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Winter/Spring Online Classes Start Next Week
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 session, all 1-meeting seminars are nearly 10% off!
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General & Multi-Genre
- Giving Voice: A Creative Writing Workshop for Women: 4-meeting class that begins Sunday, February 6, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Wendi White. More information
Fiction
- Writing Children’s Books: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, February 8, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Jennifer Malia. More information
- The Fiction Studio: Wednesday Mornings: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, February 16, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Kelly Sokol. More information
- Fiction 2: 6-meeting class that begins Wednesday, February 16, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Jacob Gregory. More information
- The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Mornings: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, February 17, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Jacob Gregory. More information
- The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Evenings: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, February 17, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Alicia Dekker. More information
Poetry
- Poetry 2: 6-meeting class that begins Wednesday, February 9, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Amanda Gomez. More information
- Poetry 1: 6-meeting class that begins Wednesday, February 16, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Amanda Gomez. More information
- The Advanced Poetry Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, February 17, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Noah Renn. More information
Nonfiction & Memoir
- The Memoir Workshop: Tuesday Mornings: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, February 15, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Lisa Cooper. More information
- The Memoir Workshop: Tuesday Evenings: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, February 15, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Shawn Girvan. More information
- The Memoir Workshop: Tuesday Evenings: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, February 15, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Shawn Girvan. More information
- Memoir 1: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, February 17, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Lisa Cooper. More information
Writers Craft
- The Snowflake Plotting Workshop: The Easy Way to Create a Story: 2-meeting class that begins Saturday, February 19, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Rick Eley. More information
Writers Life & Creativity
- The Experiment: Movements: Saturday, February 19, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Rocko Foltz. More information
- Writing Through Writer’s Block: Sunday, February 20, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: John McCarthy. More information
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We have scheduled this session as a mostly online session; classes will be held using Zoom. We are hopeful that we will be able to add a few in-person classes as the session progresses in the spring, and perhaps even offer some hybrid classes. We appreciate your patience. We just want to ensure everyone's health and safety during the pandemic. To participate in online classes, students must have a stable internet connection with a computer or device with a webcam and microphone.
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Online & In-Person Events
The Word: An Open Mic for Poets, Storytellers and Fabulists
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Thursday, February 3, 7:30-9 p.m., In-Person at The Zeiders American Dream Theater, More information
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The Word is an In-Person Open Mic in collaboration with Zeiders American Dream Theater, The Muse Writers Center, Hampton Roads Writers, and Tidewater Writers. This is your chance to take the mic! Read your own work or share a favorite. Admission is a suggested $5 donation. Those looking to speak/perform may sign up at the door (5-minute time limit).
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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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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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20/30 Writers Club
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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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Call for applications to the ODU MFA program
The ODU MFA Creative Writing program is now accepting applications for incoming students in Fall 2021. They offer a three-year course of study in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with the option to study part-time and earn the degree in four to six years. Fellowships and teaching assistantships are available. Application deadline: March 1, 2021.;
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The MFA core faculty consists of Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa Igloria, 2020 Library of Virginia Literary Prize-winning poet Benjamin Naka-Hasebe Kingsley, New York Times Best-Selling Writer Sheri Reynolds, Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Prize-winning novelist Kent Wascom, Whiting Award-winning fiction writer John McManus, and our newest faculty member, the poet and nonfiction writer Molly McCully Brown, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize and recipient of a United States Artists Fellowship and the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship. Our 2022 Mina Hohenberg Darden Chair in Creative Writing is Jaquira Diaz, Whiting Award-winning author of Ordinary Girls: A Memoir.
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In addition to in-person seminars, we've begun offering some online synchronous and asynchronous courses. All students can participate in editing our student-run literary journal, Barely South Review. Students can find volunteer teaching opportunities throughout the year with ODU Writers in Community, a student-run non-profit program dedicated to helping the diverse communities of Hampton Roads by cultivating literacy and creativity.
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Fellowship support for incoming students includes our College of Arts and Letters Teaching Assistantships, the Perry Morgan Fellowship, the Friends of the ODU MFA Program Scholarship (offered to the otherwise-unfunded incoming student with the highest undergraduate GPA), and the Sutelan Scholarship.
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The application consists of a sample of creative work, a personal statement, previous transcripts, and recommendation letters. There's no longer any GRE requirement. Deadline: March 1. Apply here.
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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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