Join us for a week-long writing retreat at a lovely hotel on a quiet beach in Plakias, on the southern coast of Crete, Greece. Away from the crowds, Peitho’s Gift offers writers a peaceful place close to nature and steeped in history to connect with their creative spirit and partake in the joys of an intentional creative community.

Your facilitators, Trish Fancher and Brian Gresko, will provide a structure designed to help you maximize your day’s productivity, with morning messages of encouragement to focus your creative intentions, followed by a lavish breakfast that includes delicious coffee, tea, pastries, and rich yogurt with honey, and evening salons with local wine and snacks featuring generative writing exercises and lively group discussion about writing, books, and the creative life. Most of the day will be free for each writer to write, read, and bask in the generative energy that comes from luxuriating in a beautiful seaside tucked away from the hustle and bustle of contemporary life. Additionally, each afternoon, Brian and Trish hold office hours at the beachfront taverna, where they are available for group discussions or private meetings if you want to to talk in-depth about your art and goals, and ensure that you make the most of your time on retreat.

Our retreat will close with a Writers’ Showcase that includes the option of a public reading from each writer, along with wine and delicious food.

We intend for this to be a non-hierarchical creative space and welcome writers of all genres and experience levels to share their creative gifts with the community. Think of it less as “no gods, no masters” and more like we are all masters of our own creative practices and have connections with our own inspired spirits. Together, we’ll share in the joys of creation and revel in the pristine beauty of an ancient island hideaway.

We intend for this to be a non-hierarchical creative space and welcome each person to share their creative gifts with the community. Think of it less as “no gods, no masters” and more like we are all masters of our own creative practices and have connections with our own inspired spirits. Together, we’ll share in the joys of creation and revel in the pristine beauty of an ancient island hideaway.

Peitho’s Gift: A Writing Community Retreat in Crete; Single Room