Museum hosting writers' retreat | Arts & Culture

Attention writers of poetry and prose:  The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum, 1021 W. Cherry St. in Piggott, is once again hosting its Spring Creative Writers' Retreat.

This year's retreat will be held Thursday through Saturday, April 19-21, in the Educational Center and the Hemingway Barn Studio in Piggott.

Roland Mann of Oxford, Mississippi, will serve as mentor for the retreat.  Mann is a journalist and former editor of the Piggott Times.  He is also a creative writing instructor.

Registration is $100 by April 2 and $125 thereafter.  Lunch and breaks are included in the cost.

The retreats are structured to be interactive with in-class writing activities, private writing time and evening activities.  Writers contribute stories, poems and essays to be published on site in a souvenir anthology.

For more information, contact Assistant Director Adam Long by email or call the museum at (870) 598-3487.

The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center is an Arkansas State University Heritage Site.  Tours are on the hour Monday-Friday, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., and on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.