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Upcoming Readings: January 2024

* Thurs January 18th (in person), 7:00-8:30pm

Kevin Craft & Friends (Book Launch for Traverse) at Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum (93 Pike St #307, Seattle, WA). Free & all ages.

Featured Readers: Katharine Ogle, Rebecca Hoogs, Jason Whitmarsh, Sierra Nelson, & Kevin Craft; Chris Haugen (Guitar).

* Tues January 23rd (in person), 7:00 pm 

Cascadia Field Guide Reading at 3rd Place Books Seward Park (5041 Wilson Ave S., Seattle, WA). Free & all ages.

Featured Readers: Betsy Aoki, Christianne Balk, Kevin Craft, Laura Da', Kathleen Flenniken, Rebecca Hoogs, Robert Lashley, Claudia Castro Luna, Shankar Narayan, Sierra Nelson, Christianne Balk, & Martha Silano. 

#cascadiaguide #cascadia field guide #readings #2024 #January 2024 #poetry reading #thirdplacebooks #Seward park #folio seattle #seattle #poetry #Sierra Nelson #Kevin Craft #Martha Silano

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Winter Solstice Conjuring Cabaret

Dec 21st (in person), starting 9:00 pm, Winter Solstice Conjuring Cabaret at The Rendezvous (2322 2nd Ave, Seattle), with Anna Oxygen, Erin Jorgensen, Rachel Kessler & Sierra Nelson / Vis-a-Vis Society, Miwa Matreyek, Emily Nokes, Emcee Betsy B.

#Anna oxygen #erin Jorgensen #Rachel Kessler #Emily Nokes #miwa matreyek #Sierra Nelson #Vis-a-Vis Society

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Readings

MURMURATIONS Nov. 29th, 2023 (in person & online), 7pm, Murmurations: WITS Teaching Artists Reading, at Common Area Maintenance (CAM), 2125 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA.  Free & all ages. More info & to watch: https://lectures.org/event/murmurations-11-29-23/ & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slh3Re46yS8

CASCADIA FIELD GUIDE READING (Seattle) Jan. 23rd, 2024 (in person), 7pm, Cascadia Field Guide Reading, at 3rd Place Books - Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S., Seattle, WA. Free & all ages. Featured Readers: Betsy Aoki, Kevin Craft, Laura Da', Kathleen Flenniken, Rebecca Hoogs, Robert Lashley, Claudia Castro Luna, Shankar Narayan, Sierra Nelson, Christianne Balk, and Martha Silano. 

#sierra nelson #poetry #reading #fall #winter #SALmurmurations #CAM #common area maintenance #Karen Finneyfrock #David lasky #Jay Aquinas Thompson #Cascadia field guide #cascadiaguide #2023 #2024 #3rd place books #Seward park #belltown #Seattle #WITS #writers in the schools

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"A Year with the Moon: Creation, Workshop, Chapbook" Class Fall to Spring

A Year with the Moon: Creation, Workshop, Chapbook with instructor Sierra Nelson. Weekly creative writing circle inspired by and infused with the Moon, meeting Online Oct 2nd to June 17th, Mondays 5:00-7:00 p.m. PST. Fall - generative prompts, Winter - workshops & continued generative writing, Spring - chapbook making & sharing. Plus guest artist visits! Open to all genres. Registration open now via Hugo House.

Let the moon help you connect to your own creative process!

#hugohouse #moon #moon class #sierra nelson #generative #workshop #chapbook #chapbook making #creative writing #creative writing class #poetry #reading #2023 #2024 #fall #winter #spring #year-long #year-long class

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Register now: Generative writing class inspired by the Cascadia Field Guide (Saturdays in August, Online)

For more info & to register:  https://hugohouse.org/product/writing-with-the-cascadia-field-guide/ 

Writing with the Cascadia Field Guide, with instructor Sierra Nelson

Class Description: Dive into the poems, art, and naturalist insights in Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry — learning about fascinating creatures and plants living in "Cascadia" (the bioregion stretching from Alaska to California, land and ocean). Then we'll generate our own writing (open to any genre) using in-class prompts inspired by the readings and diverse authors. Your own writing can connect to any ecosystem; you don't have to live in Cascadia. You'll leave this class with deepened wonder, new drafts, and a reinvigorated creative process. 

Discount code offered for book purchase. 

