[Final Schedule with Workshops will be posted in 2024]
8:00-10 AM – Breakfast – Eat in Villa Dining Room or Grab and return to your writing space
8:30 -10:00 AM – Dedicated Writing Time with Mentored Support*
10:15 – 12:30 PM Storyteller or Songwriter Workshop or Hybrid
1:00 PM – Lunch – Spannocchia Family Style
2:30-4:00 PM Dedicated Writing Time with Mentored Support*
4:30-6:00 PM – Creative Exercise with afternoon snack
7:00 PM Glass of Wine on Spannocchia’s Grass Terrace
7:30 PM Supper – Full course Meal Spannocchia Family Style (Wednesday is either Wood-fired Pizza or Nostra Cena)
Other Scheduled Activities
Tuesday – Benvenuto Reception (Welcome)
Wednesday, Friday, Sunday evenings – Open Mic Readings & Songs
Saturday afternoon / evening – Writer’s Outing to Siena with guided tour and dinner on your own
Sunday evening – Arrivederci Reception (Goodbye for Now)
During the Week – A Historical Tour of Spannocchia
*Mentored Support is customized to the participant: Mentors provide prompts to everyone; Mentors can give tips for structuring time; Mentor and participant can develop an individualized writing plan with success metrics (VIP package)
VENDEMMIA!
Fingers Crossed – A Celebration of Spannocchia’s Grape Harvest! We are landing at Spannocchia on the week this usually happens, so we’re hopeful to join in on the celebration. We’ll let you know as soon as we know.
Register for Stories & Songs
Registration Open Now!
Grab your spot for the inaugural Stories & Songs: A Writing Retreat in Italy." Choose either the "Storyteller " or "Songwriter" track. Includes retreat sessions, as well as meals and lodging at Spannocchia in Siena, Italy. A cross-genre seminar, several evenings of readings and/or performance, and pre-dinner happy hour on the grass terrace, complete with an outing to nearby Siena. You'll think you stepped into a painting.