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!
Richard Wilbur said, “One of the jobs of poetry is to make the unbearable bearable by clear, precise confrontations.” When it feels like the world is ending, we notice things […]
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 […]
World Building 101 July 8-12 9:15am-1pm Do you love reading adventure books with fantastical settings and magical elements? Have you ever wanted to write a story set in a place […]
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 […]
Dickinson famously wrote: “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” And Audre Lorde: “Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.” Our […]
Class begins with an exploration of prairie poems old and new, from poets including Emily Dickinson, Heid E. Erdrich, and Camille Dungy. Afterwards we will generate plains-flavored poems of our […]
From Frank O’Hara’s writing about Billie Holiday to Tiana Clark’s Rihanna-inspired poem— music, movies, television, and international icons have made cameos in poetry throughout history. Our awareness of the rapidly […]
Fiction Fun July 15-19 9:15am-1pm Have you always wanted to write stories? Or written so many stories and don’t know what to do with them? This workshop provides young writers […]