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!

Hudson Valley Writers Center

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Philipse Manor Station
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 United States Get Directions
914.332.5953
www.writerscenter.org

Located at the Philipse Manor Station (still an operating local stop on Metro-North Hudson East line, but we inhabit the historic building!) the Hudson Valley Writers Center offers unique classes and a versatile performance space.

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 Writing Together: Get Out of Your Own Way and Create with Lynn Schmeidler (in person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

“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 in the family of things.”  -Mary Oliver Writing can and should be a means to connecting to our most humanly unique selves, and this workshop will […]

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Open Write (in person & via Zoom)

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Please join us for our warm and welcoming Open Write Nights, recurring monthly on the Second Saturday of each month. This group will take place in HYBRID FORM, meaning that there will participants in person at HVWC as well as joining on the big screen via Zoom. Your hosts Michelle Thomas and Cassie Cartaginese will facilitate an […]

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Event Series Somatic Meditation Group (Every Friday, in person at HVWC)

Somatic Meditation Group (Every Friday, in person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Somatic meditation views the body as the fundamental arena of meditation practice. Through specific practices, we observe how the body’s wisdom can serve as a guide in our everyday lives. In this regular group gathering, we’ll explore the view of somatic practice, practice meditation together, and discuss our experiences. This group will be facilitated by Paul […]

$20.00

Open Mic (In Person & via Zoom)

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

We are excited to hold Open Mic Night in hybrid form, both in-person at HVWC and virtually! Physical and virtual doors open at 7:20 pm for event starting at 7:30 pm. Due to popular demand to participate, we’ve had to limit the amount of readers to 20. All performers, whether “in person” or on Zoom, […]

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The Radical Revision: Generative Poetry Workshop with Nicholas Goodly (via Zoom)

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

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 look at their own poems as raw material for new creations. In this workshop, your drafts will become building blocks to play with. We will […]

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Ghost Tour: The Supernatural in Literary Fiction with Ananda Lima (via Zoom)

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

In this masterclass, we will see the power of ghosts, devils, witches, magical cats and more by looking at a variety of approaches to the supernatural by writers of different traditions (ranging from classic magical realism to contemporary speculative memoirs) in fiction (including Toni Morrison, Samanta Schweblin, Marlon James, Machado de Assis, Gwen E. Kirby, […]

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An Afternoon of New Fiction with Sandra Newman & Ed Park in person at HVWC

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Join Jennifer Franklin & Lauren Acampora as they welcome Sandra Newman (Julia) & Ed Park (Same Bed Different Dreams) for a reading and conversation about their acclaimed novels. Sandra Newman is the author of the novels The Men, The Heavens (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), and The Country of Ice Cream Star, longlisted for the Baileys Women’s […]

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Writing with Oven Mitts: Nurturing the Creative Spark of the Writer/Mother (In Person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Writing with Oven Mitts: Nurturing the Creative Spark of the Writer/Mother Writing and motherhood are courageous acts of creation, requiring patience, love, dedication, and faith. But too often the demands of parenting compete with the urge for self-expression, leaving writer/mothers adrift, blocked, and disheartened. This course is designed to rekindle that creative spark by empowering […]

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Writing What You Didn’t Expect to Write with Alicia Ostriker (via Zoom)

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

This 4hour intensive class is designed to stretch participants’ imaginations by giving you a sequence of provocative prompts of very various kinds, and very short writing times so as to short-circuit your cerebral controls and free what is lurking beneath the conscious brain. NB: This class will be taught on Zoom and will be capped […]

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Sanger-Stewart Memorial Reading: 2023 Chapbook Contest winner Russell Karrick & mentor Renée Ashley (In Person)

Hudson Valley Writers Center Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Please join the Slapering Hol Press co-editors as they welcome the 2023 Chapbook Contest winner, Russell Karrick, IN PERSON for the annual Sanger-Stewart Memorial Reading. He will be joined by his mentor, Renée Ashley, for a reading and Q&A about the process of putting together a first collection. Karrick and Ashley will be reading in-person […]

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