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The Muse Teen Writers Fellowship 2021 application is now open. The Teen Writers Fellowship gives Hampton Roads area teen writers the opportunity to further their skills in classes and workshops at the Muse Writers Center. Fellows receive one-on-one mentorship from a professional writer, and the program is tuition-free. A limited number of fellow spots (8) are available. The deadline to apply is January 8, 2021.
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Last Three Fall Classes This Weekend
Tuition assistance and flexibility is always available if you need it. All classes will be held online, using Zoom. We all hope to be back in person soon, but for now, to ensure everyone's health and safety, we are staying online this fall. To participate, students must have a stable internet connection with a computer or device with a webcam and microphone.
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Writers Professional Development
- Sensitivity Reader Training: How to Become a Sensitivity Reader: Saturday, December 12, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Nathaniel Glanzman. More information
Writers Life & Creativity
- Your Writer’s Life: On Not Losing Your Soul to Publishing: Saturday, December 12, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Diane Zinna. More information
Writers Craft
- Bullet Points: Using Lists to Explode your Fiction: Saturday, December 12, 4-6:30 p.m. Instructor: Desiree Cooper and friends. More information
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Winter/Spring Schedule Coming Out Next Week
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This Week's 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.
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Writers Supporting Writers: Talk it out, Write it Out
Don't curse your blank screen again—come vent with us, collaborate with us, brainstorm with us, advise us, and get advice from us on the numerous issues related to writing... This free writers salon will be a melding of minds, where the wisdom of the group is mightier than the single pen. Hosted by John McCarthy
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Write Now! with The Muse & Slover Library for Adults
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.
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Writers Happy Hour (Online)
Writers Happy Hour is Back and Online! Join us virtually for an informal get-together where area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and drinks. Free registration required.
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Thank You!
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Thank you to everyone who donated to us on Giving Tuesday last week. You can donate today or anytime on our website: the-muse.org/donate. Your support will enable us to continue our mission to support the literary community, especially important as we navigate and adapt during coronavirus.
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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 Hampton Roads Community Foundation and the Norfolk Department of Economic Development.
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