Term: Summer 2023

Start Date: August 5, 2023

End Date: August 26, 2023

Day of Week: Saturday

Time: 1:10pm - 3:10pm PT 

Level: Open to all levels

Audience: Adult

Location: Online (via Zoom) 

#sierra nelson #hugo house #cascadia field guide #poetry #ecology #art #cascadia #generative class #writing class #creative writing #nature #creatures #plants #sea creatures

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Poetic Peepshow w/ Nicelle Davis 7/7 3:30pm PST Online

To register for the Zoom Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetic-peepshow-poets-expose-one-g-rated-part-of-the-body-poetically-tickets-654393958947?aff=oddtdtcreator 

#Nicelle Davis #poetry #reading #body poems #body #poetic #sierra nelson

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Cascadia Field Guide Reading 6/20, 7pm at Seattle Library Downtown; registration open for Cascadia-inspired HH class

Cascadia Field Guide: Ecology, Poetry, & Art Reading 

Tuesday, June 20, 7 pm Location: Seattle Public Library - Central Branch (Downtown), 1000 4th Ave, Seattle, WA

Cascadia Field Guide reading and celebration with readers: Lyanda Fern Lynn Haupt, Claudia Castro Luna, Sarah Van Sanden, Derek Sheffield (editor), Allen Braden, Betsy Aoki, Erin Fox, Martha Silano, and Sierra Nelson. 

Free & all ages.

For more info: https://www.spl.org/event-calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D166918278 

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Summer class registrations now open for Hugo House Class: Writing with the Cascadia Field Guide with instructor: Sierra Nelson

Dates: Saturdays in August (Aug 5th to Aug 26th), 4 sessions total

Time: 1:10-3:10 p.m. Pacific 

Where: ONLINE via Zoom

Class Description: Dive into the poems and naturalist insights in Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry—learning about fascinating creatures and plants living in “Cascadia” (Alaska to California, land and ocean). Then we’ll generate our own writing (open to any genre) using in-class prompts inspired by the readings and diverse authors. Your writing can connect to any ecosystem; you don’t have to live in Cascadia. You’ll leave this class with deepened wonder, new drafts, and a reinvigorated creative process. (Open to all levels of previous experience.)

To register: https://hugohouse.org/product/writing-with-the-cascadia-field-guide/  

#cascadia field guide #mountaineer books #spl #reading #ecology #poetry #art #Poetry Reading #free #june #2023

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Online Poetry Reading w/ Nicelle Davis & friends (7/7), free workshop 6/30

ONLINE POETRY READING 

Friday, July 7 at 3:30-5:00 PM Pacific (free, online)

A Poetic Peepshow Reading in celebration of the debut of Nicelle Davis’s newest book The Language of Fractions. In this reading, Nicelle and guest readers (including Annette Schiebout, Aruni Wijesinghe, Peggy Dobreer, Alison Turner, Armine Iknadossian, Shelly Holder, Sierra Nelson, Victoria McCoy, Suzanne Lummis, and others) will read new and favorite poems in celebration of the body and its (G-rated) naked parts. 

Register for the ONLINE READING: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetic-peepshow-poets-expose-one-g-rated-part-of-the-body-poetically-tickets-654393958947?aff=oddtdtcreator

FREE WRITING WORKSHOP

Friday June 30th, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Pacific (free, online)

For this Free Workshop lead by Nicelle Davis inspired by “Poetic Peepshow” and her forthcoming book, the focus will be on specific body parts (G rated) and nakedness. For example, what is a naked finger? Or what is a naked elbow? What is a naked big toe? We will play with the idea of emotional nakedness versus actual nudity. 1 Hour workshop will include: • 3 Writing Prompts • Dedicated time to write. • Time to share our writing.

Register for the ONLINE WORKSHOP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetic-peepshow-tickets-654365433627?aff=oddtdtcreator 

#Nicelle Davis #poetry reading #workshop #online reading #online class #sierra nelson

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Summer Creative Writing Camps for Youth (in person)

* Creative Writing Scribes for 7th-8th Graders: 

Dates: July 17th - July 21st 

Time: 10am - 3pm

Location: In Person at Hugo House (1634 11th Ave, Seattle, WA) 

Instructors: Cassidy Dyce & Sierra Nelson

Description: Creative writing encompasses a wide range of storytelling genres, from fantasy to poetry, memoir to playwriting, and everything in between, including cross-genre and hybrid forms. In this exploratory camp, students will engage with artistic activities, embark on field trips in-person and virtually, and write to creative prompts all designed to ignite their imaginations. The week will culminate with a reading and/or presentation of student work.

This camp is for students entering 7th-8th grade in Fall 2023 and will take place in-person at our facility in Capitol Hill. 

