Hugo House isn’t just a place.
It’s a community.
Hugo House is a nonprofit literary arts organization that aims to make writing accessible. Everyone has a story to tell. Whether you’re a new writer wanting to learn, an experienced author seeking a supportive environment to share your work, or a reader looking for new books to love—at Hugo House, you’ll find ways to explore your creativity, whatever your interest or budget.
Registration for classes in winter quarter 2024 is now open. Register now!
Learn with us.
Whether you’re struggling to write your first poem or have a few novels under your belt, Hugo House offers classes, workshops, and other programs to help you achieve your writing goals. Our classes are taught by published writers who are also stellar teachers. Our students come from a variety of backgrounds and life experiences. What they all have in common: a love of words.
Course CatalogDreaming the Self
In this generative creative writing workshop, we will discuss the way writers like Will Alexander, Lucille Clifton, Jackie Wang, & Franz Kafka use dream logic, particularly how they write about the surreal experience of being a selfy thing. We will share our own experiences in the dream-worlds, mine them for writing tools, then write toward the dream logic of the self
Featured Free Resource
Open Mic Events
Works in Progress is Hugo House’s semi-monthly writing open mic series inclusive of diverse formats. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with your literary community.