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…

Renew! Renew! Renew!

Celebrate spring and consider a workshop that may change your writing. The Hobart Festival of Women Writers is once again offering writing workshops on June 6, 7 &8th. We’ve got an array of engaging two-hour workshops to inspire,

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.

Registration is Open!

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.