More info & to register: https://hugohouse.org/product/creative-writing-scribes-for-7-8th-grade-2/

* Creative Writing Scribes at Bellevue Arts Museum for 9th-12th Graders

Dates: Aug 21st - Aug 25th

Time: 10am - 3pm

Location: In Person at the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM, 510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA)

Instructors: Meredith Arena & Sierra Nelson

Description: In this camp, a partnership between Hugo House and the Bellevue Arts Museum, students will explore exhibits and materials at BAM, participate in artistic activities, and write to prompts inspired by BAM's collections. Students will write in a range of creative writing genres, from fantasy and poetry, memoir to playwriting, and everything in between, including cross-genre and hybrid forms. The week will culminate with a reading and/or presentation of student work.

This camp is for students entering 9th-12th grade in Fall 2023 and will take place in-person at the Bellevue Arts Museum. 

More info & to register:   https://hugohouse.org/product/creative-writing-scribes-at-the-bellevue-art-museum-for-9-12th-grade/ 

NOTE: All Scribes Summer camps are offered sliding scale. Scholarships are also available by filling out a scholarship application. Questions? Please email [email protected]

#hugo house #sierra nelson #cassidy dyce #meredith arena #summer camp #creative writing #creative writing camp #seattle #bellevue #literary #youth #high school #middle school #teens #scribes #scribes 2023 #2023

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https://hugohouse.org/product/writing-with-the-cascadia-field-guide/

#cascadiaguide #cascadia field guide #sierra nelson #hugo house #online class #generative #poetry #creative writing #creative writing class #nonfiction #ecology #art #Environmental Writing

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HH SUMMER CLASS Online:  Cascadia Field Guide

Class: Writing with the Cascadia Field Guide

Instructor: Sierra Nelson Class Description: Dive into the poems and naturalist insights in Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry—learning about fascinating creatures and plants living in "Cascadia" (Alaska to California, land and ocean). Then we'll generate our own writing (open to any genre) using in-class prompts inspired by the readings and diverse authors. Your writing can connect to any ecosystem; you don't have to live in Cascadia. You'll leave this class with deepened wonder, new drafts, and a reinvigorated creative process. (Open to all levels of previous experience.) https://hugohouse.org/product/writing-with-the-cascadia-field-guide/   Dates: Saturdays in August (Aug 5th to Aug 26th), 4 sessions total

Time: 1:10-3:10 p.m. PST

Where: ONLINE via Zoom

(Discount available for purchasing the Cascadia Field Guide.) 

Hugo House Registration Dates: Jun. 5 | Scholarship Applications Due - https://hugohouse.org/scholarships/  Jun. 5 | Scholarship Donation Day (by phone only) Jun. 6 | Hugo House Member Registration opens Jun. 12 | Scholarship Applicants Notified Jun. 13 | General Registration opens Jun. 19 | Last Day of Early Bird Pricing Jul. 3–Sep. 8 | Summer quarter classes To register & for more information: https://hugohouse.org/product/writing-with-the-cascadia-field-guide/ 

Would love to see you there! 

About the Cascadia Field Guide: “Have you ever been so filled up with the wonder of a place that it wants to spill out as a song? Well, here is the songbook. I imagine walking through a forest and pausing to read these illuminating pages aloud to a listening cedar or a dipper. There are field guides that help us to see, and to name, and to know; Cascadia Field Guide does all of that and more. This is a guide to relationship, a gift in reciprocity for the gifts of the land.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass

#cascadia field guide #cascadiaguide #poetry #art #ecology #naturalist #bioregion #ecosystem #creativewriting #creative writing class #hugo house #sierra nelson

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Local Voices Reading 3/28 7pm PST @Hugo House & Online

Seattle Arts & Lectures’ Local Voices Reading featuring WITS teaching artists Samar Abulhassan, Karen Finneyfrock, David Lasky, and Sierra Nelson. Free. All ages venue. Hugo House (1634 11th Ave, Seattle). 7:00 p.m. PST. To watch online: Zoom here. 

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One DIY flyer with all the main info in one place. Hope to see you there & everywhere!

#awp23 #awpseattle #poetrynw #PoetryNW Editions #SAL #national nordic museum #poetry #readings #awpconference #AWP #bookfair #rose metal press #A Dozen Nothing #cascadiaguide #cascadia field guide #katy didden #entreriosbooks #rendezvous

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Find Me @AWP Seattle: Off-Site Readings & Bookfair Interludes

Hello dear AWP conference goers and Seattle literary friends,

In the supersaturated abundance of exciting literary happenings -- here are some events I’m taking part in and places I’ll be. Hope to see you at some (or all!).

