2025 Winter Silent Auction

We are so excited to once again offer our curated gifts for serious writers. For the next week, the Massachusetts Review’s annual online auction is live, with opportunities to work with our editors one-on-one; a chance to attend an online writing workshop from Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center; and a spectacular five-day poetry writing retreat at Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA.

Work with an MR Editor

Three of our editors are offering one-on-one Zoom manuscript consultations: Poetry editor Nathan McClain (up to 15 pages of poetry, for 3 hours total); Public Affairs editor Shailja Patel (nonfiction up to 7,000 words, for 3 hours total); and Fiction editor Jemimah Wei (fiction up to 30 pages). As one writer said of Shailja’s guidance, “Your brilliant, thoughtful, and caring work gave me the advice and confidence to move forward, not just in this manuscript, but towards other projects!”

Take an Online Workshop from the Fine Arts Work Center

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, is justly known for helping new and experienced writers take their work to the next level. FAWC Online is where you’ll find online resources of all kinds that will help you deepen your craft, expand your creative horizons, and plug you into an international community of artists and writers. Bid on the 2026 workshop of your choice. (And remember that new offerings are added throughout the spring!)

A Poetry-Writing Retreat in the Berkshires

A truly incredible opportunity: Bid on an expansive 5-day writing retreat that culminates in a poetry readingin North Adams, Massachusetts. Through daily prompts, exercises, readings, and discussions, you will explore new ways of expressing ourselves, heightening your use of metaphor and surprising details in your writing. Morning workshops take place in the galleries of MASS MoCA, the Clark Art Institute, and the Williams College Museum of Art. Afternoons are free to explore springtime in the beautiful Berkshires and to write in your own private writing studio at MASS MoCA. Or to sit beside the meditative reflecting pool at the Clark. Choose either the April or October 2026 retreat.

Included:

• Your own private writing studio at the museum, with 24/7 access.
• Free admission to MASS MoCA, the Clark Art Institute, and the Williams College Museum of Art throughout the week during museum hours.
• Private bedroom (queen-sized bed) with shared bathroom and kitchen in the MASS MoCA 2nd and 3rd floor, 4-bedroom apartments across the street from the museum. Please note: there is no elevator access to the apartments.
• Boxed lunches from MASS MoCA’s wonderful cafe, Lickety Split, are provided.
• Welcome gathering and dinner.
• Free parking.
• Member discounts to attend MASS MoCA evening performances that take place during the retreat.