A Reading with Bonni Brodnick (in person at HVWC) Please join us in person at the Hudson Valley Writers Center as we feature Bonni Brodnick reading from her new work, My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery, in conversation with HWVC’s beloved mem... More »
Submission Sundays is a free service to members of HVWC. Space is limited so please reserve your spot. This group will meet online via Zoom. The host will email the Zoom link the day of the event. One Sunday a month, 12:30-2:30 pm. Join host Anne Graue for... More »
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 ... More »
Let’s Make a Play! With Serrena Norr August 11-15, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Grades 5-8 Students will learn how to develop their very own 10-minute play in our immersive playwriting camp. Starting from idea to a full play, the class includes a discussion abo... More »
Zines: DIY Storytelling & Art with Erwin Ong August 18-22, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Grades 5-8 In this workshop, students will explore the exciting world of zines—mini self-published books filled with stories, comics, poetry, artwork, or whatever sparks their... More »
New Kid, New You: Writing the Graphic Novel You’ve Always Dreamed About with Lily Andrews August 11-15, 2025 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Grades 5-8 Students will be instructed in the basics of graphic novel format including gutters, speech bubbles, thought bubbles... More »
Wishes, Lies & Dreams: a Poetry Camp with Lily Andrews August 4-8, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Grades 3-5) In this exciting poetry and collage workshop, students will draft poems in a variety of different forms and styles and choose 5-10 poems (theirs and s... More »
StorybookCrafting Workshop with Jason Edwards August 4-8, 2025, 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM Grades 3-5 Kids create their own story book using simple storytelling and illustration techniques. In these storycrafting lessons/illustration tutorials, they design characters, ... More »
Theatre, Improv, and Play! with Misty Yarnall July 21-25, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Grades 5-8 Through movement-based improv games and collaborative writing prompts, students will gain a better understanding of how plays go from the page to the stage. We will... More »
ComicCrafting 101 with Jason Edwards July 28th- August 1, 2025 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Grades 3-5) In this story writing and illustration workshop, kids learn how to produce distinctive characters, structure and outline plots, and practice illustration techniqu... More »
Let’s Make a Play! with Serrena Norr July 29- August 1, 2025 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Grades 3-5 Students will learn how to develop their very own 10-minute play in our immersive playwriting camp. Starting from idea to a full play, the class includes a discuss... More »
Fiction Fun! with Misty Yarnall July 14-18, 2025 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Grades 5-8 Have you always wanted to write stories? Or written so many stories and don’t know what to do with them? This workshop provides young writers a space to bring forth their creativit... More »
Teen TV Writers Room Sunday, July 13, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM Have you ever wondered how your favorite TV show got to the screen? Want to try your hand at writing a script made for TV? In this camp you will learn techniques to writing screenplays and collaborate wi... More »
Please join us for the 2024 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Contest Winner Jemma Leigh Roe as she reads from her new book Running with the Hare, along with along with Aaron Caycedo-Kimura & Sally Bliumis Dunn. This reading will be held in person at the Hudson Val... More »
The Hudson Valley Writers Center is proud to present a monthly craft series featuring five award-winning poets & beloved professors. Each poet will share the insights about craft that they have gleaned from decades of devoting themselves to studying the art of... More »
Celebrate the release of Amy Small-McKinney’s new book, & You Think It Ends! She will read her work along with poets Ethel Rackin, Sean Singer, Michael Waters, and Eleanor Wilner. More »
Poetry of the Wild is an environmental art project created by Ana Flores that has travelled throughout the United States since 2003. The core of the project is focused on the creation of poetry boxes made by the community and then installed as a trail through ... More »
Please join us for our warm and welcoming Open Write Nights, recurring monthly. Your hosts Cassie Cartaginese and Cassie Valencia will facilitate an evening of generative writing, story swapping and community building. April’s Open Write will take place the FI... More »
Submission Sundays is a free service to members of HVWC. Space is limited so please reserve your spot. This group will meet online via Zoom. The host will email the Zoom link the day of the event. One Sunday a month, 12:30-2:30 pm. Join host Anne Graue for... More »
Join author Howard Meyer in discussion of his book, Raising the Ground, Lowering the Sky. About the Book: This memoir offers a deeply personal and honest account of growing up in a family shaped by mental illness, navigating the chaos of a father’s Bipolar I... More »
