The Muse Writers Center
@musewriterscenter.bsky.social
Inclusive heart of the creative writing community w/ classes, seminars, events. Tuition assistance always available. #writewhereyouare ⚡️
Norfolk, VA
Norfolk, VA
📆 Check out our writing clubs meetings and social writers meet-ups this week! Writing is better in community -- come write with us! ✍️
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
📆 Check out our writing clubs meetings and social writers meet-ups this week! Writing is better in community -- come write with us! ✍️
⚡️ Join us to celebrate at Daniel Brockington's Book Launch for Fire and Adjust on February 28. The reading will be held in conjunction with the Military Open Mic Night. The event begins with Daniel as our main speaker then opens up for military and family to read! ✍️
February 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
⚡️ Join us to celebrate at Daniel Brockington's Book Launch for Fire and Adjust on February 28. The reading will be held in conjunction with the Military Open Mic Night. The event begins with Daniel as our main speaker then opens up for military and family to read! ✍️
✍️ Creative Writing for Young Writers explores the fundamentals of creative writing and encourages each student to find their individual writing voice, no matter the genre (poetry, fiction, comics, songwriting, and screenwriting).
📍 Read more and register here: the-muse.org/event/creati...
📍 Read more and register here: the-muse.org/event/creati...
Creative Writing for Young Writers (Elementary/Middle School)
Creative Writing for Young Writers (ages 8-12) explores the fundamentals of creative writing and encourages each student to find their individual writing voice, no matter the genre (poetry, fiction, c...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
✍️ Creative Writing for Young Writers explores the fundamentals of creative writing and encourages each student to find their individual writing voice, no matter the genre (poetry, fiction, comics, songwriting, and screenwriting).
📍 Read more and register here: the-muse.org/event/creati...
📍 Read more and register here: the-muse.org/event/creati...
📆 Have you been looking for a low-stakes way to write in community? Check out our writing groups and writers meet-up events like Write Now! At Slover Library, the Wednesday Wordsmiths, or the Not Ready for Workshop Writers Club. ✍️
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 PM
📆 Have you been looking for a low-stakes way to write in community? Check out our writing groups and writers meet-up events like Write Now! At Slover Library, the Wednesday Wordsmiths, or the Not Ready for Workshop Writers Club. ✍️
The Muse's physical location will be closed on Saturday, January 24 due to snow. Daniel Brockington's Book Launch has been postponed and rescheduled for February 28.
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Muse's physical location will be closed on Saturday, January 24 due to snow. Daniel Brockington's Book Launch has been postponed and rescheduled for February 28.
⚡️ We’re proud to announce that The Muse Writers Center has been nominated for Best Specialty School – Education in Coastal Virginia Magazine’s Best Of awards.
📍VOTE HERE: bestof.coastalvirginiamag.com/education/be...
📍VOTE HERE: bestof.coastalvirginiamag.com/education/be...
2026 Coastal Virginia Magazine Best of Readers' Choice Awards
Help us determine who is the best in the Coastal Virginia region!
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January 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
⚡️ We’re proud to announce that The Muse Writers Center has been nominated for Best Specialty School – Education in Coastal Virginia Magazine’s Best Of awards.
📍VOTE HERE: bestof.coastalvirginiamag.com/education/be...
📍VOTE HERE: bestof.coastalvirginiamag.com/education/be...
👻 Ready to dive deeper into the darkness? ✍️ Do you have a taste for telling chilling tales? Time to dissect the techniques that make them unforgettable. 📖 You’ll craft your own spine-tingling narratives, featuring eerie settings, haunted objects, and terrifying characters. ☠️
January 11, 2026 at 6:35 PM
👻 Ready to dive deeper into the darkness? ✍️ Do you have a taste for telling chilling tales? Time to dissect the techniques that make them unforgettable. 📖 You’ll craft your own spine-tingling narratives, featuring eerie settings, haunted objects, and terrifying characters. ☠️
📆 Join us this week for a literary event, writing group, or writers meet-up!
