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!
Learn how to write the contemporary American sonnet with Oliver de la Paz, author of The Diaspora Sonnets. NB: This class will be taught in person at HVWC before Oliver reads for us. It is capped at 12 students. Oliver de la Paz is the Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA for 2023-2025. He is the […]
Nick Flynn’s most recent books include: This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire (Norton, 2020); and Stay: threads, collaborations, and conversations (Ze Books, 2020), which documents twenty-five years of his collaborations with artists, filmmakers, and composers. He is also the author of five collections of poetry, including I Will Destroy You (Graywolf, 2019). His bestselling memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (Norton, […]
A generation ago, Bertold Brecht claimed that to talk about a tree was a betrayal because it was to be silent about injustice. Now a "nature" poem cuts to our survival and the most intimate meanings of justice. We will look at poems that see "nature" from radically different angles --the Biblical view that we […]
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] Documentary poetics, verse journalism, lyric essay--these and creative practices inspired by research can produce poems that are as […]
Winter Break 3-Day Creativity Camp In-person at HVWC Grades 3-5 February 21-23, 2024 9:00am - 4:00 pm Join teaching artist Misty Yarnall for 3 days of fun at Hudson Valley Writers Center! Participants will put on their writer's caps and learn new ways to explore character, setting, and plot through generative writing prompts, improv games, […]
“There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.” ~ Emile Zola What I’ve learned over my years in education and publishing, is something I likely knew innately and that led me down my career path - everyone has a story to tell. […]
"The Intimate Voice and the Dramatic Eye: how poems create closeness and tension." We will discuss participants' prior work, but we will have discussion poems and prompts also. The students will receive a packet of poems from Dennis before class. NB: This class has moved to ZOOM and will be capped at 12 students. Please […]