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WELCOME!

Fellowship dates, assignments, links and surveys will be posted on this website page. Please check this page once a week.

Check out the Fellowship Calendar Here!

 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

Classes: Thursdays & Saturdays. Check your packet and calendar for dates!

Publication: The Teen Zine, published by The Muse Writers Center. All fellows are required to submit.

Readings: Next reading date TBA, hosted at The Muse.

Mentorship:  Four one-on-one meetings with a published, working author or poet.

Publication Education: The Showcase Piece. This is a collection of poems, 1 short story, or 1-2 chapters of prose that you'd like to work on during your mentorship. 20 pages maximum for poetry, 30 for prose--if this is not enough, email me. Consider your choice carefully, this piece of writing will be graded to measure your progress in the program and will be the only piece you work on with your mentor, which will be reviewed and revised with them at least three times.  It will also be part of what you pitch to the agents and editors at the final Conference Day.  

The Final Conference Day: Saturday, September 20th, from 9 AM-5 PM. The Muse Writers Center Conference will take place at The Sheraton Hotel at Waterside (777 Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510). Check-in begins at 8 AM.

IMPORTANT DATES: 

  • The Muse Writers Center Inaugural Conference: September 20th, at The Sheraton Hotel at Waterside.
  • Final Fellowship Class & Reading: CANCELED
     I will be offering one-on-one meetings to review your book packages over Zoom.
    If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, here is a link to schedule a one-on-one meeting with me:2025 Fellowship 1-on-1.docx

     

TO DO:

It's time to submit surveys!

ASSIGNMENTS:

1.Please have the first draft of your pitch content submitted by August 1st.  If you are taking advantage of the 1-on-1 book package meeting, please update your file.

Pitch Package Share Folder

 

FORMS:

Do you need transportation to classes? Please fill out our transportation form.

SURVEYS:

Fellows, you and your guardians are required to fill out 2-3 surveys throughout our program. These surveys and due dates will be listed here as available.

TEACHER CONTACT INFORMATION:

Jessica Grace Kelley, Youth Program Director, Fiction Teacher:

  • Email: jessica@the-muse.org
  • Phone: (571)-420-4706

Jeff Hecker, Poetry Teacher:

  • Email: jhecker88@gmail.com

Spring Class Files

Class 1, Fiction, The Alpha Point Method

Class 2, Craft & Poetry

Class 3: 7 Types of Story

Summer, Class 2: The Book Package