⚡️ Write Where You Are
⚡️ Write Where You Are
January 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
📆 Join us this week for a literary event, writing group, or writers meet-up!
⚡️ Write Where You Are
⚡️ Write Where You Are
⚡️ Volunteer Spotlight: Rodney Williamson! Thank you for all that you do for The Muse and our literary community, Rodney.
📍 Interested in volunteering at The Muse? Read about our volunteer opportunities at the-muse.org/volunteer/
📍 Interested in volunteering at The Muse? Read about our volunteer opportunities at the-muse.org/volunteer/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
⚡️ Volunteer Spotlight: Rodney Williamson! Thank you for all that you do for The Muse and our literary community, Rodney.
📍 Interested in volunteering at The Muse? Read about our volunteer opportunities at the-muse.org/volunteer/
📍 Interested in volunteering at The Muse? Read about our volunteer opportunities at the-muse.org/volunteer/
📖 Every year, we select 8 writers who are passionate about expanding the craft of their creative writing to further their skills through mentorship, craft classes, public readings, & MFA-style workshops, valued at over $7,500 per student!
📍Apply now through Jan 9: the-muse.org/teen-writers...
📍Apply now through Jan 9: the-muse.org/teen-writers...
Fellowship Application 2026
The 2021 Teen Fellowship Application is simple and easy! Those selected will have access to free classes and one-on-one mentorship.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
📖 Every year, we select 8 writers who are passionate about expanding the craft of their creative writing to further their skills through mentorship, craft classes, public readings, & MFA-style workshops, valued at over $7,500 per student!
📍Apply now through Jan 9: the-muse.org/teen-writers...
📍Apply now through Jan 9: the-muse.org/teen-writers...
The Muse Writers Center’s Senior Outreach Programs help stimulate cognitive function and memory retention through several literary outreach programs for seniors, hosting classes in memoir writing and more. ✍️
⚡️ Please consider your gift of support during this holiday season: the-muse.org/donate/
⚡️ Please consider your gift of support during this holiday season: the-muse.org/donate/
Donate to The Muse
The Muse Writers Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and your tax deductible sponsorship will help us continue to serve the Hampton Roads literary community.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Muse Writers Center’s Senior Outreach Programs help stimulate cognitive function and memory retention through several literary outreach programs for seniors, hosting classes in memoir writing and more. ✍️
⚡️ Please consider your gift of support during this holiday season: the-muse.org/donate/
⚡️ Please consider your gift of support during this holiday season: the-muse.org/donate/
⚡️Guided by supportive prompts and artistic exploration, TEARS encourages participants to transform pain into meaningful visual narratives, creating a personal journey of remembrance and renewal in a safe, nurturing environment.💛
December 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
⚡️Guided by supportive prompts and artistic exploration, TEARS encourages participants to transform pain into meaningful visual narratives, creating a personal journey of remembrance and renewal in a safe, nurturing environment.💛
♥️When you consider supporting organizations making a difference in our community, we hope you’ll think of US!
⚡️In the last 3 years we’ve reached 11,000+ people in our Words for Wellness initiative with Tidewater Youth Services, Urban Renewal Center, Brock Cancer Center, & more.
⚡️In the last 3 years we’ve reached 11,000+ people in our Words for Wellness initiative with Tidewater Youth Services, Urban Renewal Center, Brock Cancer Center, & more.
December 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
♥️When you consider supporting organizations making a difference in our community, we hope you’ll think of US!
⚡️In the last 3 years we’ve reached 11,000+ people in our Words for Wellness initiative with Tidewater Youth Services, Urban Renewal Center, Brock Cancer Center, & more.
⚡️In the last 3 years we’ve reached 11,000+ people in our Words for Wellness initiative with Tidewater Youth Services, Urban Renewal Center, Brock Cancer Center, & more.
❄️Join us for our annual Holiday Party on Fri, Dec 12, 5-9pm!
