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Winter/Spring 2023 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 The Fiction Workshop and Writing Multiple Genres in a Story/Novel
- SF/F Novelist Cassandra Clarke, teaching Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop, Start Your Novel Workshop, Writing Fanfiction, Writing Romance, How to Write Non-Human Characters, and The Fool’s Journey: A Generative Tarot Workshop
- Memoirist Deborah J. Cohen, teaching Writing About Family
- Pulitzer-nominated Author Desiree Cooper, teaching Story v. Art: The Making of a Children’s Picture Book
- Novelist/journalist John DeDakis, teaching Writing as a Way to Heal from Grief and How to Write in the Voice of the Opposite Sex
- NY Literary Agent Jessica Errera, teaching Advice from an Agent on Your Path to Publication
- Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria, teaching Writing at the Edge of Time
- New York Times-bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz, teaching Discover Your Core Story: Define It In Three Words
- Novelist Susan Isaak Lolis, teaching Creating Believable Dialogue in Fiction
- Award-winning Children's Book author Jen Malia, teaching Writing for Children
- Arkansas Poet Laureate Suzanne Rhodes, teaching The Poetry Workshop
- Former Virginia Poet Laureate Tim Seibles, teaching Begin, See, See Again: A Poetry Workshop on Revision
- Award-Winning Author/Editor Kathleen Volk Miller, teaching Healing through Writing
- Award-Winning Novelist Michele Young-Stone, teaching Celebrating the Literary Witch in You and The Fiction Studio
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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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In-Person & Online Events
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 Open Mic
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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Jasmine Deloatch Book Launch and Q&A
Join The Muse for a reading by Jasmine Deloatch from her new book, Lily's Garden. After the reading, there will be a Q&A moderated by Synnika Lofton.
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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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MilSpeak Books Author Tour: Panel and Book Signing
A Page in the Life Memoir Group
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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Patchwork Party at Slover Library
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Brought to you by the Slover Library and The Muse, at Patchwork Party, we invite you to grab some simple art supplies, headphones, and notebook and give your internal and external critics the day off as we engage the spontaneous side of our creativity. Free registration required.
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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
Our physical center will be closed to the public Dec. 23-Jan. 2 for the holidays. We will re-open on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
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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