News & Announcements

Kick Off NaNoWriMo at Hugo House on Nov. 1, 1-5 p.m.

At midnight on Nov. 1, 150,000 writers from over 90 countries–poised over laptops and pads of paper, fingers itching and minds racing with plots and characters–will begin a furious adventure in fiction. By 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 30, tens of thousands of them will be novelists.

Start your writing adventure with other Wrimos at Richard Hugo House on November 1, 1-5 p.m. Coffee and tea will be provided. Bring cookies, notebooks, pens, laptops and get going. In 2008, Seattle won first place for most words written. We have a title to defend!

Sign up Now to Be a Write-O-Rama Laureate!

Beat writer’s block, get connected to our writing community and raise money for a great cause: Hugo House! Write-O-Rama laureates commit to raising at least $145 by Write-O-Rama on December 5. In return we give them access to a blog of writing prompts from our fabulous teachers, invitations to Write-O-Rama pre-parties and special prizes. To become a laureate, e-mail Leslie Leasure at development@hugohouse.org by November 1.

For more information and to read profiles of previous laureates, take a look at our Write-O-Rama laureate page.

Register for a Fall Writing Class Today!

Summer recess is over--it's back-to-school time at Richard Hugo House. This fall, we're offering more than 30 writing and reading courses with facilitated by teachers such as David Wagoner, Martin Espada, Nancy Kress and John Marshall, among many others.

Member registration begins, Tuesday, August 18 at noon, and general and online registration begins Tuesday, August 25 at noon.

To register, call (206) 322-7030. For more information about classes, please visit our online catalog.

Discuss Your Work with a Writer-in-Residence

Do you have a piece of writing that you'd like feedback on? Or would you just like to talk shop with another writer? Make an appointment with one of our writers-in-residence; novelist Ryan Boudinot, essayist Cienna Madrid or poets Karen Finneyfrock and Storme Webber.

For more information about our writers-in-residence program, please visit our Residency page.

Hugo Literary Series: Visiting Hours on Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.

The third season of the Hugo Literary Series continues with Visiting Hours on Friday, November 20, 7:30 p.m., featuring new writing commissioned by Hugo House from poet Elizabeth Austen, novelist Benjamin Parzybok and actor Matt Smith with new songs by Molly Rose.

Tickets are available now at brownpapertickets.com.

For more information about the Hugo Literary Series, complete line-ups and artist bios, visit the Literary Series page.