The Winter Creativity Summit with Allen Arnold is back!
The 2025 retreat takes us back to The Hideway, tucked in the beautiful forests outside Colorado Springs, CO. Experience cozy accommodations, lovely meals, and a view of Pikes Peak!
Lodging costs for in-person attendees are all-inclusive (4 night stay and 11 meals.) You can opt for a shared room or private accommodations—whatever suits your needs and budget. Details on pricing can be found on the registration form. Please note that deposit payments for the retreat are non-refundable.
Our Instructor
Allen Arnold is a creativity coach, author, and speaker. As the founding publisher of one of the largest Christian Fiction imprints of the past several decades, he led the launch of more than 500 novels. Throughout his career, he has worked with numerous New York Times best-selling authors (both fiction and non-fiction) and offered his proven, counterintuitive insights to creatives of every stripe at events around the globe. He is the acclaimed author of three books on creativity and God: The Story of With, Chaos Can’t, and Waves of Creativity.
How does a gift registration purchase work?
When you click the above button, you will be redirected to a form to fill out with contact information that you, the gift giver, will provide. The form will provide you with a link to make the payment for the retreat.
Great news! If you purchase a gift retreat registration, you save $50 off the double occupancy price. All giftable rooms are double occupancy. If your recipient doesn’t have a roommate in mind who is also attending, we can assign one. (All attendees get their own beds)
The registration covers the cost of Allen’s fabulous teaching, all meals at the Hideaway, and room fees.
Once you have paid the registration fee, we will contact the gift giver with a coupon code, instructions on how to use it, and a printable certificate for you to present to the lucky recipient of this amazing gift of learning and relaxation.
Sample Retreat Day
7:30 – 8:30 am
Enjoy a buffet breakfast with other retreat attendees
8:30 am
Start your day off with a group devotional to encourage the spiritual aspects of your creativity.
9:00 am
Take a deep dive with Allen and discover how his wisdom fits your writing journey
12:00 noon
Enjoy a hot lunch and some great conversation in the dining hall
After lunch, use the next few hours as you please–to write, rest, walk The Hideaway’s quiet grounds, or gather informally with other attendees.
4:00 pm
Reconvene with the group for guided discussion.
6:00 pm
Dinner time
7:30 pm
Evening writing activities facilitated by our retreat committee, such as group brainstorming, reading pages for critique, or career discussions.
9:00 pm
Bonfire and sharing time, maybe even some guitar and singing together