⚡️In the auditorium we will have an open mic at 5:30pm, finishing off the night with The Muse Neighborhood Jam from 7-9pm! The Back Bay Astronomers will be set up outside with telescopes to view the stars and planets.
⚡️In the auditorium we will have an open mic at 5:30pm, finishing off the night with The Muse Neighborhood Jam from 7-9pm! The Back Bay Astronomers will be set up outside with telescopes to view the stars and planets.
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
❄️Join us for our annual Holiday Party on Fri, Dec 12, 5-9pm!
⚡️In the auditorium we will have an open mic at 5:30pm, finishing off the night with The Muse Neighborhood Jam from 7-9pm! The Back Bay Astronomers will be set up outside with telescopes to view the stars and planets.
⚡️In the auditorium we will have an open mic at 5:30pm, finishing off the night with The Muse Neighborhood Jam from 7-9pm! The Back Bay Astronomers will be set up outside with telescopes to view the stars and planets.
⚡️ The Muse Teen Writers Fellowship is a unique mentorship program for sophomore and junior high school writers in the Hampton Roads area. ✍️ The Fellowship provides mentorship, craft classes, public readings, and MFA-style workshops at the Muse Writers Center.
📍 the-muse.org/teen-writers...
📍 the-muse.org/teen-writers...
Teen Writers Fellowship - The Muse Writers Center Fellowship
The teen writers fellowship is an opportunity for a young writer, who will receive tuition-free guidance from professionals.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
⚡️ The Muse Teen Writers Fellowship is a unique mentorship program for sophomore and junior high school writers in the Hampton Roads area. ✍️ The Fellowship provides mentorship, craft classes, public readings, and MFA-style workshops at the Muse Writers Center.
📍 the-muse.org/teen-writers...
📍 the-muse.org/teen-writers...
⚡️ Do you know what’s great about Giving Tuesday? You can make your tax-deductible gift of support from anywhere--from your office computer, from home, and even from your cell phone while you’re finishing your holiday shopping!
📍 Donate here: the-muse.org/donate/
📍 Donate here: the-muse.org/donate/
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
⚡️ Do you know what’s great about Giving Tuesday? You can make your tax-deductible gift of support from anywhere--from your office computer, from home, and even from your cell phone while you’re finishing your holiday shopping!
📍 Donate here: the-muse.org/donate/
📍 Donate here: the-muse.org/donate/
✍️ Workshop Windup ⚡️ Check out our upcoming multi-session classes that are sure to help you take your craft to the next level in a supportive environment 🍂
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
✍️ Workshop Windup ⚡️ Check out our upcoming multi-session classes that are sure to help you take your craft to the next level in a supportive environment 🍂
✍️ Take the leap this weekend and sign up for a one-session writing class! Join Ceridwen Hall for Mapping Your Poetry Manuscript or join Stephanie Wheeless for Editing 101. ⚡️
💜 Tuition assistance is available.
📍 Read more and register here: the-muse.org/classes-at-a...
💜 Tuition assistance is available.
📍 Read more and register here: the-muse.org/classes-at-a...
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
✍️ Take the leap this weekend and sign up for a one-session writing class! Join Ceridwen Hall for Mapping Your Poetry Manuscript or join Stephanie Wheeless for Editing 101. ⚡️
💜 Tuition assistance is available.
📍 Read more and register here: the-muse.org/classes-at-a...
💜 Tuition assistance is available.
📍 Read more and register here: the-muse.org/classes-at-a...
✍️ GET CREATIVE this fall!
📖 Try Bullet Journaling for Large Writing Projects with Lissette Lorenz or The Weird and the Wonderful with Anton Kromoff.
📍 Read more & register at the-muse.org
⚡️ Tuition assistance is available.
📖 Try Bullet Journaling for Large Writing Projects with Lissette Lorenz or The Weird and the Wonderful with Anton Kromoff.
📍 Read more & register at the-muse.org
⚡️ Tuition assistance is available.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
✍️ GET CREATIVE this fall!
