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!
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 to browse books, make crafts, and meet local authors! Featured authors include: Alise Curran, Nana Will Say Yes Mona Voelkel, Stanley and the Wild Words […]
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] Getting Started with Memoir Writing Are you inspired to begin to write about the transforming events of your […]
Join Life Coach and Author, Naomi Vladeck and Author and Artist Jenny Laden in a special author conversation on Saturday, September 23 at 5pm. During this event, Naomi will share stories and practices from her new book Braving Creativity, Artists Who Turn the Scary, Thrilling, Messy Path of Change into Courageous Transformation and invite author […]
Metaphors are often thought of as the domain of poets, a rarefied and purely linguistic trope. But metaphors are everywhere – when we have meetings coming up, when you find yourself in an argument, when you (hopefully!) grasp what it is I mean. And not just in language; linguistic metaphors emerge from our thinking and […]
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, […]