⚡ Come write with fellow writers in a live community space where you'll connect, create, and fuel your work together! 🌟 Here is a sample of our Name Your Price Summer Classes: 📍 See the full list of our Summer Class Specials and register here: the-muse.org/specials2025/

📖 We welcome young writers to explore and develop their unique voices, improve their craft, and pursue professional opportunities in the literary world. ⚡Read more about our Youth Program and our summer opportunities for elementary through high school writers: the-muse.org/museyouthwri...

🌟 Do you know a teen applying to college soon? ⚡ In this two-session College Application Essay workshop, we’ll discuss what a college essay is, how to target it to the program you’re applying to, and writing tips and strategies to help you write one effectively. 📍 the-muse.org/event/writin...

📅 Another week of Muse writing groups, meet-ups, and literary events! Join us in community, and Write Where You Are ⚡

🚨Today is Give Local 757! Please donate now at the-muse.org to DOUBLE your impact! ✍️ We exist to help anyone seize the chance to live life more fully, more meaningfully, and more successfully through the power of words.

⚡️Tomorrow is Give Local 757! Please donate tomorrow at the-muse.org ✍️All donations made tomorrow will be DOUBLED by an anonymous donor. ✨$10 or more helps fund our expanding outreach programs that combine the benefits of creative writing with healing.

Please donate on Tues, May 5 (midnight-midnight) at the-muse.org Your donation will be doubled… help us spread the word! For every dollar donated on May 5, an anonymous donor will match your gift. Your generosity will help us continue to grow & better serve the community! Thank you! #givelocal757

✨ Please donate on Tuesday, May 5 (midnight-midnight) at the-muse.org ♥️ This year during Give Local 757, The Muse is asking for your donation of $10 or more to help fund our expanding outreach programs that combine the benefits of creative writing with healing.

📅 Join us this week in literary community -- whether you're looking for a low-stakes space to get some writing done, or for a way to engage meaningfully with other writers and their work, we have an event for you.

⚡️ This is a PAID position; and we can offer students credit with their university and will work with you and your advisor/department chair/team to fulfill the requirements of a for-credit internship. 🔗 the-muse.org/internship-p...

✍️ Week 2 of National Poetry Month prompts and reading recommendations from Muse Librarian Charles ⚡️ Remember, you can get 50% off of our spring poetry classes by using code poetry26 at checkout 📖

Hi Friends! If you comment The Muse Writers Center in the comment section linked below, we will be in the running for a $757 grant from the PCF Virginia and #GiveLocal757. This is a voting challenge for eligible nonprofits. No purchase necessary. Comment on the post at www.facebook.com/pcfvirginia

✍️ Celebrate National Poetry Month with curated poetry prompts by Head Librarian and poet, Charles Rhodes. All April long, enjoy his inspiring prompts, explore his recommended poetry book from The Muse Library, and take 50% off all spring poetry classes with code poetry26 at checkout! 📖

📖Celebrate Poetry Month with an afternoon of powerful voices, live readings, & community connection: ⚡️Feat. Synnika A. Lofton, Daniel Pravda, Tonie Sheeley, & Greg Lee, this event marks the public release of Synnika Lofton’s Dear Young People and Blues Man on a Tight-Rope.

🌺 Experience a blend of meditation, reflective journal writing, meaningful sharing, and practical insights into applying Reiki principles beyond the healing table. ✍️ Saturday, April 11, 2-5pm at Complementary Sound and Wellness Center. 📍 the-muse.org/event/just-f...

✍️Are you looking for a dynamic and immersive way to bring your stories to life? In this class, we'll use sociodrama—a powerful action method, to step into the shoes of our characters & viscerally explore their challenges & choices. 📖 the-muse.org/event/experi... ⚡️Tuition assistance is available.

📖 In Conquering the Blank Page, students will explore some of the most common creative blocks writers face, uncover their roots, and experiment with strategies to overcome them. 📕 ⚡️ Register here: the-muse.org/event/conque...

"For many cancer patients and survivors, The Mindful Journaling class, led by instructor Lisa Cooper, becomes a lifeline." ⚡️ Read the full about The Mindful Journaling class led by The Muse's Lisa Cooper at Sentara Brock Cancer Center here: www.sentara.com/aboutus/news...

📆 Join us this week to write and socialize in literary community ✍️

⚡️ Check out our upcoming single-session and multi-session classes! ✍️ Remember, tuition assistance is available!

📆 We have a full week at The Muse, and we hope you'll come out and write with us! See our full events calendar at the-muse.org for our full schedule of writing groups and writers' meet-ups this week! ✍️

⚡️ Vote now for The Muse Writers Center in the 2026 Coastal Virginia Magazine Best Of Readers' Choice Awards - we are nominated for Best Specialty School or Advanced Program ✍️ 📍 VOTE HERE: bestof.coastalvirginiamag.com

🔮Stories thrive on conflict, transformation, & surprise—and so does tarot. ✍️We’ll use tarot not to predict the future, but to unlock the unexpected. Each card in the deck holds powerful symbolism that reflects emotional truth, hidden conflict, & potential shifts. 📍 the-muse.org/classes-at-a...

📆 Come on out and write with us this week! ✍️

🌺 Join us for an inspiring and deeply meaningful afternoon to explore how writing can help us move through life’s most difficult transitions. ✍️ Whether you are grieving, healing, aging, or simply seeking new ways to express your truth, this event offers wisdom, connection, & creative encouragement.⚡️

📆 Write with us this week - Join us in literary community for a literary event, writing group, or writers meet-up. ⚡️

✨ Join us next Monday, February 16 for TEARS: Transforming Emotions through Art and Reflective Support. ✍️ This bereavement arts support group offers a compassionate space for individuals navigating grief to express and process emotions through visual journaling and creative writing.

📆 We're back with another exciting week of community events! Join us for a writers meet-up, writing club, or event! ✍️

📆 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! ✍️

✍️ 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...

📆 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.

⚡️ 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...

👻 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

⚡️ 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/

📖 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...

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/

⚡️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.

❄️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.

⚡️ 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...

⚡️ 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/

✍️ 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...

✍️ 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.

🍲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.

🎙️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.

✍️ 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 ⚡️