“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting over and over announcing your place in the family of things.” -Mary Oliver Writing can and should be a means to connecting to our most humanly unique selves, and this workshop […]
Please join us for our warm and welcoming Open Write Nights, recurring monthly on the Second Saturday of each month. This group will take place in HYBRID FORM, meaning that there will participants in person at HVWC as well as joining on the big screen via Zoom. Your hosts Michelle Thomas and Cassie Cartaginese will […]
We are excited to hold Open Mic Night in hybrid form, both in-person at HVWC and virtually! Physical and virtual doors open at 7:20 pm for event starting at 7:30 pm. Due to popular demand to participate, we’ve had to limit the amount of readers to 20. All performers, whether “in person” or on Zoom, […]
Join Jennifer Franklin & Lauren Acampora as they welcome Sandra Newman (Julia) & Ed Park (Same Bed Different Dreams) for a reading and conversation about their acclaimed novels. Sandra Newman is the author of the novels The Men, The Heavens (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), and The Country of Ice Cream […]
Writing with Oven Mitts: Nurturing the Creative Spark of the Writer/Mother Writing and motherhood are courageous acts of creation, requiring patience, love, dedication, and faith. But too often the demands of parenting compete with the urge for self-expression, leaving writer/mothers adrift, blocked, and disheartened. This course is designed to rekindle that creative spark by empowering […]
Please join the Slapering Hol Press co-editors as they welcome the 2023 Chapbook Contest winner Russell Karrick. He will be joined by his mentor, Renée Ashley, for a reading and Q&A about the process of putting together a first collection. Karrick and Ashley will be reading live and in-person at the Hudson Valley Writers Center […]
World Building 101 July 8-12 9:15am-1pm Do you love reading adventure books with fantastical settings and magical elements? Have you ever wanted to write a story set in a place you’ve never been? Through this workshop, students will understand the layout of the land within their stories, no matter what genre. We will take a […]
World Building 101 July 8-12 9:15am-1pm Do you love reading adventure books with fantastical settings and magical elements? Have you ever wanted to write a story set in a place you’ve never been? Through this workshop, students will understand the layout of the land within their stories, no matter what genre. We will take a […]
World Building 101 July 8-12 9:15am-1pm Do you love reading adventure books with fantastical settings and magical elements? Have you ever wanted to write a story set in a place you’ve never been? Through this workshop, students will understand the layout of the land within their stories, no matter what genre. We will take a […]
World Building 101 July 8-12 9:15am-1pm Do you love reading adventure books with fantastical settings and magical elements? Have you ever wanted to write a story set in a place you’ve never been? Through this workshop, students will understand the layout of the land within their stories, no matter what genre. We will take a […]
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