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Online & In-Person Events
Writers Zoom Meet-Up
Join us for our monthly Writers Zoom Meet-Up, an informal get-together where writers from anywhere in the world enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and discussion about what we're working on. Breakout rooms by genre will be available. Let's get together and build connections with other writers and learn more about our craft from each other. Zoom registration required.
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Projects, Passions, and Possibilities Writing Group
A roundtable discussion open to all writers and generated by the interests of the participants to exchange and spread information. Free registration required. Hosted by author, Fran Ward
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Write Now! with The Muse & Slover Library for Kids & Teens
Are you looking for a little inspiration? Come on down (virtually), join us and Write Now! A talented and qualified Muse teacher will lead you through an easy, fun, and creative workshop full of writing prompts and creative sharing.
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Thought Radio For Adults: A Songwriting Experience
In ThoughtRadio, we'll explore our emotional selves while taking the time to play with different perspectives outside of our own. We'll listen to a variety of musical styles and use both individual and group writing exercises. Join us for this free online program with Skye Zentz and in partnership with the Slover Library. Free registration required.
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20/30 Writers Club
The 20/30 Writers Group is a monthly writing group for young adults. Each monthly meeting has a Question and Answer session with a guest writer. Join us as we improve our writing skills while building connections with each other. Free registration required. Hosted by Derek Spohn & Susan Deutsch.
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Teen Writers Club
Join us for a bi-weekly, virtual social club for teens to chat about writing and write together! Free registration required.
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Beyond The Book: Publishing Panel for Teens
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Join us for a Q&A with a panel of publishing professionals and MFA students to learn about what literary career paths look like! This panel is geared towards teens. Panelists: Charlotte Nicole Davis, Sierra Foltz, Camille Jacobson, Ashley Woodfolk, & Susan Deutsch.
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Fall Online Class Schedule Announced!
Fall Seminar Sale--All 1-Meeting Seminars are Nearly 10% Off
You'll find our introductory classes, workshops, and studios in Poetry, Fiction, Memoir & Creative Nonfiction, Screenwriting, Comics/Graphic Novels, Songwriting, as well as many great classes for Young Writers and Teens. Plus we have a great series of all-new craft, creativity, research, and professional development seminars... and this summer, all 1-meeting seminars are nearly 10% off!
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What Should You Take Next?
In most of our genre areas, we have created a "#2" class that comes in between the "#1" class-level and the workshop-level. If you don't see a "#2"-level class in your genre, then it's fine to move to the workshop-level. If you are already in the workshop-level, it's fine to stay with your teacher or explore other teachers or genres.
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Our Fall Schedule Features Many Super-Star Teachers from Around the World, Including:
- YA/Fantasy novelist Erin Beaty, teaching Plotting with a Twist and Making Sci-Fi and Fantasy Digestible
- Memoirist Deborah J. Cohen, teaching Writing About Family
- Novelist/journalist John DeDakis, teaching How to Write a Novel (and Get it Published)
- NY Agent Caite Flum, teaching Querying 101
- Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa Igloria, teaching To Joy
- Fantasy Novelist Howard Andrew Jones, teaching The Craft of Heroic Fantasy Fiction
- Novelist Susan Isaak Lolis, teaching Creating Believable Dialogue in Fiction
- Poet Suzanne Rhodes, teaching The Poetry Workshop
- NY Agent Steven Salpeter, teaching Writing the High Concept Short Story
- Former Virginia Poet Laureate Tim Seibles, teaching Chiaroscuro: The Poetry of Memory
- Novelist Michele Young-Stone, teaching The Fiction Workshop: Tuesday Mornings
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All classes will be held online, using Zoom. We all hope to be back in person next year, but for now, to ensure everyone's health and safety during the Delta-variant surge, we are staying online this fall. To participate, students must have a stable internet connection with a computer or device with a webcam and microphone.
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Due to updated CDC, state, and city guidance, The Muse has changed some policies in order to best protect our amazing community. When you visit, please abide by our guidelines.
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- The Muse Writers Center's physical space is open for people to write, meet others, and learn more about The Muse four days a week: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. See our Locations, Hours, & Directions page for more information.
- You must be vaccinated (those 12 and older) to enter The Muse's physical space. You are required to wear a mask upon entering. Once inside, if you are in a room by yourself, you may remove your mask. But if two or more are gathered in one room or public space, you must wear a mask.
- The Muse has installed is installing an iWave-R air purification system that uses needlepoint bipolar ionization (NPBI) cold plasma technology to sanitize the air, killing viruses, bacteria, and mold.
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Come Back from COVID Campaign
Become a Sponsor
During the Coronavirus in-person shutdown, the staff of The Muse Writers Center has been busy preparing for our eventual re-opening. We are re-organizing our library, assembling more comfortable furniture for our classrooms, and more.
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All sponsorships are tax-deductible and all donors will be acknowledged with a thank you plaque on the item(s) or room(s) sponsored. Sponsorships can be made in honor of or in memory of someone special. Credit cards and checks are accepted. You can sponsor more than one item or room, and can split larger sponsorships into payments.
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What's Still Available?
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Stay Connected! Join The Writers Reservoir on Facebook
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Visit facebook.com/groups/WritersReservoir and connect with other writers and share articles, essays and personal experiences about being a writer in the world today as well as information about places to submit, contests, conferences, and more. The Writers Reservoir is more than a writers’ resource, it is a writers’ community! It is a place where writers can share, learn, connect and find that often elusive creative spark. The Writers Reservoir is a Facebook group. All writers are welcome to join and send invitations to join.
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The Muse Writers Center’s projects, classes, and events are made possible in part through sponsorship by the City of Norfolk Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Queen of Virginia Skill & Entertainment, the Business Consortium for Arts Support, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding has been provided by Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020 as well as The Literary Arts Emergency Fund, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation and the Norfolk Department of Economic Development.
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