WELCOME TO THE HVWC CALENDAR: home of all our upcoming readings, events and workshops. You can view by list or calendar (see right menu to choose). Click the colored tabs below to show only specific options. Our workshops run as multi-session series or one-day “intensives.” Note, we list the multi-session courses on the first day they meet only. The full dates of the session are described in the course descriptions. You would need to scroll back to the start date if you needed to enroll for something already underway. But do let us know if you want to join something in midstream since we need the blessing of the instructor. Questions? Email us.
Robert Frost said (I’m paraphrasing) that the final poem in a collection is the book itself. In the same way, if a line is a unit of attention in a poem, the final line of the poem is the poem itself. But–let’s go back to the line! A line is the basic item which separates […]
NB: This class will be taught on Zoom and capped at 10. Link will be sent to email you use to register at the time of registration and again the day before the class. Please make sure to read our course policies page regarding workshop conduct and logistics before registering for any class at HVWC. Scholarship information […]
Somatic meditation views the body as the fundamental arena of meditation practice. Through specific practices, we observe how the body’s wisdom can serve as a guide in our everyday lives. In this regular group gathering, we’ll explore the view of somatic practice, practice meditation together, and discuss our experiences. This group will be facilitated by Paul […]
What does it feel like to be a human on earth during the climate crisis? How can we find the words to express our concern, grief, and awe for this fragile planet that we call our home? In this generative, interactive workshop, we will trace the evolution of nature poetry from the Romantic tradition to […]
Submission Sundays is a free service to members of HVWC. Space is limited so please reserve your spot. This group will meet online via Zoom. The host will email the Zoom link in the day leading up to the event. Please email [email protected] with any questions. One Sunday a month, 12:30-2:30 pm. Join host M.A. Scott for two hours […]
Join us in person at the Hudson Valley Writers Center or live on Zoom for an afternoon of prose and conversation with Angie Cruz and Idra Novey! Angie Cruz is a novelist and editor. Her most recent novel is How Not To Drown in A Glass of Water (2022). Her novel, Dominicana was the inaugural […]
This is a 5-week class meeting Wednesdays from 7 – 9pm (Eastern time), starting May 10 for five consecutive Wednesdays. This class will be taught online via Zoom. Login details will be sent via email from the instructor a few days before class begins. Please email [email protected] with questions. How long have you been saying […]
Somatic meditation views the body as the fundamental arena of meditation practice. Through specific practices, we observe how the body’s wisdom can serve as a guide in our everyday lives. […]
This four-hour workshop will begin with sample poems and prompts for revisiting places you’ve called home, for connecting those places with their historical roots and implications, for expanding your conception of what home might mean, and for discovering unexpected techniques to use in this exploration. The rest of each day will be spent discussing your own poems, which […]
Please note that this workshop is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this workshop, or have questions about other memoir workshop options, please email [email protected] Are you inspired to record the transforming events of your life? Are you drawn to explore the circumstances […]
Please note that this workshop is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this workshop, or have questions about other memoir workshop options, please email [email protected] Are you inspired to record the transforming events of your life? Are you drawn to explore the circumstances […]
Please note that this workshop is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this workshop, or have questions about other memoir workshop options, please email [email protected] Are you inspired to record the transforming events of your life? Are you drawn to explore the circumstances […]
Developing Your YA/MG Fiction Ready to take your young adult/middle grade writing to the next level? Maybe you’re trying to polish your novel or complete that short story you’ve been stuck on. This workshop will help you get feedback on your work-in-progress from writers who, like you, love writing for kids. Come with your current […]
Somatic meditation views the body as the fundamental arena of meditation practice. Through specific practices, we observe how the body’s wisdom can serve as a guide in our everyday lives. In this regular group gathering, we’ll explore the view of somatic practice, practice meditation together, and discuss our experiences. This group will be facilitated by Paul […]
We are excited to hold Open Mic Night in hybrid form, both in-person at HVWC and virtually! Physical and virtual doors open at 7:20 pm for event starting at 7:30 pm. Due to popular demand to participate, we’ve had to limit the amount of readers to 20. All performers, whether “in person” or on Zoom, […]
