What to expect at Theme Retreat

Theme Retreat is a hands-on weekend designed to help your editors build a strong, cohesive theme concept for the 2028 yearbook. Bring early ideas and inspiration, learn strategies used in award-winning books and work alongside experienced instructors to develop a direction that can shape your book’s coverage, storytelling and design. 

This workshop is designed for students with yearbook experience who are ready to move from instruction to ideation and creation.

What your editors will achieve

  • A refined theme concept for the 2028 yearbook
  • A stronger visual and verbal direction
  • Award-winning strategies to strengthen coverage, storytelling and design
  • Feedback from experienced instructors and peers
  • Ideas for applying the theme across the book
  • Inspiration and early concepts to continue developing with the full staff

Registration is now open!

Bring your editorial staff together for an intensive weekend designed to shape the direction of your next yearbook.