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Give Local 757: Tuesday, May 11
The Muse Writers Center is participating in Give Local 757 on Tuesday, May 11 (all day, from midnight to 11:59 p.m.).
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We have Great News! A generous donor has given us a challenge. If we can raise $35,000 in one day during Give Local 757, they will donate an additional $15,000 to our organization. Please help us reach our goal.
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Please remember that only donations made on Tuesday, May 11 will count toward grant prizes and our challenge.
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Summer Online Class Schedule Announced!
Summer Seminar Sale--All 1-Meeting Seminars Only $35
You'll find our introductory classes, workshops, and studios in Poetry, Fiction, Memoir & Creative Nonfiction, Screenwriting, Comics/Graphic Novels, Storytelling, Songwriting, as well as many great classes for Kids 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 only $35!
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Our summer schedule features many super-star teachers from around the country including:
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- YA/Fantasy novelist Erin Beaty, teaching Making Sci-Fi and Fantasy Digestible
- YA/Fantasy novelist Deborah J. Cohen, teaching Writing About Family Secrets
- Novelist/journalist John DeDakis, teaching Becoming a Master Writer, Characterization Through Dialogue, and Writing to Heal
- Fiction Writer/Historian Chris De Matteo, teaching Building Better Worlds
- Poet/Fiction Writer Meg Eden, teaching Revising with Focus: The Thesis of the Novel and A New Angle: Playing with Point of View
- Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa Igloria, teaching Our Poems, Holding Hands and Reaching Deep Beneath the Soil
- Fantasy Novelist Howard Andrew Jones, teaching The Craft of Heroic Fantasy Fiction
- Novelist Jayne Ann Krentz, teaching Finding Your Author Voice
- Novelist Susan Isaak Lolis, teaching Food and Fiction: For the Hungry Writer and First Five Paragraphs: Developing the Character’s Voice
- Journalist Patti McCracken, teaching How to Get Past Writer’s Block
- Poet Suzanne Rhodes, teaching The Poetry Workshop and Innovation from Imitation: Retrofitting Your Poems
- NY Agent Steven Salpeter, teaching Create an Impression: Get Hands-On with an Agent and Pitch Perfect: Strategies to Successfully Query, Pitch, and Talk about Your Writing to Agents
- Former Virginia Poet Laureate Tim Seibles, teaching Personas are Us: Who do you think you’re talking to?
- Science Fiction Novelist David Weber, teaching Keeping Military Science Fiction Fresh and Plotting in a Science Fiction Series
- Poet Wendi White, teaching Giving Voice: A Creative Writing Workshop for Women
- Novelist Michele Young-Stone, teaching The Fiction Studio: Tuesday Evening
- Novelist Diane Zinna, teaching Memoir 1: Tuesday Evenings
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All classes will be held online, using Zoom. We all hope to be back in person sometime in late 2021, but for now, to ensure everyone's health and safety, we are staying online this summer. To participate, students must have a stable internet connection with a computer or device with a webcam and microphone.
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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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Poetry on the Pavement Submission Deadline
Submit to a great new project by Norfolk Arts. Poetry on the Pavement aims to celebrate and acknowledge Norfolk poets. Approximately 20 poems from local poets will be curated, made into stencils, and painted on sidewalks and pedestrian pathways throughout Norfolk. Poets who live, work, or go to school in Norfolk will be considered. If you take a class or teach at The Muse, you are welcome to enter!
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The Bookends of Poetry: The Inspiration for the Beginning and the Musical End
Learn about poetry from award winning poet and educator Jose B. Gonzalez. The class/event is free for all active duty, veterans, family, and caregivers of the U.S. Armed Forces. This workshop and others made possible in part through the National Endowment for the Arts. Register in advance. Space is limited.
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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 and Susan Deutsch.
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Military Poets: Words of Honor and Service
The Muse and The Armed Services Arts Partnership welcomes veterans and accomplished poets: José B. González, Steven Blythe, Bill Glose, Libby Kurz, and Tony Mena for an evening of readings and discussion. This is a free event for all. Question will be taken during the program. Pre Register for the webinar to reserve a spot and receive a link and reminder email on the day of the event.
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Stories We Bear: A Multigenre AAPI Author Panel & Reading
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TIn honor of May 2021 Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, The Muse is proud to present Two Linked Multi-Genre Events: a Panel from 3-4 p.m. and a Reading from 5-6 p.m. Featuring 4 AAPI Writers: Trinidad Escobar, Preslaysa Williams, Ira Sukrungruang, & Leslieann Hobayan in conversation with Luisa A. Igloria, Poet Laureate of Virginia, and Michael Khandelwal, Executive Director of The Muse. This free event will be held live over Zoom and available to watch on the Muse's Facebook page. Register to attend the live Zoom webinar (the registration is the same for both the panel and the reading, though you may choose to attend only one or the other; if you plan to attend both events, you only need to register once).
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Muse Student Discount for CNU Writers Conference
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Join Christopher Newport University for their very first virtual Writers Conference, sponsored in part by The Muse. This one-day event includes various workshops and a panel discussion and offers an opportunity for writers to learn from agents, editors, publishers, the best of authors, poets, professional teachers, and each other. Muse students receive a discounted registration fee of only $50! This conference will be presented online via Zoom.
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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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