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Specialties
Murphy Writing offers writing retreats in the US and abroad with challenging and supportive workshops and plentiful writing time. The best known is the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway. Founded in 1994, it has become one of the oldest and largest writers’ conferences in winter, attracting more than 200 poets and writers from across the country each year.
History
Established in 1994.
Peter Murphy founded Murphy Writing and the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway in 1994 based on the belief that when writers leave behind the distractions of their busy lives to gather in an encouraging community, they will make breakthroughs in their art. Over the last two decades, the Winter Getaway has become one of the oldest and largest writers’ conferences in the winter season, attracting more than 200 poets and writers from across the country. The Winter Getaway is now presented in partnership with The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and takes place at Stockton Seaview Hotel at the Jersey Shore near Atlantic City. Murphy Writing and Stockton College have also offered writing retreats in New Jersey, New Hampshire, Scotland, Wales and Spain.
Meet the Business Owner
Peter M.
Business Owner
Peter Murphy was born in Wales and grew up in New York City where he operated heavy equipment, managed a nightclub and drove a cab. He is the author of Stubborn Child, a finalist for the 2006 Paterson Poetry Prize, and three poetry chapbooks, Thorough & Efficient, Mr. Nobody and Atlantic City Lives (Forthcoming in 2015). His unique poetry writing assignments have been collected in Challenges for the Delusional (2012), published by Jane Street Press. In addition to receiving a 2009 Poetry Fellowship from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, he has received awards and fellowships from The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Yaddo, The Folger Shakespeare Library and the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. Peter directs the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, Murphy Writing and other programs for poets, writers and teachers.