AWP - SEATTLE: On-Site Book Signings & Off-Site Readings

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH

* OFF-SITE: 6-7 PM, @National Nordic Museum (Ballard), "Inspired by Iceland Reading" w/ Katy Didden, Sierra Nelson, Katie Prince, & Melanie Noel; All Ages venue, masks highly encouraged; Seattle Times write-up

* OFF-SITE: 8-10pm, @Pine Box (Capitol Hill), PoetryNW & SAL Present, Group Reading Featuring: Kenzie Allen, Laura Da', Lauren Hilger, James Hoch, Sasha LaPointe, Eugenia Leigh, Sierra Nelson, & Paisley Rekdal; 21+ venue 

THURSDAY, MARCH 9th

* OFF-SITE: 5-6pm, @Chop Suey (Capitol Hill), A Dozen Nothing Celebration, Group Reading featuring: Colleen Louise Barry, Mary Biddinger, Bill Carty, Jason Crawford, Nicelle Davis, Rosemarie Dombrowski, Gabriel Dozal, Emily Kendal Frey, Knox Gardner, Charles Jensen, Robert Lashley, Denis Mair, John Marshall, Trey Moody, Sierra Nelson, Shawnte Orion, Rena Priest, Lily Someson, Arianne True, Elizabeth Vignali, Lizabeth Yandel, Jason Whitmarsh; 21+ venue, masks highly encouraged.

* OFF-SITE: 6-7:30pm, @Town Hall Seattle (First Hill; entrance off Seneca), Cascadia Field Guide Book Release Celebration (Not reading, but have work in the anthology!), All Ages event, masks highly encouraged

FRIDAY, MARCH 10th

* AWP BOOKFAIR: 10-11am @ Rose Metal Press table T1328, book signing for I Take Back the Sponge Cake

* OFF-SITE: 9-10pm, @Rendezvous (Jewelbox Theater, Belltown), Vis-a-Vis Society (Rachel Kessler & Sierra Nelson) Entre Rios Press & Friends Multi-Media Reading, 21+ venue, Masks highly encouraged. Grotto stage is not ADA accessible. (Lots of great readings the whole night, 7-11pm, on 2 stages, plus food & drink available): Seattle’s Entre Ríos Books hosts Fence, Fonograf Editions, Omnidawn, and Birds LLC in the Jewel Box Theater & the Grotto. NW presses Blue Cactus and Winter Texts offer conversation and chill in the Red Velvet Lounge.  One of Seattle’s classic old-school bars— food and drink available. Fence #40 West Coast premiere! Performances by Dao Strom and the Vis-à-Vis Society. A short play by Christine Deavel. With readings by Colleen Barry, Bill Carty, Sommer Browning, Peter Burghardt, Julie Carr, Cort Day, Emily Kendal Frey, Annie Guthrie, Robert Lashley, Cameron Martin, Erin McCoy, Joyelle McSweeney, Margaret Meehan, Patrick Milian,  Lucas de Lima, Warren C. Longmire, Sawako Nakayasu, Hilary Plum, Kimberly Reyes, Steven Rood, Jess Stark, Rodrigo Toscanao, Zoe Tuck, Maw Shein Win, Haines Whitacre, and Deborah Woodard w/ Peter Nelson-King.) 

SATURDAY MARCH 11th

* AWP BOOKFAIR: 12-1pm @ Poetry Northwest table 1311, book signing for The Lachrymose Report

*  AWP BOOKFAIR: 9-11am & 3-5pm @ Seattle Arts & Lectures table 805 

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Wed 3/8 6pm: Inspired by Iceland Reading w/ Katie Prince, Katy Kidden, Melanie Noel, & Sierra Nelson @National Nordic Museum (Ballard)

Wed 3/8 8pm AWP Welcome Party & Reading Hosted by Poetry NW & Seattle Arts & Lectures @The Pine Box (Capitol Hill) 

Thurs 3/9 5pm A Dozen Nothing Reading @Chop Suey (Capitol Hill)

Thurs 3/9 6pm Cascadia Field Guide Launch Party @Town Hall Seattle (First Hill) 

Friday 3/10 7-11pm Rendezvous: a Seattle AWP Offsite @Rendezvous (Belltown) w/ Entre Rios Press, Fence, Fonograf Ed, Omnidawn, Birds LLC, Blue Cactus, Winter Texts readings (Vis-a-Vis Society performs 9-10pm in Jewelbox Theater, w/ some solo Rachel Kesler & Sierra Nelson work as well) 

#AWP Seattle #awp2023 #Poetry Northwest #seattle arts & lectures #salAwp #cascadia field guide #cascadia #mountaineers #adozennothing #Nordic Museum #sierra nelson #katy didden #katie prince #melanie noel #cascadiaguide #awpseattle #entre rios #Vis-a-Vis Society

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Giving Tues: Support PiP (Partners in Print)!

