by Lisa Ellison | May 7, 2018 | Member Blog, News |
We received an overwhelming response to this year’s JMRL and WriterHouse Poetry Contest judged by former Virginia Poet Laureate Ron Smith. We’d like to congratulate winner Erin Wells for her poem “Nevertheless, Isabella Gibbons...
by Lisa Ellison | Jan 23, 2018 | Member Blog, News |
Creative Writing Camp for Kids Session I: Monday-Friday, July 16-July 20, 2018 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session II: Monday-Friday, July 23 – July 27, 2018 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. SESSION ONE CAMPS: Grades 6 – 8: Writing Circle with Erin James During this week,...
by Lisa Ellison | Jan 17, 2018 | Member Blog, News |
Kathryn Erskine is the author of six children’s novels including National Book Award winner, Mockingbird, Jane Addams Peace Award honor book Seeing Red,and most recently, The Incredible Magic of Being, and the picture book, Mama Africa: How Miriam Makeba Spreads Hope...
by Lisa Ellison | Nov 30, 2017 | Member Blog, News |
On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, we dedicated our salon to the memory of Catherine Clarke Coiner, a writerhouse member and founder who died after a brief illness in July. Catherine was an avid, quirky writer with a passion for the arts. She helped lay the groundwork...
by Lisa Ellison | Sep 19, 2017 | Member Blog |
Risky Research by BettyJoyce Nash Writers naturally attract “the fictional opportunity.” Three weeks ago, as I sail through security at CHO en route to my Montana vacation, this truth presents itself more directly than usual. I’m a Trusted Traveler, so OK, I swagger...
by Lisa Ellison | Sep 12, 2017 | Member Blog, News |
Community Write-In September 27, 2017 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, Central Branch McIntire Room Since August 12, 2017, our Charlottesville community has lived with uncertainty. Some people experienced that day as a wakeup call regarding...
by Lisa Ellison | Sep 12, 2017 | Member Blog, News |
Friday, October 20, 2017 @ 6:30 p.m. The Art Gallery at Indoor Biotechnologies, 700 Harris Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902 (across from WriterHouse) Tickets: $50 It’s time for Words and Wine, the signature annual fundraiser for WriterHouse, an organization...
by Lisa Ellison | Aug 7, 2017 | Member Blog, News |
by Instructor Phil Jason Flash Fiction is probably not new (certainly it was hard to write a novel when you were living in a cave, running from predators, and had a vocabulary of only two hundred words), but the advent of Internet publishing has brought more attention...
by Lisa Ellison | Jul 11, 2017 | Member Blog, News, Uncategorized |
WriterHouse and C-VILLE Weekly invite you to submit a piece of flash fiction to Charlottesville’s annual writing contest. The final judge will be author Bret Anthony Johnston, author of the best-selling novel Remember Me Like This and winner of the 2017 The Sunday...
by Lisa Ellison | Jun 6, 2017 | Member Blog, News |
The Downfalls of Writing About Love by Instructor Amanda Korman You’re probably already familiar with the downfalls of writing about love. Someone might read it. And then that person will think the narrator is you. And then that person will think you do/say/crave what...
