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Muse Holiday Party with the Ghent Market Shops
Friday, December 9, 5-9 p.m. at The Muse. More information
Join us for our first in-person holiday party since before the pandemic!
Come to The Muse Writers Center for festive refreshments, live music, a book sale, raffle, The Muse Neighborhood Jam, and more, and be sure to check out the rest of the center for Happy Hour specials and discounts on services and products including:
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- Happy hour at Plaza del Sol
- 10% discount on services at the Foot Treatment Spa
- Telescope viewings with the Back Bay Astronomers (weather-dependent)
- Pizza at The Muse from Ynot
- and much more
- The party will continue with karaoke at Plaza del Sol starting at 9 p.m.
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Hope to see you there! All are welcome. Bring friends!
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Please Donate
It's the season of giving, and we need your help! This year, as we embark on a broader plan to strengthen our connections in the community, we need to raise an additional $25,000 by the end of the year to support our programs and outreach.
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Anything you can do to help is greatly appreciated. And if you can possibly increase your gift from last year, you can help ensure we meet our increased goal. And now, all contributions will count toward our New Muse Membership Program, and contributions can be set as a one-time donation or broken up into monthly payments.
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Did you know? We offer nearly 300 classes and serve more than 1,500 students (from age 6 to post-retirement) each year. We provide more than $28,000 in tuition assistance to nearly 600 students, and we helped send 4 people to college this year through scholarships. The Muse gives writers a voice, organizing readings, open mics, and writers events that reach more than 16,000 adults, teens, and kids yearly. And we're expanding our outreach to senior living communities, youth, and military & veterans groups. Your support will enable us to continue our mission to support the vibrant literary community in Hampton Roads and beyond.
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Gift Certificates
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Last Chance for Fall Creative Writing Classes
Our Winter/Spring Class Schedule is Coming Soon!
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.
Classes Starting Now...
Writers Professional Development
- Submitting Your Writing to Magazines, Journals, and Publishers: A hybrid class that meets Saturday, December 10, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Rick Eley. More information
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In-Person & Online Events
Writers Zoom Meet-Up
Join The Muse on the first Tuesday of each month 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
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Sensitivity Reading Q&A with Nathaniel Glanzman
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Sunday, December 4, 5-6 p.m., More information
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Sensitivity reading is a little known essential for publishing stories with marginalized characters. In this Live Q&A with a professional in the field, we will explore what sensitivity reading is, why traditional publishers value it, why it differs from censorship and why accuracy matters when writing about all groups of people. Free Zoom registration required.
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The Muse Neighborhood Jam
The Muse Jam is Back! Join us on the 2nd Friday of each month for an evening where everyone is welcome to make music, sing, read, laugh, or just hang out and listen. This is not an open mic with a sign-up list. We'll alternate between individual-led and collaborative performance and pure unplugged jams. Anyone is welcome... from beginners to professionals, whether you like to play an instrument or just listen, sing or be sung to, read your work or hear great stories and poems. Hosted by Dan Duke.
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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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Gathering Magic: A Fantasy Writers Group
Come join us for our monthly fantasy writers gathering. Some writing, come critique, some craft talk, some camaraderie with other fantasy writers--those of us who revel in wardrobe doors and rabbit holes, who would rather work on inventing a language than learning French, who long for something this world doesn't offer.
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757 Comic and Cartoon Creators
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Sunday, December 11, 5-7 p.m., In-Person at The Muse and Hybrid, More information
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757 Comic and Cartoon Creators is a community group for local artists, specifically those interested in creating comics and animation. Writers are welcome as well. Come in-person or join us via Zoom.
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Teen Writers Club
Are you a teen? Do you like writing? Then join us at The Muse every 2nd and 4th Monday for the Teen Writers Club! This casual meet-up is part social hangout and part writing. The club is open to all teens with an interest in any creative writing form, including songwriting, comics, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and anything else word related. You don't need to be a Muse student to participate.
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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. Free registration required.
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Authors in Conversation: Mike Krentz and Kelly Sokol
Join colleagues, authors, and friends, Mike Krentz and Kelly Sokol, as they sit down together and chat about novel writing from a writer and teacher's point of view. You can watch live on Facebook or join the Zoom Webinar (free registration required). Questions and comments from the virtual audience will be explored. Brought to you in part by Prince Books.
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Writers Happy Hour
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 Desiree Cooper. All welcome. We look forward to seeing your faces!
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The Norfolk Word Art Show
Join us for an open mic for presenting any original written words--material from Poets, Songwriters, Comedians, Playwrights. If you can write it we’d like to hear it. Hosted by Teech. Featured Performer: Terra Leigh. Sign up in person starting at 6:45.
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Little City Poets Meeting
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Saturday, December 17, 1-3 p.m., In-Person at The Muse and Hybrid, More information
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This monthly meet-up will be a lively and productive session where we'll workshop new pieces, revise existing work, and move closer to publication. This is a great opportunity for anyone who loves poetry and wants to share their work with others. Come in-person or virtually (Free Zoom registration required).
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757 Comic and Cartoon Creators
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Saturday, December 17, 5-7 p.m., In-Person at The Muse & Hybrid, More information
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757 Comic and Cartoon Creators is a community group for local artists, specifically those interested in creating comics and animation. Writers are welcome as well. Come in-person or join us via Zoom (Free Zoom registration required).
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A Page in the Life Memoir Group
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Memoirists unite once a month in person at The Muse to spend an hour working on our memoirs and have time for critiques for those who want to share. Group members will come to each meeting prepared to give their Pitch as part of their introductions. We will meet the third or second Sunday.
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High School Sophomores & Juniors... Be a Teen Fellow!
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The Muse Writers Center is now taking application for our 2023 Teen Writers Fellowship! Any sophomore or junior student who lives in the greater Tidewater/Hampton Roads area is encouraged to apply. The fellows selected will receive 25 creative writing classes and workshops, 4 mentorship sessions with a professional writer, and have the chance to pitch to literary agents at the Hampton Roads Writers Conference. All at no cost to the fellow! Deadline to apply is January 6, 2023.
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Please Fill Out Our Publishing Survey
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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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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