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Fall 2022 Class Schedule Announced!
In-Person, Online, & Hybrid Classes
- In In-person classes, everyone will meet at our physical center.
- Hybrid classes are where it's your choice whether to attend In-Person or through Zoom each class meeting. We have installed an excellent hybrid system to ensure both In-Person and Zoom students have the same great experience. The instructor will host the class in a physical Muse classroom.
- Online classes meet over Zoom; you can take them from anywhere.
What Should You Take Next?
In most of our genre areas, we have created a "#3" and "#2" class that comes in between the "#1" class-level and the workshop-level. If you don't see a higher-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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In Addition to Our Regular Classes, Teachers from Around the Country Are Offering:
- Best-Selling Fantasy Novelist Erin Beaty, teaching Let Your Story Shine: Avoiding Mistakes that Kill Your Prose and Genre Blending
- Best-Selling Novelist Hannah Capin, teaching Fiction 3: Deeper into Voice & Revision
- SF/F Novelist Cassandra Clarke, teaching Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop and also Writing Romance
- Memoirist Deborah J. Cohen, teaching Writing About Family Secrets
- Novelist/journalist John DeDakis, teaching Facing Your Writing Fears
- NY Literary Agent Jessica Errera, teaching The Path to Publication: An Agent’s Point of View
- New York Times-bestselling author Ayana Gray, teaching The Power of Worldbuilding
- Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria, teaching We Carry, Are Carried
- New York Times-bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz, teaching Discover Your Core Story: Define It In Three Words
- Novelist Susan Isaak Lolis, teaching Writing a Sense of Place & Setting
- Arkansas Poet Laureate Suzanne Rhodes, teaching The Poetry Workshop
- NY Literary Agent Steven Salpeter, teaching From Short Story to Film & TV: Writing the High Concept Short Story
- Former Virginia Poet Laureate Tim Seibles, teaching The Burning Robe: Writing The Erotic
- Award-Winning Author/Editor Kathleen Volk Miller, teaching Healing through Writing
- ODU MFA Program Director/Award-Winning Novelist Kent Wascom, teaching The Fiction Workshop
- Award-Winning Novelist Michele Young-Stone, teaching Celebrating the Literary Witch in You and The Fiction Studio
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Please Fill Out Our Publishing Survey
Win a $300 Gift Certificate
We are compiling a list celebrating the publishing success of everyone who has ever been involved with The Muse Writers Center--students, teachers, volunteers, event attendees, etc.
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Past or forthcoming, self-published and traditionally published, short or book... any genre!
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Don't forget: everyone who completes this survey by September 16, 2022 will be entered into a drawing to win a $300 Muse Gift Certificate!
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In-Person & Online Events
Virtual Student Reading
Join The Muse as we celebrate the work of our Spring/Summer 2022 students as they share their writing from the past session. This event will be held via Zoom webinar. Please register to watch the reading LIVE. Also, please register if you are a student and would like to read (limited spots available).
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Writers Happy Hour
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Thursday, September 15, 5-6:30 p.m., In-Person at Plaza Del Sol, More information
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Join us as we come back together and meet in-person for our new Third Thursday Writers Happy Hour, an informal get-together where area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and drinks. This month's Happy Hour will be hosted by Michael Khandelwal and Noah Renn. All welcome. We look forward to seeing your faces!
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Embodying Social Justice and Self-liberation: A Yoga and Writing Workshop with Bhav Brigade
This workshop invites other writers (or writer curious folx) into embodiment via journaling and subtle movements of the breath and body. We will challenge the Western, white appropriation of yoga by making intersectionality and decolonization central to how we theorize and liberate our bodies. We will intermittently write, pause, discuss, breathe, and move together. No yoga experience is required, but please wear comfortable clothes and bring a mat or large towel to practice on. Proof of vaccination is required to attend.
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Cynthia Davis Book Launch and Q&A
Join The Muse Writers Center for a reading by Cynthia Davis from her new book, Intersexion: A Story of Faith, Identity, and Authenticity. After the reading, there will be a Q&A and book signing. This event will be held in person at The Muse and copies of the book will be available for purchase. Proof of vaccination is required to attend.
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Short Short Playwriting Project Stage Reading
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Sunday, September 18, 7:30-9 p.m., In-Person at Little Theatre Norfolk, More information
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Join us for this special staged reading. Four playwrights were chosen for the short short playwriting project in July. In six weeks their ideas turned into scripts that were assigned to a director at the Little Theatre Norfolk. Come see the results of this annual experiment. A Q&A with the playwrights, hosted by their teacher, Jean Klein will follow the readings. Tickets required.
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Student Reading at Plaza del Sol
Join The Muse as we celebrate the work of our Spring/Summer 2022 students as they share their writing from the past session. This event will be held in person at Plaza del Sol (two doors down from The Muse). Table are first-come first-served, so plan to arrive early, order some food and drinks, and enjoy an evening of writing. Please register if you are a student and would like to read (limited spots available).
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Register Now for the Hampton Roads Writers Conference: Sept. 22-24
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The Hampton Roads Writers Conference is live and in-person this year, September 22-24 in Virginia Beach. Now in its 14th year, the conference features 3 days of workshops, 2 best-selling keynoters (Edmund R. Schubert & Wendy H. Jones), 2 first-ten-lines critique sessions, 50+ workshops during 10 breakout sessions, ten-minute agent pitches, cash prize contests for short fiction, short nonfiction, and poetry, complimentary 90-minute cocktail social, 2-hour open mic. Tuition includes 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and a cocktail social (cash bar) with complimentary heavy hors d'oeuvres, and the opportunity to pitch to literary agents. The Muse is a proud sponsor of the conference, and we will be there! Please register today... they also have scholarships if you need a little help affording the conference. Learn More.
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Come to The Muse and Write
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..
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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, the Business Consortium for Arts Support, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the WeTransfer Creative Hubs Grant. 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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