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[[File:Hedgebrook cottage 2.jpg|thumb|Artist’s individual cottage at the Hedgebrook Artist Colony]]

[[File:Hedgebrook cottage 2.jpg|thumb|Artist’s individual cottage at Hedgebrook]]

[[File:Hedgebrook cottage1.jpg|thumb|Artist’s individual cottage at the Hedgebrook Artist Colony]]

[[File:Hedgebrook cottage1.jpg|thumb|Artist’s individual cottage at Hedgebrook]]

”’Hedgebrook”’ is a rural [[Retreat (spiritual)|retreat]] for women writers on [[Whidbey Island]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], founded in 1988. Hedgebrook’s [[artist-in-residence]] program accepts up to 80 writers each year, who spend two to four weeks in residence working on their diverse writing projects.<ref>Morris, Ethan & McClurg, Lesley, Producers (2009). Gloria Steinem talks about Hedgebrook and her work on the road. ”Conversations at KCTS9” (television series). http://kcts9.org/video/gloria-steinem-hedgebrook{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>Galligan, Ann M. & Cherbo, Joni Maya (2003). ”Financial Support for Individual Artists in the United States” (report). Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts. Presented at ”3rd International Conference on Cultural Policy Research”, August 25–28, 2004. HEC Montréal, Canada. http://neumann.hec.ca/iccpr/PDF_Texts/GalliganA_CherboJ.pdf</ref> Each writer stays in her own hand-crafted cottage. Room and board are provided at no cost to the writers-in-residence.<ref>UNESCO (2005). World Observatory of the Social Status of the Artist (website). New York: United Nations. http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25072&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html</ref> The retreat is a working farm, offering organic produce for the writers, and communal dinners each night prepared by in-house chefs.<ref>Easton, Valerie (2009). At Hedgebrook retreat, an organic garden nourishes women writers body and soul. ”Seattle Times” September 6, 2009. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2009748304_pacificptaste06.html?syndication=rss</ref>

”’Hedgebrook”’ is a rural retreat for women writers on [[Whidbey Island]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], founded in 1988. Hedgebrook’s [[-in-residence]] program accepts up to 80 writers each year, who spend two to weeks in residence working on their diverse writing projects.<ref>Morris, Ethan & McClurg, Lesley, Producers (2009). Gloria Steinem talks about Hedgebrook and her work on the road. ”Conversations at KCTS9” (television series). http://kcts9.org/video/gloria-steinem-hedgebrook{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>Galligan, Ann M. & Cherbo, Joni Maya (2003). ”Financial Support for Individual Artists in the United States” (report). Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts. Presented at ”3rd International Conference on Cultural Policy Research”, August 25–28, 2004. HEC Montréal, Canada. http://neumann.hec.ca/iccpr/PDF_Texts/GalliganA_CherboJ.pdf</ref> Each writer stays in her own hand-crafted cottage. Room and board are provided at no cost to the writers-in-residence.<ref>UNESCO (2005). World Observatory of the Social Status of the Artist (website). New York: United Nations. http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25072&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html</ref> The retreat is a working farm, offering organic produce for the writers, and communal dinners each night prepared by in-house chefs.<ref>Easton, Valerie (2009). At Hedgebrook retreat, an organic garden nourishes women writers body and soul. ”Seattle Times” September 6, 2009. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2009748304_pacificptaste06.html?syndication=rss</ref>

Hedgebrook’s global community of alumnae, more than 2,000 writers from all over the world, include celebrated author [[Gloria Steinem]], poets [[Naomi Shihab Nye]], [[Suheir Hammad]], playwrights [[Dael Orlandersmith]], [[Ellen McLaughlin]], and [[Eve Ensler]], novelists [[Nassim Assefi]], [[Bernardine Evaristo]], [[Sarah Ladipo Manyika]], [[Mary Gordon (writer)|Mary Gordon]], [[Ruth Ozeki]], [[Elizabeth George]], and [[Sarah Waters]], memoirists [[Honor Moore]] and [[Carolyn Forché]], non-fiction writers [[Pramila Jayapal]] and [[Holly Morris (Author, TV Producer-Host)|Holly Morris]], and solo performer [[Sarah Jones (stage actress)|Sarah Jones]].

Hedgebrook’s global community of alumnae, more than 2, writers from all over the world, include celebrated author [[Gloria Steinem]], poets [[Naomi Shihab Nye]], [[Suheir Hammad]], playwrights [[Dael Orlandersmith]], [[Ellen McLaughlin]], and [[Eve Ensler]], novelists [[ ]], [[Bernardine Evaristo]], [[Sarah Ladipo Manyika]], [[ ]], [[Ruth Ozeki]], [[Elizabeth George]], memoirists [[Honor Moore]] and [[Carolyn Forché]], non-fiction writers [[Pramila Jayapal]] and [[Holly Morris (Author, TV Producer-Host)|Holly Morris]], and solo performer [[Sarah Jones (stage actress)|Sarah Jones]].

