/lee.jpg Faculty Leaders - Lee Busby (poetry) Lee received his M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT, and has spent his writing career working alongside such award-winning writers as Terrance Hayes, Marie Howe, David Wojahn and Richard Jackson. He has published poems in The Gingko Tree Review, Connotation Press, Numero Cinq, Moon City Review, Elder Mountain and scissors & spackle, among others. His chapbook, Wild Strawberries, is available from Finishing Line Press. Lee's first full-length collection, 5th Generation Immigrant, was published in the summer of 2014 by ELJ Publications. Lee is the co-author, along with poet Ian Bodkin, of the book Fingertip Scripture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629830418311-0E5OXHGOL01SCSB4DACU/chaz2.jpg Faculty Leaders - Chaz Miller (poetry) Chaz has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. He has worked with such poets as Charles Harper Webb, Mary Ruefle, and William Olsen, among others. His work has appeared in Moon City Review, Ozarks Watch, Bayou Magazine, and The Southern Review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629830465253-U5O8A0F86G4FT0M4MXSL/rich.jpeg Faculty Leaders - Rich Farrell (fiction) Richard Farrell is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. His work, including fiction, memoir, essays, interviews and book reviews, has appeared or is forthcoming in The Forge, Potomac Review, Hunger Mountain, New Plains Review, upstreet, Descant, Contrary, Newfound, Numéro Cinq, and elsewhere. He teaches creative writing at Grossmont College and at San Diego Writers, Ink. His first novel, The Falling Woman, was published by Algonquin Books in 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629827046494-Y2Z76RMD88AV007W1P4C/steve.jpg Faculty Leaders - Steve Rucker (creative non-fiction) Steve received his M.F.A in Writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and his M.A. in Writing from Missouri State University, where he taught creative writing. He has published his work in Numro Cinq, Elder Mountain, and Upstreet ("A Terminal Chord" was listed as a notable essay in The Best American Essays of 2013 anthology), and his essay regarding the life and work of Raymond Carver appears in Research Guide to American Literature: Contemporary Literature 1970 Present. Steve writes from a well-lit front room in Springfield, Missouri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629835505862-GP0OZA98S5PYHK7S2O0W/jen.jpg Faculty Leaders - Jennifer Murvin (fiction) Jennifer Murvin’s chapbook SHE SAYS will be released in 2023 by Small Harbor Publishing. Her stories, essays, and graphic narrative have appeared in DIAGRAM, Southampton Review, River Styx, Catamaran Literary Reader, CutBank, Indiana Review, Post Road, American Short Fiction, The Sun, Mid-American Review, The Cincinnati Review, Bellingham Review, Phoebe, Baltimore Review, and other journals. Jen owns the indie bookstore Pagination Bookshop and is an Assistant Professor of English at Missouri State University. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. Find more at https://www.jennifermurvin.com/. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629835529374-HUK6LV6O9B0B1PPYQB8M/katch.jpg Faculty Leaders - Katch Campbell (poetry) Katch Campbell is a connector. With a masters degree in Science and an MFA in poetry. She creates metaphors for her patients and others about the world around us. Her work is an inquiry on the atrocities we commit consciously and unconsciously against each other and the universe. Katch serves as Treasurer of the board and is a permanent faculty member at the River Pretty Writing Retreat, a bi-annual workshop in the Ozarks. Near home she is host for the Madd Poets Society’s Intersections series, “Where Poetry and Society Meet.” She has co-led immersive poetry trips to Slovenia and Italy, and used to edit for ZoMag.