The Todos Santos Writers Workshop celebrated our 11th anniversary session in 2024. We welcomed old friends, new writers, and our esteemed faculty, and had a fantastic Fiesta Night dancing to the music of Los Hijo del Tropico, creating literary mágico together at TSWW, #LitHappens!
Here you'll find the schedule for our most recent winter session We'd love for you to join us for the upcoming year! -- please use our application form to be included in our mailing list.
OVERVIEW - Winter 2024 First week: February 4 - 10 Second week: Feb 12 - 16
NB: Return TSWW participants can opt to come for just Week Two, and skip Week One. Newcomers attending may take a Week Two workshop only if they have also signed up for Week One.
Tuition: Week One tuition - $2000US. Week Two - $1200.
Week One includes six days of workshop, Sunday through Friday, and “office hours”-- an in-depth consultation with your instructor -- on the final Saturday. Special events feature our opening Tamale & Margarita reception, a faculty reading, Craft & Cocktail evenings, our11th anniversary fiesta, and our farewell dinner/open mic night.
Week Two includes five days of workshop, and a final private consultation.
Daily Schedule: Winter 2024
Each morning the group meets at 8:30am for announcements, then proceeds to individual workshops from 9 to 12:30.
Workshop sessions have a 15-minute break at the instructor’s discretion.
- All afternoon and evening events are optional but encouraged. See descriptions of each event below following the daily schedule.
Saturday 2/3
5:00 - 7:30PM
Welcome reception and tamale cocktail hour
Location: TSWW HQ
Sunday 2/4
9:00 AM
Morning reading and announcements
9:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Workshops meet
6:00 PM
Memoir Book Club
Monday 2/5
9:00 AM
Morning reading and announcements
9:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Workshops meet
5:00 PM
Faculty Reading TSWW HQ
Tuesday 2/6
9:00 AM
Morning reading and announcements
9:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Workshops meet
5:00 PM
Craft & Cocktails: Art of Fiction with Michelle Wildgen at VinoPark
Wednesday 2/7
9:00 AM
Morning reading and announcements
9:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Workshops meet
Free night
Thursday 2/8
9:00 AM
Morning reading and announcements
9:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Workshops meet
5:00 PM
Craft & Cocktails: Art of Poetry with Christopher Merrill at TSWW HQ
Friday 2/9
9:00 AM
Morning reading and announcements
9:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Workshops meet
5:00 PM
11th Anniversary Fiesta at Mercado Ranchero
Saturday 2/10
9:00 AM Individual consultations with instructor by appointment
5:00 PM
Farewell dinner & student open mic
2nd Week 2/12 - 2/16
Daily workshops beginning Monday 2/12, with one-on-one consultations on Friday 2/16
Memoir Book Club
Sunday, February 4, 5 PM
Memoir students gather with Karen Karbo and Jeanne McCulloch to discuss a recently published, previously assigned memoir.
Faculty Reading
Monday, February 5, 5PM
Faculty members share a short reading from works in progress, and answer questions from students.
Location: TSWW HQ
Craft & Cocktails: The Art of Fiction, with Michelle Wildgen
Tuesday, February 6, 5 - 7PM VinoPark at Santa Terra hosts a reading from Michelle's new novel Wine People.
Craft & Cocktails: The Art of Poetry, with Christopher Merrill
Thursday, February 8, 5 - 7PM Christopher Merrill talks about his latest book, Flares and his work "illuminating the hidden corners of our time here on earth."
Location: TSWW HQ
Fiesta Night
Friday, February 9, 6 - 9 PM
Our 11th anniversary celebration of food, drink, live music, magico, and camaraderie in a special location highlighting Baja's authentic ranchero culture.
Location:Mercado Rachero
Farewell Dinner & Student Open Mic
Saturday, February 10, 7 PM
Location: TSWW HQ
Paris is always a good idea!
Missed us in Todos Santos? Join us in Paris, Spring 2024, May 12 - 17, for a one-week Memoir Intensive, with Jeanne McCulloch and Karen Karbo. Class limited to 10 students!