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, youâll get time to write and the opportunity to connect with other
Early career writers often assume that readersâ interest and attention are a given, while, in truth, readers have limited amounts of either to spare. To meet this challenge, writers can employ a number of techniques to communicate that their stories will pay off and ultimately be worth readersâ precious time. Jonathan Escoffery will provide strategies
Works in Progress is Hugo House's semi-monthly open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your workâpoetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and moreâand 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+,
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,
About Write with Hugo House (in partnership with the Seattle Public Library)Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for all ages and genres of writing. Bring something youâre working on, or just come ready to write. You will have the opportunity to share your work and get feedbackâbut only if you want
Write Time for Teens is a free drop-in writing circle for creative writing teens ages 13-19. We welcome young writers to explore a variety of writing genres and techniques, flex and perfect their skills, and celebrate their work in community with their fellow artists! All sessions are facilitated by a published writer and experienced youth educator. Virtual Write
Since 1997, Stage Fright has been the place for youth to share fiction, poetry, journals, songs, comedy routines, art, and more. If you have a piece of writing and want to share it in front of an audience, share it at Stage Fright! If you have a piece of writing and arenât sure whether you
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, youâll get time to write and the opportunity to connect with other
Join Hugo House in welcoming back CastaliaâUniversity 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
Join Hugo House in welcoming back SOAP and The Baker Theatre Workshop as they present 1954âThe Kings Go South.ABOUT THE PLAYThe year is 1954. Should young Martin King and Coretta Scott, recently married, leave the academic world and relative peace of Boston for small-town Alabama â not far from where Coretta grew up and faced
Hugo House is partnering with KCLS to offer Write Time sessions at the Burien Library!Write Time for Teens is a free drop-in writing circle for creative writing teens ages 13-19. We welcome young writers to explore a variety of writing genres and techniques, flex and perfect their skills, and celebrate their work in community with their fellow
Extending a warm welcome to our neighbors across the lake, Hugo House is proud to host an evening of poetry and prose from the Redmond Association of Spokenword (RASP) featuring the talents of Catherine Kyle, Balin Lusby, Darren Nordlie, Kari Tai, Michael Dylan Welch, and Iz White.Drawing upon their varied lived experiences as a magician,
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, youâll get time to write and the opportunity to connect with other
Every year, Hugo House commissions new prose, poetry, and songs based on a writing prompt. During the Hugo Literary Series, authors share the results. This year, weâve decided to go with the theme re/birth to celebrate, if not the end of the pandemic, then at least some way of us living in the world with
Works in Progress is Hugo House's semi-monthly open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your workâpoetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and moreâand 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,
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