Soul Mountain Retreat

The Soul Mountain Retreat is a writer's colony in East Haddam, Connecticut, USA.

History

The retreat was established in 2004 with a grant from the University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts and Sciences^[1] by the writer and former Connecticut poet laureate Marilyn Nelson. The idea for creating the retreat grew out of the Cave Canem workshops.^[2]

Soul Mountain offers fellowships to "emerging and established poets"^[3] with an emphasis on supporting writers belonging to traditionally underrepresented racial or cultural groups.^[4]

The non-profit organization has established partnerships with African Continuum Theater Company, Cave Canem, Kundiman, the University of Connecticut, Sarah Lawrence College, New York University, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.^[4]

Past Fellows

Past fellows have included Samiya Bashir, Sherwin Bitsui, Kwame Dawes, LeAnne Howe, Tara Betts, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran,^[5] Allison Hedge Coke, Harryette Mullen, Bushra Rehman, and Afaa M. Weaver.^[6]