The conference is at the Ridgecrest Conference Center in Asheville, NC. The address is 1 Ridgecrest Drive; Black Mountain, NC 28711 .

The closest airport is Asheville Regional Airport, which is about 30 minutes away.

There’s an option to add meals as a part of the registration process. You can add lunches & dinners at the dining hall if you’d like to be on the meal plan. Please indicate in the registration form if you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions.

The dining hall can accommodate the following modifications: gluten free, nut free, and vegan/vegetarian. Please email [email protected] as soon as possible if your restriction requires a separate plate free of cross contamination. 

Students are encouraged to bring their own breakfasts. The hotel rooms come equipped with a Keurig and mini fridges in each room. There are microwaves available in the lobby. Students staying in bunkhouses are encouraged to bring convenient items like protein bars, as they will not have access to the same amenities as the hotels.

Any student younger than thirteen must be accompanied by an adult. For students thirteen and older, parents are not required to attend, but we’d welcome them to still come–and we have special sessions for attending parents. We do recommend that all minors have a legal adult staying in the on-site housing options with them. If a student is staying in the dorms, we will arrange for a vetted adult to be supervising the room.

We’d love to help you better support your young writer through our general sessions and through special parent sessions. Click here to learn more about our options for parents at the retreat.

Anyone spending time at the retreat center must register and have a ticket.

All current students in the Young Writer’s Workshop are welcome to the retreat. If you’re a former YDubber or the sibling of a YDubber and are younger than 26, you’re also welcome to attend. If you’ve never been in the Workshop, but are the friend of a current student and would like to attend, please fill out this form to get approval prior to signing up.

Click this link to learn more about our lodging options.

Gathering roommates is not only an amazing way to trim down the cost of on-site lodging, but it also adds to the experience.

For students staying in the bunkhouses, we will sort them into rooms. Roommates will be determined based on a students’ age.

For students staying in the hotel, they’re responsible for finding their own roommates. To find roommates, we recommend posting in the YWW Retreat Roommate Matchup space on the community. You can also reach out individually to your friends to see if they’d like to share a room.

While the YWW Retreat has no official dress code, we ask that you wear God-honoring attire throughout your time at the retreat.

Ladies at the retreat often wear anything from shorts to sundresses, while gentlemen can be found in everything from T-shirts to button-ups.

Early Bird Registration ends on December 19th. After the 19th, student registration will increase to $279 and parent registration to $149.

Normal Registration ends on May 31st. After the 31st, student registration will increase to $330 and parent registration to $180.

Late Registration ends on June 30th.

If something comes up and you’re not able to attend, you’re eligible for a 50% refund until April 30th. After April 30th, we will no longer be able to issue refunds for conference charges. Please email [email protected] to request a refund.

Yes! We want to do what we can to accommodate attendees with disabilities so you can have a great experience at the YWW Retreat. You can click here for more information.

You can email our Retreat Manager, Samantha Hopper, at [email protected].