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.
Events Calendar

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.
In this Word Works craft talk, Mark Doty will read and discuss a small group of poems that engage with their subjects artfully, and offer a portrait of the perceiver as well as what’s perceived. He will be joined in conversation by Joshua Wilkinson.
Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for adults of all ages and genres of writing. Designed for all writers, this group supports poets as well those working in other genres.
Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by rotating teachers, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by rotating teachers, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
In this Word Works craft talk, Mark Doty will read and discuss a small group of poems that engage with their subjects artfully, and offer a portrait of the perceiver as well as what’s perceived. He will be joined in conversation by Joshua Wilkinson.
Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by rotating teachers, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by rotating teachers, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
Page Meets Stage, an 18-year-old poetry series that has been called “where the Pulitzer Prize meets the poetry slam" takes the Hugo House stage during AWP. This event is open to the public and does not require AWP Conference & Bookfair registration.
Write Bloody Publishing takes over Hugo House for an evening of poetry and dancing during AWP. This event is open to the public and does not require AWP Conference & Bookfair registration.
Celebrate the ingenious work of award winning and acclaimed Indigenous writers and storytellers in one spectacular night during AWP. This event is open to the public and does not require AWP Conference & Bookfair registration.
Hugo House Fellows from both the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 cohorts will take the stage together, followed by a karaoke party! This event is open to the public and does not require AWP Conference & Bookfair registration.
Let loose after AWP with a late-night karaoke party of parody songs about being a writer, sung by writers. This event is open to the public and does not require AWP Conference & Bookfair registration.
Zoeglossia and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU take the Hugo House stage for an evening of disability poetry and poetics. This event is open to the public and does not require AWP Conference & Bookfair registration.
Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by rotating teachers, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
In this Word Works craft talk, Elaine Castillo will explore how we read, how we have been taught to read, and what any of that have to do with notions like resistance, or indeed revolution. She will be joined in conversation by Jen Soriano.
Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by rotating teachers, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
In this Word Works craft talk, Bethany C. Morrow will discuss how integral a stage of her writing process thinking about writing has been, and why she thinks it can combat (the possible misnomer) "writer's block." She will be joined in conversation by Nisi Shawl.
Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by rotating teachers, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
In this Word Works craft talk, Jonathan Escoffery will provide strategies for engaging readers, and discuss examples from the works of well-loved authors, as well as his own stories. He will be joined in conversation by Juan Carlos Reyes.