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Events Calendar

Listen, learn, and engage with us

Whether it’s a reading, discussion, craft talk, or interview, find these events and more featuring renowned authors, emerging writers, and talented new and local voices.

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Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

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DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

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Works in Progress (Virtual)

Online at Zoom: Hugo Theater

Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with your literary community!

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Write with Hugo House with Jeanine Walker

Online at Zoom: Salon

ONLINE

Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for adults of all ages and genres of writing. In this session, we’ll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts.

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Ludonarrative in Video Games: A Panel Discussion

In Person at Lapis Theater

What happens when storytelling meets gameplay? Join us at Hugo House for Ludonarrative in Video Games, a dynamic two-hour panel event where game developers explore how narrative and mechanics intertwine to create immersive gaming experiences.

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Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

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Writer Speed Friending

In Person at Lapis Theater

Looking to connect with fellow writers and spark new friendships?

Join us at Hugo House for a lively and inspiring Writer Speed Friending event!

In this fun and fast-paced 90-minute session, facilitator Rachel Sobel will guide you through a series of creative, writing-themed prompts designed to help you break the ice and bond with other writers.

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DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

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Works in Progress (Virtual)

Online at Zoom: Hugo Theater

Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with your literary community!

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Towards Collective Liberation: A poetry reading and celebration of Freeland by Leigh Sugar, with Ally Ang, Shelby Handler

In Person at Theater Lobby

Please join us in celebrating the release of Leigh Sugar’s debut poetry collection, FREELAND (Alice James Books, 2025). Sugar, who formerly lived in Seattle, has taught several courses at Hugo House, and is excited to share in this exciting time with the Hugo House and greater Seattle literary community. A Jake Adam York and Alice James Award finalist, FREELAND is a collection that interrogates the US Criminal Legal System, following a romantic relationship between the speaker and an incarcerated beloved. Leigh will be joined by friends and Seattle-based writers Ally Ang (whose debut Let the Moon Wobble is also forthcoming from Alice James!) and Shelby Handler. Reading with Q&A to follow.

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Write with Hugo House with Jeanine Walker

Online at Zoom: Salon

ONLINE

Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for adults of all ages and genres of writing. In this session, we’ll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts.

View Details

Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

View Details

DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

View Details

Works in Progress (Virtual)

Online at Zoom: Hugo Theater

Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with your literary community!

View Details

Write with Hugo House with Jeanine Walker

Online at Zoom: Salon

ONLINE

Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for adults of all ages and genres of writing. In this session, we’ll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts.

View Details

Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

View Details

DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

View Details

Works in Progress (Virtual)

Online at Zoom: Hugo Theater

Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with your literary community!

View Details

Write with Hugo House with Jeanine Walker

Online at Zoom: Salon

ONLINE

Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for adults of all ages and genres of writing. In this session, we’ll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts.

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Hugo House Launched Me as a Writer: Book Launch for Bigger by Ren Cedar Fuller

In Person at Theater Lobby

Join Seattle author Ren Cedar Fuller and a panel of Hugo House alums to celebrate our city’s center for writing. Ren took her first of many creative writing classes at Hugo House at the start of the pandemic, and she credits inspirational instructors and the writing friends she met at Hugo House with developing her craft.

In her debut book, Ren explores how loving people who are different from her has expanded her world.

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Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

View Details

DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

View Details

Works in Progress (Virtual)

Online at Zoom: Hugo Theater

Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with your literary community!

View Details

Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

View Details