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COVID-19: Updates
While our building is closed indefinitely in support of COVID-19 health directives, the spirit of Hugo House is alive and kicking. We’re excited to offer our writing classes and other programming via the live-streaming software Zoom. It’s a silver-lining in a difficult time.
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Register for a Creative Writing Class
Join us this spring for in one of nearly 100 writing classes—in fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, reading, the writing life, and more—for writers of all levels.
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Scholarships for Spring classes are open.
We offer need-based scholarships every quarter; Spring applications are accepted on a rolling basis. If you have questions about the process, please email registrar@hugohouse.org.
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Apply for the Hugo Fellowship
The Hugo Fellowship supports emerging writers, providing space and resources to fellows in the Seattle area to complete a proposed project.
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Scribes Summer Writing Camps are open for registration!
Teens find community and voice at Scribes, our summer camp program that includes instruction from published writers, field trips, and more.
Hugo House is for writers
A place to read words, hear words, and make your own words better. We provide classes, events, and fellowships for emerging and established writers.
Register Now For Classes
Our Spring Catalog is online here!
- Becoming American: Journeys to and in America with Annie Nguyen: Read and discuss four powerful narratives about coming to America.
- Critique, Polish, Send! with Emily Warn: This class offers deep, close readings of your poems with the goal of seeing them in print.
- The Alchemy of Memory with Carolyne Wright: Turn your memories, observations, and insights into story.
- Anatomy of a Sentence with Tara Atkinson: Explore what makes great sentences tick.
More info is available in our online class catalog.
From The House
Zoom Classes: Frequently Asked Questions
Posted Thu, 3/26/2020
by Katie PrinceNever taken a class using Zoom before? Don’t worry! We’re here to help. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the questions we get asked most frequently about using Zoom. If…
Happy Divorce! How to separate sound from meaning in poetry by Erica Sklar
Posted Fri, 2/28/2020
by Guest ContributorDivorcing ourselves from meaning in writing can feel impossible. We get lost in our narratives and our characters, in the metaphors we’re creating and the incredible dialogue that we just…
COVID-19: FAQs and Information
Posted Wed, 3/4/2020
by Katie PrinceUpdate: March 12, 2020 Dear friends of Hugo House, Over the past week, we have been trying to keep our doors open because we know Hugo House provides a source…