Jenny Harrington Lill is a writer, researcher, and advocate living on Mercer Island. She is an MFA candidate in nonfiction and literature at the Bennington Writing Seminars. Jenny is currently working on her
Mateo Bracken is a poet, librettist, and actor who splits his time between Auburn and Seattle, Washington. He was the 2023-2024 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate and currently serves as the
Thom Schramm is the author of Thorn House (Yas Press, 2025), winner of the Granite State Poetry Prize, and the poetry chapbook The Leaf Blower (Blue Cubicle Press, 2016). He
Hugo House and its many brilliant teachers welcomed me into the vast world of creative writing, encouraging me to write and challenging me to write better. The most precious gift
My first personal essay was published in fourth grade (“My Hobby is Art”), but it wasn’t my last. Having studied Creative Nonfiction with Hugo House, my writing keeps growing more
The Hugo House gift card my wife bought when I retired ignited a hidden world for me. In classes with Beth Slattery, Lisa Wells and Theo Nestor I found my
What started as a pandemic activity led to a steadfast community of writing friends and an enduring practice that brings rich meaning to all other aspects of life. Excited to
Sarah Dalton is a Latina writer, editor, and teacher. She is an alumna of VONA, Macondo, and San Jose State. Her nonfiction has appeared in [pank], MUTHA Magazine, Reed, River
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