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629829021787-H1W5VY0XWXFI52LMFC66/faculty.jpg Faculty Leaders https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/lodging-information daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1629822316609-V340ROHPFCG45RWM6O1Q/RP3.jpg Lodging Information - Lodging Information For anyone wishing to stay on site at Dawt Mill, please contact them directly: http://www.dawtmill.com/ Contact Info: 888-884-3298 or 417-284-3540 Dawt Mill P.O. Box 1090 Tecumseh, MO 65760 Website: www.dawtmill.com Email: dawtmill@dawtmill.com If Dawt Mill is full, please consider staying at [Rocky Top Campground & Cabins], which is just a couple miles down the road. This will be the more tranquil place to stay if you're looking for solitude and quiet - meaning it has no restaurant or bar & grill, so there's less foot traffic coming through the resort. The set up is similar to Dawt Mill in that they offer cabins and camp sites, and best of all, they also offer disc golf! Their cabins run anywhere from $45-55 plus tax/night and most cabins can sleep up to 4 people. http://www.rocky-top-campground.com/index.html Contact Info: 417-679-0149 Rocky Top Campground & Cabins HC 3 Box 3030 Tecumseh, MO 65760 Website: http://www.rocky-top-campground.com/index.html Email: deasterd@hotmail.com https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/register-for-spring-2026 daily 0.75 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/1630007175838-TNQHS9GB509CWD1Z7OYA/RP2.jpg Register for Spring 2026 - Register for Spring 2026 Click here to register for our Spring 2026 Retreat, May 1-2 2026. (Friday - Saturday evening at 11:30 PM) Please note that you must arrange lodging separate from registering for the retreat. Find Lodging Information here — You must **call Dawt Mill directly in order to book your room or cabin for River Pretty (and at a reduced rate)! Phone for Dawt Mill: 417-284-3540 https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/submit-to-paddle-shots-volume-3 daily 0.75 2022-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61251212b485b26fe4406c33/aa938ea8-bef8-44e5-baf5-121008fe7f82/41H6wQlnwWL.jpg Submit to Paddle Shots, Volume 3! - Submit to Paddle Shots, Vol. 3! To all members of our River Pretty tribe: The River Pretty Arts Foundation and faculty are pleased to announce the opening of submissions for Paddle Shots: A River Pretty Anthology, Vol.3 in commemoration of past and present attendees and visiting writers of the River Pretty writers’ retreats. We plan to launch this volume in celebration of River Pretty 20 in the fall of 2022. Paddle Shots brings together the works of writers from across the country who have attended our small-but-mighty retreat. We seek poetry, short stories, and essays that embrace the spirit of our gatherings—staying up late, drinkin’, hootin’, and hollerin’—and on occasion, the enduring beauty of our river paradise. For over a decade, River Pretty has embraced the notion that when friends gather, good things happen. Paddle Shots aims to witness the results of those moments. You are invited to send your high quality work to be considered for this anthology. The guidelines for submissions can be found below, and the submission window is open. The editors reserve the right to make selections based on content and quality, but our goal is to be inclusive. While the number of participants for River Pretty has grown quite a bit over the years, our allotted page count for this anthology has not, so there may be hard cuts made for the final product. We look forward to receiving and reading your words. Paddle Shots Editors Lee, Rich, Karen SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 1. All submissions must be sent via email to: submissions@riverpretty.com. 2. Mention the genre of your submission and Paddle Shots in the subject line, so that we can ensure the correct editor receives your work (for example: Poetry Paddle Shots, Fiction Paddle Shots, CNF Paddle Shots). 3. Attach your submission in a separate file, preferably in .docx (Word) format. We will also accept .pages and .rtf files if you do not have access to Microsoft Word. Please include your name in the file name (e.g., Busby_Poetry). 4. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2022. Any submissions received after this date will automatically be declined. Acceptances will be sent out in July. 5. Poetry submissions: Please send no more than 3–5 poems that embrace the spirit of our retreat. There is no length limit, but length will be a factor when final cuts are made to meet page restrictions. 6. Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Please send short stories, novel excerpts, and CNF essays that embrace the spirit of our retreat. The word limit for these submissions is 1500 words. Paddle Shots: A River Pretty Anthology, Vol. 3 will be a bound, print anthology available for purchase online and at RP20. https://www.riverprettywritersretreat.org/take-action daily 0.75 2025-05-09