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Writing Alongside Alice Notley

This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill.  Alice Notley is one of the most influential poets of the past fifty years. Feminist, visionary, and defiantly, radically experimental,

Yearlong in Playwriting

This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. This is your cue. If you’ve ever dreamt of writing for the stage—but didn’t know where to begin, how

Fiction I (Asynchronous)

Every writer begins in the same place: with an idea they love and the quiet fear that it won’t come out right on the page. But don’t worry. Fiction I is here to bridge that gap and give you a solid foundation in craft that

Advanced Memoir Intensive

This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. Memoir is more than just what happened—it’s personal history, shaped into art. This 20-week intensive is for writers ready

Fiction III

This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. This is where the work gets deeper—and your voice gets sharper. In this ten-week advanced fiction class, we’ll focus

Engaging Your Ancestors Intensive

This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill.  “I move because my mother moved, because my grandmother moved. Their steps are inside me, their rhythms are in

Reconnecting With Your Inner Artist

This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill.  Once upon a time, you made things simply because you wanted to: drawings in the margins, stories with no

The Art of the Personal Essay

In this six-week course, we’ll explore how to turn lived experience into writing that stays with its reader. Through close reading, guided reflection, and generative prompts, we’ll study how personal essays take shape—from flashes