Castalia is a monthly reading series featuring graduate students, faculty, and alumni from the University of Washington MFA program. Learn more about UW Castalia and who will be reading at this monthâs event here.
Kundiman and Hugo House present a reading showcasing local writers of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) diaspora in honor of heritage month. Featuring Betsy Aoki, Troy Osaki, Ari Laurel, and Nari Kirk with hosts Jordan Alam and Shankar Narayan, this series of poets and prose writers bring us new work after a long
Join writer, E.J. Koh, for a free one-hour Q&A. E.J. will offer some tips, tricks, and advice on the art and craft of writing a novel. Come to the call with questions about your work-in-progress or for ideas about how to get started.
Local Voices presents a unique opportunity to eavesdrop on the works of SALâs Writers in the Schools resident writers.These locally acclaimed novelists, poets, essayists, and storytellers come together to read from their own works-in-progress, and inspire the same craft and performance skills they teach in the classroom. Learn more Â»ï»żRead Hugo Houseâs current COVID safety policy for in-person
Join us for creative inspiration and fun writing projects to try! Kids Write-In is a free, weekly writing circle for elementary school-aged youth who want to write independently or with the help of an adult. In each 40-minute session, students have the opportunity to read various styles of writing, discuss these with their peers, practice
Thereâs little doubt that time has felt weird over these last two years. For this seasonâs Hugo Literary Series, twelve writers and musicians will be riffing on variations of time. For this eveningâs event, writers Charles Mudede, Adrian Matejka, Beverly Aarons, and Shaudi Bianca Vahdat started from the prompt of Rashomonâsame time, different perspectives. Time waits for no oneâsnag a ticket to
Join writers from across the country and around the world every Thursday evening and get your words flowing in community! Our best teachers rotate on a monthly basis to bring you a range of writing prompts and ideas. After a healthy dose of inspiration, youâll get time to write and the opportunity to connect with
Write Time is a writing circle for teens that takes place every Thursday from 4:30-5:30 pm PT during the school year. Want to improve your craft and learn new techniques during brief opening lessons? Bring something youâre working on and nail down your next sentence? Or simply come to share your work with other young
Join us in the Hugo House Lapis Theater for the launch of Kathryn Schulzâ national bestseller and New York Timesâ Editorsâ Choice, Lost & Found. Hailed as a âprofound meditation on grief and joy,â Lost & Found tells the story of the authorâs incalculable loss amidst finding the love of her life.Pre-order a copy of
A glowing collection of new stories from up-and-coming voices and celebrated authors alike,âŻSmall OdysseysâŻcelebrates the latest gems of contemporary short fiction. Striking and joyful, the collection elucidates the character of the current literary landscape while featuring the voices of thirty-five luminaries testing the limits of the form. Small OdysseysâŻis a celebration of the exhilarating diversity of
Works in Progress is Hugo House's semi-monthly open mic series.Held on the first and third Monday of every month at 7 pm, Works in Progress is an open mic for all writers. Read your work, meet other writers, and find out whatâs going on in the literary community. Poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, unclassified, and
Calling all writers looking to partner up! This event is for anyone looking to join a new writing group, change up the dynamics of their existing group, or those who might be wondering what a healthy and successful writing group even is. Weâll begin with some fun writing prompts and warm-up icebreakers â and then
Join us for creative inspiration and fun writing projects to try! Kids Write-In is a free, weekly writing circle for elementary school-aged youth who want to write independently or with the help of an adult. In each 40-minute session, students have the opportunity to read various styles of writing, discuss these with their peers, practice
Vanessa Hua will explore how to sharpen our writerâs gaze. In foraging, itâs a process known as âbreaking the green wallââlearning how to recognize and differentiate plants as they become specific in name and taste in our memory and imagination. Through the lens of foragingâa practice she adopted during the early days of the pandemicâand using
Join us at Stage Fright, an open mic event that gives young writers the opportunity to share poetry, fiction, journals, songs, plays, 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
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