Hugo Literary Series
Please join us for the fourth season of the Hugo Literary Series: four evenings of risk and reward, featuring brave new writing commissioned by Hugo House from some of the most exciting local and national writers and musicians working today.
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Under the Influence on October 15, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. with Nancy Rawles, Ed Skoog and Jess Walter. New music by The Board of Education.
Mother Knows Best on November 19, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. with David Lasky, Stacey Levine and Laureen Weedman. New music by Zoe Muth.
Brief Encounters on February 18, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. with Laura Love, Macklemore and Jason Dodson of The Maldives. New words by Matthew Simmons.
Born in the U.S.A. on March 18, 2011, 7:30 p.m. with Alan Chong Lau, Victor LaValle and Debra Magpie Earling. New music by Khingz.
Series passes and individual tickets are on sale beginning Monday, August 16.
About
Tickets
Event Information
Classes
New Works Competition
Youth New Works Competition
About the Hugo Literary Series
Beginning in October 2007, the Hugo Literary Series sits at the core of Hugo House's commitment to foster new writing. The series consists of four events per season, with each event featuring three writers and a songwriter or band, all commissioned to create new writing and songs from a theme and writing prompt cooked up by Hugo House's staff.
The nights are collages of unexpected styles and different points of view, and the writers and musicians are encouraged to work without a sense of obligation, censorship or stylistic frame. No one at Hugo House sees the work before it is read or sung at each event.
At the Hugo Literary Series, you will meet writers willing to take risks, to work without the safety net of editors, publishers or reviewers affirming the work before they stand in front of an audience and read it aloud. They are writers who share the exhilaration of creating something new and sharing it with an audience for the first time before the work appears in a book, between the glossy covers of a magazine or within the shrink wrap of a compact disc.
Tickets
Series passes and individual tickets go on sale Monday, August 16. Series passes are $80, $70 for Richard Hugo House members and $50 for students and seniors.
Individual tickets for Under the Influence and Mother Knows Best are $25, $20 for members and $15 for students and seniors.
Single tickets for Brief Encounters and Born in the U.S.A. will go on sale in late November, 2010.
Event Information
All Hugo Literary Series events occur on Friday nights in Richard Hugo House's Theater, and each is followed by a party with food and drink. Books are for sale by Elliott Bay Book Company, and authors are available for book signings.
Classes
Classes from guest authors are held on Saturdays following each Friday evening event. Classes require a separate registration. For more information about classes, you may view our online catalog, or contact our registrar at registrar@hugohouse.org or by calling (206) 322-7030.
New Works Competition
As part of the Hugo Literary Series, Richard Hugo House seeks previously unpublished poems, short stories, personal essays or plays, of no more than 1500 words. The theme is Born in the U.S.A., and the winner will receive $500 and an invitation to read at the final Hugo Literary Series event on March 18, 2011 alongside authors Alan Cong Lau, Victor LaValle and Debra Magpie Earling. Entries must be received by January 10, 2011.
More info here.
Youth New Works Competition
As part of the Hugo Literary Series, Richard Hugo House seeks poems, short stories or personal essays of no more than 1000 words from students currently enrolled in grades 9-12. The theme is Brief Encounters, and the winner will receive $100 and an invitation to read at the third Hugo Literary Series event on February 18, 2011 at Richard Hugo House alongside musicians Jason Dodson of The Maldives, Laura Love and Macklemore and novelist Matthew Simmons.
More info here.
