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Summer Online Classes Begin in 1 Week!
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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Starting after Memorial Day...
Poetry
- Innovation from Imitation: Retrofitting Your Poems: 4-meeting class that begins Saturday, June 5, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Suzanne Rhodes. More information
- Our Poems, Holding Hands and Reaching Deep Beneath the Soil: 4-meeting class that begins Sunday, June 6, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Luisa Igloria. More information
Classes for Youth & Teens
- Teen Writing Level 1: Creative Writing: 6-meeting class that begins Saturday, June 5, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructors: Jessica Kelley & Sierra Foltz. More information
- “Writers in Action” Teen Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Monday, June 7, 6-8:30 p.m. Instructors: Sierra Foltz & Susan Deutsch. More information
For Military, Veterans, Families, & their Caregivers
- Armed Services Arts Partnership: Comic Book Writing Workshop: Saturday, June 5, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Kristin Mehaffey. More information
Nonfiction & Memoir
- Nonfiction in a Flash: 6-meeting class that begins Monday, June 7, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Cristina Foss. More information
Screenwriting
- The Advanced Screenwriting Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, June 8, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Diane Fine. More information
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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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The Word Open Mic Online
The Word is an open mic in collaboration with Zeiders American Dream Theater, The Muse Writers Center, Hampton Roads Writers, and Tidewater Writers. Writers of all voices, genres, ages, and backgrounds are welcome to sign up to read. You are also welcome to just watch the free livestream.
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Spring Student Reading #2
Join The Muse for the second of three readings celebrating the work of our Winter/Spring 2021 students as they share their writing from the past session. This event will be held via Zoom webinar. Please register to watch the event live.
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Spring Student Reading #3
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Join The Muse for the second of three readings celebrating the work of our Winter/Spring 2021 students as they share their writing from the past session. This event will be held via Zoom webinar. Please register to watch the event live.
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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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