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.
Workshops – This category encompasses all one-day and multi-week classes, whether in person or via Zoom.
Readings – Our readings are in many different genres and take place in person, on Zoom, or both!
HVWC Recurring Events – This category encompasses such regular favorites as Open Mic, Open Write, and Submission Sunday.
Special Events – These other creative experiences are sure to interest our creative community!
A workshop focusing on generating fiction by utilizing prompts drawn from fairy tales and other sources. We will be generating flash stories or the beginnings of stories in this workshop, […]
This workshop focuses on revision and editing methods for poetry. We will explore some editing techniques that can radically alter the course of the work and allow the writer to […]
This poetry workshop will center on ways to activate the political self which often lies dormant. Whether it be the politics of tyranny, the politics of relationship dynamics, of power […]
As poets, we’re often tasked with not only precision—the right word—but concision. Poetry can dive deep in a short space; that’s a special virtue of the short poem. It can […]
Every writer, even the most prolific, experiences writer’s block at some point. Regardless of why we have become stuck in our writing, it is possible to return to the simple […]
This 6-week class will be taught on Zoom (Tuesdays, July 9 - August 13, 1:30-3:30 PM ET). Whether you’re getting started or are mid-draft, this class will help you map […]
Bring the first five pages of your in-progress short story or novel and receive detailed feedback from the instructor on the various elements of your creative work. Feedback will encompass […]
“Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.”—James Thurber “Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.” —Sid Caesar […]
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting over and over announcing your place […]
For me, among the most memorable pieces of advice from Toni Morrison's documentary, THE PIECES I AM, was, "People say to write about what you know. I'm here to tell you, no one wants to read that, 'cause you don't know anything. So, write about something you don't know." In this 4-week generative writing workshop, we will do just that. Each week, we will deploy strategies and techniques that move us away from our writing patterns and comforts and closer to greater surprise and discovery. Participants may read work from Nam Le, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Diane Seuss, and Charles Wright among others.