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Event Series Revision Is the Story: a six-week short story workshop with Lauren Acampora (In Person at HVWC)

Revision Is the Story: a six-week short story workshop with Lauren Acampora (In Person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

I like to think of a first draft as the block of marble we’ve dragged up from the quarry into our studio. The first draft might be roughly the size and shape of our story but without revision, we cannot bring out the unique qualities that will cause a story to leap off the page and grab a reader by the throat. In this class we will use generative exercises to create new work and lovingly workshop stories so we can […]

Fail Like a Genius: Writing Better Prose Through Minor and Major Setbacks with Kristopher Jansma (in person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

This two-hour Master Class will examine the lessons we can learn from the many failures of our greatest fiction writers. Students can generate fresh work through a series of hands-on exercises inspired by our discussions of the lost, unfinished, and just plain bad works of the authors we love most. NB: This is a two hour Master Class in Prose capped at 10 students. It will take place in person at HVWC before Kristopher’s reading with Tracy O’Neill. We hope […]

An Afternoon with Harper One Prose Writers Kris Jansma & Tracy O’Neill (In Person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Kristopher Jansma is the author of the novels Why We Came to the City and The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, the winner of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award and a Pushcart Prize, and the recipient of an honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His short fiction has been published in the Alaska Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, Story, and ZYZZYVA. His nonfiction has been published in the New York Times, The Sun, The Millions, Salon, Real Simple, The Believer, and Electric Literature. Kristopher is an associate professor of English and the director of the creative writing program at SUNY […]

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HVWC Holiday Cocktail Party (in person after Prose Reading)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Join the HVWC Staff and Board as we celebrate the holiday season. This party is free and open to our HVWC community. Complimentary wine will be available. Please consider giving a donation. Please consider coming early for the Prose Reading with Kristopher Jansma & Tracy O’Neill at 5pm.

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An Evening of New Poetry with Catherine Barnett, Malachi Black, and Ishion Hutchinson (In Person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Join Jennifer Franklin, Program Director, and Sophia Bannister, as we welcome Catherine Barnett, Malachi Black, and Ishion Hitchinson as they read from their new collections. Catherine Barnett is the author of four poetry collections, including Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space, Human Hours, winner of the Believer Book Award, and The Game of Boxes, winner of the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. She lives in New York City and teaches at NYU. Malachi Black is the author of Indirect Light, Four Way […]

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Art Night presents – Paint & Sip, Adult Paint Class (Dec 13)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

🎨 Art Night presents – Paint & Sip , Adult Paint Class 🍷 Unleash your inner artist at our Acrylic Paint Night event! Choose any of the listed Friday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Event Highlights: When: Join us any Friday night: November 8 November 22 December 13 Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Where: Hudson Valley Writers Center Cost: $45 (includes all materials and 2 glasses of wine) Each session features a different image, so feel free to attend one or all! You’ll receive two complimentary […]

Open Write (in person & via Zoom)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

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 Cassie Cartaginese and Cassie Valencia will facilitate an evening of generative writing, story swapping and community building. IN PERSON PARTICIPANTS will be required to show proof of vaccination at the time of entry. […]

Introduction to Theater Improvisation with Shannon Stowe (In Person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Using theater games and exercises from Frantic Assembly, Viola Spolin’s “Improvisation for Theater” and classic theater games, participants will be introduced to some of the basic concepts of improvisation for the theater.  No previous experience required!  While this is an introductory workshop, all levels are welcome. The skills built in improvisation are not strictly for the stage!  Skills such as confidence, boosting creativity, developing communication skills, adaptability, resilience, and embracing the unexpected are applicable in everyday life. Improvisation is more than […]

An Afternoon with New Poetry with Nicole Cooley, Karen Finley & Kimiko Hahn

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Nicole Cooley is the author of six books of poems, including Of Marriage and Girl after Girl after Girl. Her first book, Resurrection, won the Walt Whitman Award. Raised in New Orleans, Cooley is professor of English in the MFA Program for Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Queens College, CUNY, and lives outside of New York City with her family. Karen Finley is an artist, performer, and poet. Born in Chicago, she received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Finley was the named plaintiff for […]

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Event Series Revision Is the Story: a six-week short story workshop with Bethany Ball (In Person at HVWC)

Revision Is the Story: a six-week short story workshop with Bethany Ball (In Person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

I like to think of a first draft as the block of marble we’ve dragged up from the quarry into our studio. The first draft might be roughly the size and shape of our story but without revision, we cannot bring out the unique qualities that will cause a story to leap off the page and grab a reader by the throat. In this class we will use generative exercises to create new work and lovingly workshop stories so we can […]

An Afternoon of Prose with Tyler Wetherall & Krystal Anali Vazquez (in person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Tyler Wetherall is a journalist and author. Her debut novel, Amphibian, was released in 2024. Her first book, No Way Home: A Memoir of Life on the Run, came out in 2018 from St. Martin’s Press, following her childhood spent on the run with her fugitive father. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, British Vogue, The Guardian, National Geographic, LitHub, Vice, and Condé Nast Traveler, amongst others. Tyler has made appearances on podcasts and radio including BBC Outlook, Good Life Project, and Radiotopia’s Criminal. She is also the creator […]

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Event Series Revision Is the Story: a six-week short story workshop with Bethany Ball (In Person at HVWC)

Revision Is the Story: a six-week short story workshop with Bethany Ball (In Person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

I like to think of a first draft as the block of marble we’ve dragged up from the quarry into our studio. The first draft might be roughly the size and shape of our story but without revision, we cannot bring out the unique qualities that will cause a story to leap off the page and grab a reader by the throat. In this class we will use generative exercises to create new work and lovingly workshop stories so we can […]