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Seattle Arts & Lectures Presents: Local Voices

Hugo House welcomes back Local Voices, our monthly reading series in celebration of the brilliance of Seattle Arts & Lectures' Writers in the Schools (WITS) cohort.This event will showcase work from Amy Hirayama, Clara Olivo, Greg Stump, Ann Teplick, and Acca Warren. These acclaimed creative powerhouses come together to read from their own works-in-progress, inspiring

Free

Community Write-In with Darien Hsu Gee

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Join writers from across the country and around the world every Thursday evening and get your words flowing in community! Our instructors rotate on a monthly basis to bring you an array of writing prompts and ideas. After a healthy dose of inspiration, you’ll get time to write and the opportunity to connect with other

Free

UW Castalia MFA Program Presents: Monthly Readings

Hugo House welcomes back Castalia—University of Washington MFA program's monthly reading series featuring graduate students, faculty, and alumni. Showcasing published and unpublished drafts of work by authors from a variety of disciplines, professional backgrounds, and age demographics, Castalia offers authors a platform for community reading while putting their work in conversation with other voices, styles,

Free

Community Write-In with Marguerite Harrold

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Join writers from across the country and around the world every Thursday evening and get your words flowing in community! Our instructors rotate on a monthly basis to bring you an array of writing prompts and ideas. After a healthy dose of inspiration, you’ll get time to write and the opportunity to connect with other

Free

Write-O-Rama Spring 2023

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Write-O-Rama is your chance to try out several workshops offered by Hugo House teachers all in one writing-packed day! Sample Hugo House classes, meet our teachers, and try out genres and topics outside your purview without the pressure of registering for a full class.Event Overview This Write-O-Rama will be held virtually on Zoom. Over the course

$60.00 – $100.00

Works in Progress (Virtual)

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Works in Progress is Hugo House's semi-monthly 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!We are actively cultivating a low-pressure, welcoming environment for readers and guests of all skill levels and literary experience. We especially encourage BIPOC,

Free

Community Write-In with Marguerite Harrold

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

Join writers from across the country and around the world every Thursday evening and get your words flowing in community! Our instructors rotate on a monthly basis to bring you an array of writing prompts and ideas. After a healthy dose of inspiration, you’ll get time to write and the opportunity to connect with other

Free

Works in Progress (In-Person)

Works in Progress is Hugo House's semi-monthly 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! We are actively cultivating a low-pressure, welcoming environment for readers and guests of all skill levels and literary experience. We especially encourage BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+,

Free

Write with Hugo House with Alma García

Our mission during this time of distraction, artistic fatigue, and social isolation is to create a regular time and space for writers to write and to meet each other. In this group, writers introduce themselves and are provided optional fiction, poetry and nonfiction prompts to work on for 60-70 minutes of sustained silent writing time,

Write with Hugo House with Jeanine Walker

1634 11th Ave., Seattle, WA, United States

In this group, we’ll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts. The session will begin with introductions and a short warm-up, after which we’ll read two separate poems and write in response to those. At times writers will be invited to create community through sharing words or ideas with other writers in small groups. Attendees

Free

The Poet Speaks Workshop: African Oral Traditions

Hugo House welcomes Amanda Eke, Nigerian American Broadcast Journalist/Anchor, Artist, Spoken Word Poet, Film-Maker, and Educator, to the main stage as part of her touring workshop series, "The Poet Speaks.” This workshop invites audiences to learn from and engage with Nigerian and Igbo oral traditions of rhyme and verse. Amanda will guide participants to explore

Free

Write with Hugo House with Miz Floes

All meetings take place in-person at The Seattle Public Library Douglass-Truth Branch. View their calendar here.No pre-registration is required, sign-up at the library takes place day of the event and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited due to classroom size. The library does not require masks though they are strongly recommended, and free