Natalie Tsur and Mariah Lanzer will facilitate an afternoon of generative writing, as well as an informal exchange between attendees’ writing experiences, practices, and recent reads. In doing so, we hope to cultivate an intimate writing community (at no cost!) with the participation of other writers their age (18-25). Therefore, the Young Adult Open Write […]
In this poetry workshop, we’ll explore the distinctive qualities of a poem in relation to its speaking voice: the characteristics exhibited by a poetic speaker or narrator, and the actual poet behind them. How does the element called “voice” connect a reader and a poem’s speaker, establishing a relationship between them? How does this “voice” […]
Please note that this workshop is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this group, or have questions about similar opportunities, please email [email protected] Cast Party presents a FREE Dungeons & Dragons 5e story events for kids! “Ogre Escape!” is a role-playing storytelling event […]
Please join us for our warm and welcoming Open Write Nights. Due to a schedule conflict, this group will take place on a different date than originally intended. IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 20. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE -- THANK YOU AND SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE!!! This group will take place in HYBRID FORM, […]
Please note that this workshop is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this workshop, or have questions about other workshop options, please email [email protected] Join Alicia Ostriker for a generative poetry intensive on Sunday, May 21, 12:30-4:30 PM EST via Zoom. This […]
Join us in person or via Zoom to welcome these three fantastic poets. They will read from their latest works and engage in a lively Q&A. Timothy Donnelly is the author of The Problem of the Many (Wave Books, 2019), The Cloud Corporation (Wave Books, 2010), which won the 2012 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and […]
Open Write - May Exuberance: Friendship, Gathering and Memorials Finley creates a series of prompts to guide your writing practice. For this session in May we will review the feeling of energy and liveliness, an awakening of spirit. We will consider the renewal and reflection of friendship, and being a friend. We will consider gathering, […]
This multi-week class series will be taught on Zoom. It will start on Thursday, May 25 and end on June 29 for six consecutive Thursdays. If you’ve ever stayed up ‘til three with a compelling novel, you’ve probably wondered, “How do they do that?” Study the literary techniques of popular genres and learn how to create […]
The Somatic Meditation Group will not meet May 26. Please check our June calendar for the next meeting.
This a 6-week class meeting on Zoom, Wednesdays 12:30-3:00pm, starting Wednesday May 31 and ending Wednesday July 5. You have written the first draft of your full-length collection. Now, we need to order all of the poems, decide if there should be sections, revise each of the poems, settle on the title, and most importantly—remove […]
Somatic meditation views the body as the fundamental arena of meditation practice. Through specific practices, we observe how the body’s wisdom can serve as a guide in our everyday lives. […]
This a 6-week class meeting on Zoom, Fridays 10:30-1:00pm, starting Friday June 2 and ending Friday July 7. You have written the first draft of your full-length collection. Now, we need to order all of the poems, decide if there should be sections, revise each of the poems, settle on the title, and most importantly—remove […]
This is a course designed for writers looking to create screenplays, stage plays, and teleplays for television shows. Paramount in this effort, we will focus on an approach which is necessary in all dramatic writing — the importance of conflict. How we define, pinpoint and create interesting, unusual characters. How structure is the backbone of […]
The Sleepy Hollow Arts Collective presents The SHAC JUVIE JAM – an evening of music performed by local musical youth. From pop songs to surf songs to showtunes to funk, the JUVIE JAM is an opportunity for area kids to showcase their own unique musical passions for an enthusiastic and supportive audience. This event will […]
Saturday, June 3rd 10:30am-12pm Free and In-Person Hudson Valley Writers Center is proud to host this FREE Children's Book Fair, featuring local authors. All families are welcome to join us […]
This lecture-style presentation will offer students a variety of strategies for sequencing, structuring, sectioning, and titling a full-length poetry manuscript. We will glean insights about these elements of craft from a wide range of published collections, which include Julianna Baggott’s 'Lizzie Borden in Love', Lucie Brock Broido’s 'The Master Letters', Shane McCrae’s 'In the Language […]
Voice in literature can make a story sing, make you sob, and sometimes can make you want to scream. Memoir and personal essay forms also rely on the narrative voice to guide us through a creative work, but it’s up to the writer to craft a voice that is distinct and an entity separate from […]
Who doesn't love a good experiment; especially when it accompanies erasure? In this one-day workshop, we will work in two parts: Act one: We will examine the craft of erasure poetry such as redaction, collage, cutout, retyped, visual, and blackout. Act Two: We will perform expressive revisions by rewriting a new narrative from existing prose […]