Hedgebrook’s Radical Craft Classes offer women writers the unique opportunity to study with renowned women writers such as [[Jane Hamilton]], [[Theresa Rebeck]], [[Karen Joy Fowler]], [[Victoria Redel]], [[Claire Dederer]] and [[Robin Swicord]]. The week-long writing workshops, offered in a variety of genres (fiction, memoir, playwriting, screenwriting, poetry), focus on different aspects of the writer’s craft and process.

Hedgebrook’s writers the unique opportunity to such as [[ ]], [[ ]], [[Karen Joy Fowler]], [[ ]], [[Claire Dederer]] [[Robin Swicord]]. workshops, in a variety of genres (fiction, memoir, playwriting, screenwriting, poetry) focus on different aspects of the writer’s craft and process.

The annual Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival (HWPF) celebrates the work of women writing for the theatre. Since the festival’s inauguration in 1998, HWPF has supported the work of an impressive array of women playwrights and served an important role in the development of new plays by women. The festival begins with a “pre-retreat” weekend, in which the playwrights have the opportunity to get to know one another, hear each other’s plays read aloud, and share responses with an intimate group of theatre professionals in a relaxed, convivial atmosphere. This is followed by a two-week retreat at Hedgebrook, where each playwright has her own private cottage, a dramaturg on-call, and the opportunity to work in Hedgebrook’s unique combination of solitude and community. The retreat is capped off with public presentations of excerpts from each play.

Learn more: [http://www.hedgebrook.org www.hedgebrook.org]

HWPF plays have gone on to productions around the country. Alumnae include:

*[[Lynn Nottage]] (2000), recipient of the 2009 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for drama for ”[[Ruined (play)|Ruined]]”

*[[Theresa Rebeck]] (2001), prolific playwright, screenwriter, and novelist

*[[Caridad Svich]] (2002, 2007), recipient of the 2012 [[OBIE Award]] for Lifetime Achievement, recipient of the 2011 [[American Theatre Critics Association]] Primus Prize

*[[Sarah Ruhl]] (2003), [[MacArthur Fellow]] and author of ”[[The Clean House]]”

*[[Eisa Davis]] (2004), recipient of the 2012 [[Alpert Award]] in the Arts for Theatre

*[[Honor Molloy]] (2004), prolific playwright and author of ”[[Crackskull Row]]”

*[[Quiara Alegría Hudes]] (2006), recipient of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for drama for ”[[Water by the Spoonful]]” and author of the book for the [[Tony Award]]-winning Broadway musical ”[[In the Heights]]”

*[[Danai Gurira]] (2008, 2010), author of ”Eclipsed”, [[Obie Award]]-winning writer and recipient of the [[Whiting Writers’ Award]]; stage and film actress including Michonne in ”The Walking Dead” (AMC).

*Kimber Lee (2012), 2013 PoNY Fellow

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== References ==

Retreat for women-identified writers in the U.S.

Hedgebrook is a literary nonprofit and rural retreat for women writers on Whidbey Island, Washington, founded in 1988. Hedgebrook’s core writer-in-residence program accepts up to 80 writers each year, who spend two to three weeks in residence working on their diverse writing projects.^[1][2] Each writer stays in her own hand-crafted cottage. Room and board are provided at no cost to the writers-in-residence.^[3] The retreat is a working farm, offering organic produce for the writers, and communal dinners each night prepared by in-house chefs.^[4]

Hedgebrook’s global community of alumnae, more than 2,500 writers from all over the world, include Pulitzer Prize winners Tessa Hulls, Lynn Nottage, and Diane Seuss, celebrated author Gloria Steinem, poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Suheir Hammad, playwrights Dael Orlandersmith, Ellen McLaughlin, and Eve Ensler, novelists Noviolet Bulawayo, Bernardine Evaristo, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Jacqueline Woodson, Ruth Ozeki, and Elizabeth George, memoirists Honor Moore, and Carolyn Forché, non-fiction writers Pramila Jayapal and Holly Morris, and solo performer Sarah Jones.

Hedgebrook’s programming offers writers the unique opportunity to learn from acclaimed alumnae authors such as T Kira Madden, Carmen Maria Machado, Karen Joy Fowler, Ijeoma Oluo, Claire Dederer, Robin Swicord and more. An annual writers conference, convenings, online classes, workshops, and public events in a variety of genres (fiction, memoir, playwriting, screenwriting, poetry) focus on many different aspects of the writer’s craft and process.

The beloved Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival (HWPF) began in 1998 and celebrated the work of women writing for the theatre. The festival was a collaboration with partner theatres from around the country. In recognition of the fact that fewer than 20% of the plays produced each year on US stages are by women, Hedgebrook parntered with theatres who showed their commitment to women playwrights through commissions, development and production opportunities. Hedgebrook forged opportunities for women playwrights to deepen their relationships with theatres and was a part of the pipeline for plays by women to move from creation to development and production. Theater partners included: Denver Theatre Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle’s ACT Theatre, Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles.

Learn more: www.hedgebrook.org

References

External links

• [1] – Official site of Hedgebrook

• [2] – Chuck Dougherty, now at Form Studio, Vancouver, WA. 1988 Designer of the Cottages and Renovations at Hedgebrook Farm