Intensive Workshops

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  Sat, Feb 28

  Writing Race: A Generative Poetry Workshop with Martha Collins (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

  Details

  Feb 28, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  Zoom

  This four-hour workshop will begin with an hour-long discussion of poems that focus on race, using a variety of approaches and techniques, including both personal experience and research. The last three hours will be spent in careful discussion of your own poems.
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  Sat, Feb 28

  Memoir with Susan Hodara (In-person at HVWC) / 

  Sleepy Hollow

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  Feb 28, 2026, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM

  Sleepy Hollow, 300 Riverside Dr, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, USA

  For those with a work-in-progress or those starting fresh, this four-hour class will offer a supportive environment where we’ll be talking about memoir writing, writing in class, and sharing for constructive feedback.
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  Sat, Mar 07

  Poems of Healing and Renewal: A Generative Workshop with Emily Leithauser (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Mar 07, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  Zoom

  By the end of this intensive workshop, you will write (and share if you wish) a poem that helps you begin to heal—from loss, heartbreak, or a painful event or memory.
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  Thu, Mar 12

  Conversations in Craft with Cornelius Eady (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM

  Zoom

  The Hudson Valley Writers Center is proud to present a monthly craft series featuring award-winning writers & beloved teachers.
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  Sat, Mar 14

  Writing A Scene Using Tarot and Astrology with Sarah Congress (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Mar 14, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

  Zoom

  Channel your inner mystic in this playful two hour workshop by learning how to use tarot cards, zodiac signs, and astrology to write and create characters!
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  Sat, Mar 14

  When Form Meets Content: Playing Matchmaker Between Structure and Subject: A Poetry Workshop with Alexis Sears (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Mar 14, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

  Zoom

  Through close readings and guided writing prompts, participants will investigate how form can amplify, complicate, undermine, or totally transform content.
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  Sun, Mar 15

  Renewal and Transformation: The Changing of the Seasons with Brian Turner (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Mar 15, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  Zoom

  In this generative workshop, we’ll consider the shift from one season to another as a study in the act of transformation.
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  Sun, Mar 22

  When Poetry Meets Prose: Prose Poem Generative Workshop with Denise Duhamel (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Mar 22, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  Zoom

  In this generative workshop we will explore prose poems as shape (think beds, billboards, mattresses, paintings), as fables, as meditations, and more. Please bring a favorite small object for the “deep image” emulation. Please also bring your sense of play.