Long-time writer or just getting started? Writing an epic poem or a short story? Whoever you are and wherever your passions lie—if you want to write, there’s a Hugo House class for you. Explore our catalog and find yours.
When we say we want our classes to be for everyone, we mean it.
Instructor: Shankar Narayan. This part-generative, part-analytical course will survey the breadth and reach of South Asian poetry by examining its various forms and movements over the centuries—from ancient Sanskrit religious texts to Urdu political resistance poetry.
Instructor: Gracie Bialecki. By working with a combination of prompts, group activities, and readings, we will spark our creativity while exploring methods of writing when we feel stuck.
Instructor: Molly Schaeffer. This class will examine elements of attention, drawing from various media—writing, film, music, and the natural world—and investigate distraction, associative thinking and more with generative exercises, freewriting, and discussion.
Instructor: Liza Birnbaum. This nontraditional, generative workshop open to fiction, nonfiction, and cross-genre writers will use weekly writing assignments, playfulness, and rigorous reflection to building a friendly, mutually accountable community.
Instructor: Gina Siciliano. Using Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics as a foundation, this class is an introduction to graphic novel storytelling.
Instructor: Natasha Moni. This class offers resources on how to assemble and submit your chapbook, using examples from award-winning and accomplished chapbooks; we will discuss ordering, titles, theme, voice, and more.
Instructor: Carolyne Wright. We'll read poems, nonfiction, and short fiction published in recent issues of well-respected online and print literary magazines and generate prompts from this work as workshop exercises.
Instructors: Allison Ellis, Amy Bowers. This generative class will delve deep into the lore and canon of witches, examining themes such as feminism, domesticity, power, and social change.
Instructor: Gabriela Denise Frank. This class will explore a range of structures capable of hosting ghosts, from epistolary to erasure, the haunted dialogues of contrapuntals, and the glorious twisting and (re)turning form of obsession: the sestina.
Instructor: Christine Hemp. For writers of all genres, this class will explore the concepts of home and belonging, with a focus on scene and power of reflection.
Instructor: Rachel Sobel. This course will work to establish a writing practice for each student's individual writing process, with topics like project management, how to get into the habit of writing regularly, and more.
Instructor: Greta Kline & Molly Schaeffer. Co-taught by a poet/visual artist and a professional singer-songwriter, this generative class will explore the relationship between writing and performance, examining cross-genre work, improvisation, and more.
Instructor: April Dávila. This live, interactive demonstration will cover the basics through advanced features of the writing software, Scrivener.
Instructor: Lindsay Newton. Appropriate for any writer with a complete manuscript or proposal, this course will examine successful letters and in-house acquisitions materials; students will walk away with a ready-to-send query letter.
Instructor: Rachel Werner. Overcome your writing rut with meditative journaling, goal mapping exercises, writing prompts and engaging discussions, and more.
Instructor: Kimberly Lee. With a brief collage activity as the basis for imaginative writing, this workshop will explore a wide variety of lost, unusual, and untranslatable words, transforming them into playful inspiration for extraordinary writing.
Instructor: Holly Day. Learn how to compile a bibliography from sources including online and physical collections of newspaper archives, library special collections, photo banks, and more, with info on tracing source material and tips for staying organized.
Instructor: Mayur Chauhan. This generative class includes writing exercises, telling jokes in a highly supportive environment, adapting jokes into short humor pieces for humor publications, and more.
Instructor: Jennifer (JP) Perrine. With in class writing and discussion, this class will demonstrate how drawing on constraints such as lipograms, acrostics, erasures, and collage, can create movement and a bounty of possibilities.
Instructor: Joanna Acevedo. In this course, learn how to solicit, research, and prepare for interviews, to gather vital information for your own stories, essays, journalistic pieces, and more.
Instructor: Natasha Moni. Learn from a former editor and author how to examine and respond to rejections and strategize for publication success.
Instructor: Kimberly Lee. In this workshop, we'll engage with structured journaling techniques to clarify and organize thoughts while inspiring ideas for writing projects and managing stress.
This asynchronous course features online workbooks, including ten essential templates in Word and Excel to kickstart your writing life, and resources professional writers use to get published.
Through guided and practical exercises, this course will give you the confidence to turn your art into a long-term, successful business.
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