In this series of open community forums, members of Hugo House staff will be available to talk about different programs or departments to shed light on what we do, how it works, and figure out how we can make it better. These sessions will be shaped by you—please submit questions in advance below to help

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,

Join the current Hugo House Fellows for their final reading. Nourished by arches, Fellows have themed the evening “Arch|ways” as a framework for reading their work. The 2020–21 Hugo Fellows will read from the projects they worked on during last year’s Hugo Fellowship, part of our program that provides support to emerging writers. Hear new

Writer, teacher, and former sustainable farmer Claire Boyles and acclaimed poet and essayist Camille T. Dungy discuss Claire’s stunning debut short story collection Site Fidelity, an intimate chronicle of women and families facing the challenges wrought by climate crisis and economic inequity in the American West. “For anyone who loves and grieves the West, who

Join novelist Laurie Frankel for a free one-hour writing Q&A. Laurie will offer some of her expert tips, tricks, and advice on the art and craft of writing novels—things she’s honed over the publication of her books. Come to the call with questions about your work-in-progress or for ideas about how to get started. Registration

Akwaaba is a one-person show by artist Naa Akua that takes the viewer on a personal journey into the realization that there is no complete resolve to the full healing of oneself, but always a beginning, a start to the process, and a determination. Akua creates a space of expression through poetry, sound, ritual, and

Akwaaba is a one-person show by artist Naa Akua that takes the viewer on a personal journey into the realization that there is no complete resolve to the full healing of oneself, but always a beginning, a start to the process, and a determination. Akua creates a space of expression through poetry, sound, ritual, and

Join local memoirist Peter Bacho for a free one-hour writing Q&A. Peter will offer some of his expert tips, tricks, and advice on the art and craft of writing memoir. Come to the call with questions about your work-in-progress or for ideas about how to get started. Registration is limited, so RSVP at the “Tickets”

In this series of open community forums, members of Hugo House staff will be available to talk about different programs or departments to shed light on what we do, how it works, and figure out how we can make it better. These sessions will be shaped by you—please submit questions in advance below to help

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

Join authors Kristen Millares Young, Dariel Suarez, and Christopher Romaguera as they read from their latest work to highlight the intersections between politics and migration for writers of the Cuban diaspora. Addressing cultural identity through the lens of craft, these novelists and essayists will discuss research, language, place, and familial pasts to celebrate The Playwright's