“The Hudson Valley Writers Center presides over a great river of language, heart, and imagination.”
—Fred Marchant
Authors: to schedule a reading with HVWC, please contact [email protected] 6 months-1 year in advance of your publication date. Please note: we are fully booked through the rest of 2023. Thank you!
The Hudson Valley Writers Center brings writers and readers together to celebrate the essential art of the written and spoken word. The Center fosters a vibrant literary arts community that supports and empowers writers and readers of diverse ages, talents and backgrounds at every stage of their creative development.
We are committed to ensuring our programming is accessible to as many people as possible through our pay-what-you-can reading series, scholarship initiatives, and ongoing engagement with the members of our growing local and virtual communities.
Workshops
Writing the Short Story with Alisa Kwitney
September 27 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
On the Line: a Craft Class & Workshop with Martha Collins (via Zoom)
September 30 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
“love not gone anywhere”: Writing in Dialogue with Jean Valentine with Chen Chen (via Zoom)
October 1 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Travel Writing and Social Justice: Dismantling the Inner Colonizer with Bani Amor (via Zoom)
October 1 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Rethinking the Headlines with Jennifer Steinorth (via Zoom)
October 7 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Metaphors in the Flesh: an in person Master Class on Metaphor with Patrick James Errington
October 7 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Reading Rilke with Mark Wunderlich (via Zoom)
October 8 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Midrash: Poetry Workshop with Alicia Ostriker (via Zoom)
October 8 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
This Divided Country: Reconciling the Unresolved, Poetry Workshop with Joan Kwon Glass (via Zoom)
October 14 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Events
Somatic Meditation Group (Every Friday, in person at HVWC)
September 29 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Dungeons & Dragons Event for Adults (Free & in person at HVWC)
September 29 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Submission Sunday (via Zoom)
October 1 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Drafts and Poets’ Revisions: Reading Class with Sean Singer (via Zoom)
October 2 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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