MarsCon 2023
Join The Muse Writers Center at MarsCon 2023, Southeast Virginia’s longest running science fiction and fantasy convention. Special guests include authors D. J. Butler, Katie Cross, and Phillip Pournelle; artist Chaz Kemp; musician Mikey Mason; and Muse friends Cassandra Clarke, John G. Hartness, Pushing Dragons, and Michael Khandelwal. It’s the most fun convention of the…
Read MoreODU LitFest Opening Reception
Join The Muse Writers Center and Old Dominion University to celebrate the opening of the 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival. Presenters, participants, and attendees of the festival along with students, teachers, and friends of The Muse and the ODU MFA in Creative Writing program are welcome to enjoy hors d’oeuveres and conversation (with a cash…
Read MoreFantaSci 2022 at Chesapeake Public Library
Here there be dragons… and space ships and unicorns and robots and a Muse table! Get ready for FantaSci 2022! Chesapeake Central Library’s annual fantasy and science fiction mini-con is back with panels, cosplay, vendors, games, and fun. You never know what you’ll face around every corner so mark your calendars and be prepared. More…
Read MoreFantaSci 2022 at Chesapeake Public Library
Here there be dragons… and space ships and unicorns and robots and a Muse table! Get ready for FantaSci 2022! Chesapeake Central Library’s annual fantasy and science fiction mini-con is back with panels, cosplay, vendors, games, and fun. You never know what you’ll face around every corner so mark your calendars and be prepared. More…
Read MoreHampton Roads PrideFest
It’s back! On Saturday June 25, 2022 , Hampton Roads Pride will present the annual PrideFest event to celebrate the diversity of our community and our allies on the East Coast. Hampton Roads PrideFest is a public celebration providing Virginians with the opportunity to unify through the celebration of inclusion and equality. PrideFest is one…
Read MoreStockley Gardens Arts Festival Spring 2022
Come visit the Muse table at the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival on May 21st & 22nd! About the festival: The Stockley Gardens Arts Festival has been a biannual staple in the Hampton Roads area for the past 37 years, as well as being Hope House Foundation’s biggest fundraiser. The money raised during these events helps…
Read MoreMarsCon 2022
Join The Muse Writers Center at MarsCon 2022, Southeast Virginia’s longest running science fiction and fantasy convention. Special guests include authors Peter V. Brett, David Weber, Phillip Pournelle; artist Kaysha Siemens; musician Mikey Mason; and Muse friends N. A. Ratnayake, Jason Ray Carney, Chase A. Folmar, and Michael Khandelwal. It’s the most fun convention of…
Read MoreVA Festival of the Book: The Write Start Moseley Speed Critique Panel
This virtual event hosted by The Muse Writers Center is part of the 2022 Virginia Festival of the Book; see the full festival schedule here. Submit your first one hundred words of an original, unpublished manuscript for a speed critique by members of the Moseley Writers Group, all of whom are published in many genres.…
Read MoreCotton Candy Grooves: A Bite-Sized Introduction
Cotton Candy Grooves is a new kind of festival celebrating an expansive and inclusive range of Black creators in Hampton Roads. The focus is to center those that are often overlooked by emphasizing LGBTQ+, women, those with different abilities, and youth creators in grounded, sustainable ways. The Muse Writers Center proudly joins The LGBT Life…
Read MoreNEON Festival: Poetry Reading with ODU Writers in Community
Join The Muse Writers Center and ODU Writers in Community at this year’s NEON Festival for a poetry reading, held live and in person at the Hugh Copeland Center in Norfolk. Be sure to check out the rest of the festival schedule here!
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