I know there are many organizations worthy of your support— but I hope you’ll consider making a donation to the talented and dedicated letterpress artists of Partners in Print, who are the hands-on creative brilliance behind the Words of Courage project (which is very dear to my heart!) -- in addition to their other community printing and education projects. Any donation amount is meaningful, and you can donate at anytime -- but leading up to this Giving Tuesday (11/29) there’s a special early giving match: the first $2500 in donations will be doubled! Donations are tax deductible, and you can donate here: https://partnersinprint.org/donate/ 

Why I Love PiP: For the past 12 years the letterpress artists of Partners in Print have volunteered their time to make stunningly beautiful, hand-printed broadsides of poems written by kids at Seattle Children’s Hospital — my students, and fellow teaching writer Ann Teplick’s students, who we get to write with at the hospital via Seattle Arts & Lectures’ WITS program. The students and families receive broadsides of their poem plus the year’s whole “Words of Courage” portfolio set to keep (totally free!), and the broadsides are also displayed throughout Seattle during the year to further celebrate these powerful youth writers (including a selection within the hospital, at Seattle Arts & Lectures’ events, Jack Straw Cultural Center, and on tour through Seattle Public Libraries).

You can check out the current and past sets of Words of Courage broadsides here -- and an interview on SAL’s website with me, Ann Teplick, and Jenny Wilkson of PiP talking about WITS, teaching at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and the Words of Courage project here. 

I want PiP to be able to keep doing this project forever! Thank you for your support of this meaningful project and all that PiP does in the community! 

#PiP #partners in print #words of courage #broadsides #poetry #WITS #artist #poets #youth #hospital

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Generative Creative Writing Class Inspired by Colors - Winter 2023 - Online

This winter quarter at Hugo House, I’ll be offering a generative creative writing class When the Color Blue Was Born, inspired by the color spectrum and more. Open to all genres of writing and previous levels of experience, and meeting on Sundays, 1:10-3:10 p.m. PST / 4:10-6:10 EST, Online via Zoom, starting January 22nd and ending March 12th. This 8-week course that will allow us to move through the rainbow and even farther into the electromagnetic spectrum. For anyone who has taken this class previously or a variation (like Crash Course Rainbow), this will be a new and expanded syllabus, with some favorite prompts returned to anew. 🌈

More info & to register:  https://hugohouse.org/product/when-the-color-blue-was-born/ 

Winter Registration Dates:

Dec. 5 | Scholarship Donation Day (priority registration w/ donation, by phone: [phone]) Dec. 6 | Hugo House Member Registration Dec. 12 | Scholarship Applications Due - application form here. Dec. 13 | General Registration Opens Dec. 15 | Scholarship Applicants Notified Dec. 19 | Early Bird Pricing ends 

Registration continues until the class fills or the start day. All winter quarter classes begin in January. Would love to see you there!

#hugo house #creative writing #generative class #poetry #prose #nonfiction #rainbow #sierra nelson #winter quarter #2023 #colors #prism #all genres

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WITS Back-to-School Fundraiser

Celebrate Seattle Arts & Lectures’ 2022 Back-to-School Fundraiser to support Writers in the Schools (WITS) on Friday, September 30, 2022, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the The Olympic Rooftop Pavilion (within Hotel Ballard, 5th Floor). 

Please join us for a cocktail reception and literary reading to celebrate the final stretch of our fundraiser. Hear WITS Writers-in-Residence share original work and raise a glass to all we’ll help make possible for thousands of K-12 public school students in the year to come.

Availability is limited, so register now!

We will require attendees to provide proof of vaccination at this event. Masking is also encouraged for all attendees, except when actively eating or drinking. The Olympic Rooftop Pavilion features floor-to-ceiling glass walls that can open fully, dependent on weather. In the case of rain, only the double doors at the north and south entrance of the Pavilion will be open to circulate air flow.

Can’t attend our in-person celebration but still want to support WITS? Donate to the fundraiser here. 

#WITS #SAL #Sierra Nelson #september #2022 #fundraiser #writers in the schools #back to school #seattle arts & lectures