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TERRA Songwriting — four days on an Appalachian lake.

with TERRA Songwriting — a running series with alumni releases published and further editions scheduled — East Otto, New York in July 2026 and Jefferson, Ohio in January 2027 · listed Aug 11Verified · Aug 11
Closes
October 8
closed
Entry
$550 shared room, $700 private room
accommodation, all meals, beverages and two books included; travel, alcohol and instruments are not
Your week
Four days writing in a small group at Alpine Lake Resort
Your rights
Nothing about rights in songs written at the retreat appears in the captured terms — the retreat page, captured August 11, 2026.

October 8 to 11, 2026 at Alpine Lake Resort in Terra Alta, West Virginia. At $550 for a shared room and $700 for a private one, this series is the cheapest residential camp on the desk by a distance — its May 2027 edition costs $600 shared, and the next camp up costs more than three times this one’s price.

The page is specific about both halves of what that buys. Included: accommodation, all meals with vegetarian options, beverages, two books (Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art and Jeff Tweedy’s How to Write One Song) and a notebook. Not included: transportation, alcohol and instruments, though the organizers say they will try to arrange instruments for anyone flying in. The days are personal writing time, curated conversations, group listening sessions, co-writing and guided exercises.

Two things the page does not publish. There is no registration deadline, so the date on this card is the day the retreat starts — the last moment it can be joined. And there is no cancellation or refund policy, and nothing whatsoever about who owns songs written there. On a co-writing retreat that second silence is the email to send before you pay.

The record
Source
TERRA Songwriting October 2026 retreat page (terrasongwriting.com/october2026), captured August 11, 2026.
Who can apply
Open registration — the page describes a small group and states no application or selection process.
What it costs
“$550 shared room · $700 private room”, payable before the retreat starts. Included: accommodations, all meals with vegetarian options, beverages, two books and a TERRA notebook. Not included: transportation, alcohol, instruments. Captured August 11, 2026.
Your days
October 8–11, 2026 at Alpine Lake Resort, Terra Alta, West Virginia. “Personal writing time, curated conversations on songwriting, group listening sessions, co-writing, and guided exercises.”
Deadline
None published. The retreat runs October 8–11, 2026; the date on this card is the start date, not a stated registration cut-off.
Refunds
No cancellation or refund policy appears on the captured page.
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