📖 Try Bullet Journaling for Large Writing Projects with Lissette Lorenz or The Weird and the Wonderful with Anton Kromoff.
📍 Read more & register at the-muse.org
⚡️ Tuition assistance is available.
📖 Try Bullet Journaling for Large Writing Projects with Lissette Lorenz or The Weird and the Wonderful with Anton Kromoff.
📍 Read more & register at the-muse.org
⚡️ Tuition assistance is available.
🍲Families, come to The Muse this Sat 1-2:30pm for Lunch & a creative writing workshop!
🍱Food is supplied by Support+Feed, a non-profit committed to mitigating climate change and increasing food security by driving global demand, acceptance, & accessibility of plant-based food.
🍱Food is supplied by Support+Feed, a non-profit committed to mitigating climate change and increasing food security by driving global demand, acceptance, & accessibility of plant-based food.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
🍲Families, come to The Muse this Sat 1-2:30pm for Lunch & a creative writing workshop!
🍱Food is supplied by Support+Feed, a non-profit committed to mitigating climate change and increasing food security by driving global demand, acceptance, & accessibility of plant-based food.
🍱Food is supplied by Support+Feed, a non-profit committed to mitigating climate change and increasing food security by driving global demand, acceptance, & accessibility of plant-based food.
🎙️Come celebrate our local military family at Stories, Stanzas, and Stripes Military Open Mic!
⚡️In honor of our military service members and their families, we are offering an open mic night for writers to share poetry, prose, and other creative endeavors.
⚡️In honor of our military service members and their families, we are offering an open mic night for writers to share poetry, prose, and other creative endeavors.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🎙️Come celebrate our local military family at Stories, Stanzas, and Stripes Military Open Mic!
⚡️In honor of our military service members and their families, we are offering an open mic night for writers to share poetry, prose, and other creative endeavors.
⚡️In honor of our military service members and their families, we are offering an open mic night for writers to share poetry, prose, and other creative endeavors.
✍️ Do you want to take a creative writing class, but aren't ready to commit to a multi-session workshop? Check out our single session classes this fall! AND, use code HARVEST25 when you check out for 35% off ⚡️
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
✍️ Do you want to take a creative writing class, but aren't ready to commit to a multi-session workshop? Check out our single session classes this fall! AND, use code HARVEST25 when you check out for 35% off ⚡️
✍️ Do you want to take a creative writing class, but can't commit to multiple sessions? Check out our single-session classes this fall ⚡️
October 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
✍️ Do you want to take a creative writing class, but can't commit to multiple sessions? Check out our single-session classes this fall ⚡️
✍️Happy Writing Season!📖
🎃Get cozy and write with us this fall📕Write in community at one of our Write-Ins🍂The first Write-In, Bobbing for Words, will be on Oct 29, 5-9pm☕️Join in-person at The Muse or on Zoom👻
⚡️Stay tuned to hear about more of our Writing Season events✍️
🎃Get cozy and write with us this fall📕Write in community at one of our Write-Ins🍂The first Write-In, Bobbing for Words, will be on Oct 29, 5-9pm☕️Join in-person at The Muse or on Zoom👻
⚡️Stay tuned to hear about more of our Writing Season events✍️
October 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
✍️Happy Writing Season!📖
🎃Get cozy and write with us this fall📕Write in community at one of our Write-Ins🍂The first Write-In, Bobbing for Words, will be on Oct 29, 5-9pm☕️Join in-person at The Muse or on Zoom👻
⚡️Stay tuned to hear about more of our Writing Season events✍️
🎃Get cozy and write with us this fall📕Write in community at one of our Write-Ins🍂The first Write-In, Bobbing for Words, will be on Oct 29, 5-9pm☕️Join in-person at The Muse or on Zoom👻
⚡️Stay tuned to hear about more of our Writing Season events✍️
Congrats to the 2025-26 William O. McClure Futures Scholarship, Yuna Chung!
October 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Congrats to the 2025-26 William O. McClure Futures Scholarship, Yuna Chung!