Scribente Maternum: Write Like a Mother Retreat

Scribente Maternum is an immersive writing retreat for writers who identify as mothers. The retreat creates a supportive, down-to-earth community focused on the writing process rather than finished work, exploring the tension between motherhood and creative practice. Participants are invited to draw inspiration from the joys, exhaustion, distractions, and insights of parenting while making time for rest, mindfulness, nature, stillness, and sustained writing.

The experience includes dedicated writing time, craft and writing sessions, intentional movement, mindfulness practices, community-building, and meals and snacks. The retreat’s featured contributors include authors and cultural commentators Christine Platt and Glory Edim, along with yoga teacher Jeanette Nazarian.

When: October 22–25

Venue: Village Learning Place, 2521 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Schedule: The page gives the retreat dates but does not list individual session times or showtimes.

Experience: A fully immersive writing retreat with time and space to write, opportunities to explore and spend time in nature, mindfulness and stillness practices, intentional movement, and a community of writers who identify as mothers.

Included: Writing-focused craft sessions with local writers and teachers, mindfulness practices, intentional movement, all meals, and snacks.

Featured Contributors: Christine Platt is an author, motivational speaker, and personal-transformation advocate whose work focuses on liberation, reducing overwhelm, and living with less. Her books include *The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living With Less* and *Less Is Liberation: Finding Freedom From a Life of Overwhelm*. She has also led wellness workshops and contributed commentary to numerous major publications and media outlets.

Featured Contributors: Glory Edim founded Well-Read Black Girl, a podcast and literary platform celebrating Black literature and sisterhood. She edited the *Well-Read Black Girl* anthology and is the author of *On Girlhood*, a collection examining the relationship between Black girlhood and womanhood. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her son.

Movement Instructor: Jeanette Nazarian began practicing yoga at Rolling Brook Yoga in 2010 and completed her 200-hour teacher training at the Pearl in Columbia in April 2026. Her approach draws on vinyasa, meditation, music, hands-on assists, and themes, balancing vigorous flow with quiet, restorative poses and savasana. She is also a mother of two daughters and is beginning additional training in yin yoga.

Community: The retreat is intended for writers who identify as mothers and emphasizes mutual support, shared creative energy, rest, and an honest exploration of motherhood’s central role in participants’ lives.

Registration: The stated registration deadline has passed, but late registration may be considered.

Tickets: Price not available