Modeled on Blue Heaven and Milford, Hastings Point is a writers' workshop for novelists looking for a peer group at a similar level of career and craft. In the inaugural year, the workshop was aimed at unpublished novelists who had either sold short stories or had gone through a workshop before.
2009 attendees were: Larry Hodges, Victoria Witt, A.M. Lau, Elizabeth Shack, Kajsa Herrstrom, Stephen Buchheit, and Merrie Haskell. Merrie Haskell was also the organizer. The 2009 workshop took place from May 14-17 on Hastings Point in Michigan.