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Once again, we have launched our Indiegogo Fundraising Campaign. Each year we’ve appealed directly to The Festival’s friends, family, and colleagues to offer their support of our program. We thank you heartily for past support and ask that you once again help us to grow and thrive.

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.

Women At Work

Participating writers for Hobart Festival of Women Writers are a prolific group. We celebrate them 365 days /year. During Women’s History Month we are highlighting their recent published work in poetry, fiction, non-fiction and memoir.

Hobart Festival of Women Writers Virtual Flash Readings

In order to preserve our platform celebrating women authors, we created our first Virtual Flash Readings. Forty writers participated by recording themselves reading their work. The videos were combined into two seamless, beautiful videos by Jessica Vecchione of VECC Videography assisted by Amber Gray. These videos were aired via Zoom on Saturday, September 12th and 13th, 2020.

Spotlight: The New Writers

Get to know the New Writers joining Hobart Festival of Women Writers 2019    Stephanie Nikolopoulos, Hobart Festival of Women Writers blogger and Participating Writer, speaks to the women joining The Festival for the first time. Link to her Q&A.  SPOTLIGHT on Marilyn McCabe – http://bit.ly/2VDXP5S SPOTLIGHT on Ellen Meeropol- http://bit.ly/2wz16tj.                 SPOTLIGHT…

Spotlight: Nancy Agabian

So performance got intertwined with my self-definition and with finding my voice. Since then, performance has helped me to understand voice — especially spoken language vs. written language. It has allowed me to feel the pressure of a listening audience, which helps to edit and craft a text.