Long-time writer or just getting started? Writing an epic poem or a short story? Whoever you are and wherever your passions lie—if you want to write, there’s a Hugo House class for you. Explore our catalog and find yours.
When we say we want our classes to be for everyone, we mean it.
Instructor: Christie Valentin-Bati. This generative course examines the use of myth and folklore, including African folk hero and voodoo, as a tool of resilience, community, and grief.
Instructor: Grace Bialecki. With close readings and generative exercises, this class explores the poems from American Journal: Poems for Our Time.
Instructor: Noah Zanella. In this generative seminar, we will look at the role of the quotidian in poetry and prose from a selection of queer writers and write our own pieces exploring the potential of the everyday.
Instructor: Christie Valentin-Bati. This generative course examines the use of myth and folklore, including African folk hero and voodoo, as a tool of resilience, community, and grief.
Instructor: Michelle Peñaloza. During this generative writing workshop, we'll explore together the craft of collage—the literal collaging of images and forms of poetic craft.
Instructor: Rachel Werner. Overcome your writing rut with meditative journaling, goal mapping exercises, writing prompts and engaging discussions, and more.
Instructor: Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet. In this class, we'll use discussion, close reading, and writing exercises to explore the many possibilities (and a few pitfalls) of the second person.
Instructors: Yasmine Ameli & Saba Keramati. In this interactive, generative poetry workshop all about tea, we will consider poems at the intersections of ritual and sensory experience and engage in writing prompts to explore image, memory, culture, and narrative.
Instructor: Jennifer (JP) Perrine. With in class writing and discussion, this class will demonstrate how drawing on constraints such as lipograms, acrostics, erasures, and collage, can create movement and a bounty of possibilities.
Instructors: Elizabeth Beechwood & Katherine Quevedo. Nonhuman characters bring depth to your story not achievable with human characters. This lively workshop explores not only animals but also landscapes, mythical creatures, and inanimate objects, such as toys and appliances.
Instructor: Ellen Bass. This class will focus on what Tony Hoagland calls "thingitude", examining poems that explore physical things, with a dedicated 2.5 hour writing break.
Instructor: Natasha Moni. Learn from a former editor and author how to examine and respond to rejections and strategize for publication success.
Instructor: Siwar Masannat. In this generative course, students will read and discuss poems in two or more languages, examining craft and poetic occasions, and practice poetic techniques.
Instructor: Melanie Figg. This session will introduce students to the sestina, examining "rules" and craft elements that create successful poems; with instructor insights and revision discussion, students will leave with a sestina start.
Instructor: Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet. Explore and expand the terrain of our work through the lenses of our personal aesthetic(s) and obsessions to inspire new directions, generate new work, and offer more productive and authentic feedback.
Instructor: Kimberly Lee. In this workshop, we'll engage with structured journaling techniques to clarify and organize thoughts while inspiring ideas for writing projects and managing stress.
Instructor: Joe Wilkins. From chain restaurants to cross-country travel, learn to harness the power of place, including its force on communities, in your writing.
This asynchronous course features online workbooks, including ten essential templates in Word and Excel to kickstart your writing life, and resources professional writers use to get published.
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