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Westchester Poetry Festival 2026: Darren Wood, Michael Feigenbaum, Phylisha Villanueva, Lauren Camp, Kimiko Hahn, Samyak Shertok, and Dominika Wrozynski Dear HVWC Community, On Friday, April 10, HVWC partnered with The Masters School to host the 16 th Annual Westchester Poetry Festival in the new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) on Masters’ campus. As the late afternoon spring light streamed into the atrium, folks gathered together to celebrate National Poetry Month with poets...

Dear Hudson Valley Writers Center (HVWC) Community, Happy April and Happy National Poetry Month! Many of you know that we celebrate all things poetry in April, but this year the celebration is more momentous than ever. 2026 marks the 30 th anniversary of National Poetry Month, an initiative launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. This April celebration has, over the years, grown to become one of the largest literary celebrations in the world. At the HVWC we are celebrating...

Participants from March's inaugural The People's Mic event Last Friday night (3/13) our storied Hudson Valley Writers Center made a bit more history as the site of the People's Mic, a monthly open mic series hosted by Westchester Poet Laureate, Phylisha Villanueva. Villanueva asked all performers to "write themselves into the room." Amid the sounds of the passing trains and the intro and outro music--expertly incorporated by Villanueva--participants read and recited poetry and stories. One...