How does a crone, elder, senior, or old woman writer coalesce a range of experiences to produce an understanding of the past, future, and the “moment”?
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Registration for Festival 2025 is open!
Join our stunning lineup of Participating Writers for a weekend to reinvigorate your writing or jumpstart a project. Join the magic on June 6, 7 & 8th. Harness the beautiful inspiration of The Catskill Mountains.
Spotlight: Bertha Rogers
A new collection by one of our founding Participating Writers Named the first Poet Laureate of Delaware County, New York, Bertha Rogers, is a poet, translator, visual artist, and master teaching artist. More than 250 of her poems and critical reviews have appeared in journals and literary magazines. She has published more than 600 poems and…
Meet the Festival 2025 Participating Writers
The Hobart Festival of Women Writers has, since 2013, celebrated and recognized women‘s literary work. We’ve brought together writers who work in all genres to read, present workshops exploring writing craft, participate in panel discussions, and sell their books. We also exhibit artwork by local women artists. Our three-day weekend dedicated to women writers is open to all readers, writers, and lovers of language. All are welcome.
Twelve Years and Counting
This fundraiser is a call to arms, but not in a military sense. It’s more like arms linking, shoulder to shoulder, to support the people and programs that make us feel connected and hopeful. We are facing a headwind, but we are not ready to quit.
Eleventh Time’s a Charm!
We had a raft of craft workshops, three public readings open to all, two panel discussions, an art exhibit entitled “Absence Is Not Empty,” and lots of books for sale.
Come To The Catskills
HFWW 2024 has a writing workshop for everybody Hobart Festival of Women Writers 2024 is June 7, 8 &9 Settle in for a weekend dedicated to literature and women writers in Hobart, NY, a village set against the panorama of the Western Catskills. Explore Hobart, the Reading Capital of New York State and home to…
Hobart Festival of Women Writers 2024
The Hobart Festival of Women Writers, now in its eleventh year, features diverse women writers leading workshops, readings, and panel discussions. Notable writers include Nancy Agabian, Breena Clarke, Cheryl Clarke, and Mary Johnson. The festival fosters conversations, workshops, and camaraderie, creating a platform for women writers to showcase their work.
Celebrating a Milestone! HFWW 2024
WE’RE CELEBRATING A MILESTONE! Hobart Festival of Women Writers has been a platform to support women writers since 2013.
A Bumper Crop of Books
Join us in the Hobart Book Village for a glorious celebration of women writers. Our writers have published a stunning variety of books. There are story collections, poems, and novels. We are pleased to promote these new publications by our 2022 authors.
Welcome Festival Participating Writers for 2022
We’re already celebrating! Spring is here and The Hobart Festival of Women Writers is returning to an in-person gathering on the weekend of September 9, 10 & 11, 2022. We’re ecstatic to be able to return to our signature weekend of celebrating the work of women writers. We’ve invited a stellar group of Participating Writers who’ve published their work in all genres and styles. They will offer workshops, will read from their work and their books will be available for purchase. Join us in the Hobart Book Village for a glorious celebration of women writers.
THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE: Finding Beauty in Life-Changing Events Through Words
In the workshop, writers will detail an event through the five senses. Though certain events may feel traumatic only, they can offer opportunities for individual growth. This workshop will begin to open the creative mind for this growth.
Hobart Festival of Women Writers 2025 