April 2025 Meeting: Readings by 2024 Golden Nib Winners

Mary Riley Styles Public Library 120 N Virginia Ave, Falls Church, VA, United States

Learn about the Golden Nib awards and hear from some of NVWC's 2024 Golden Nib winners, who will read their works and discuss their inspiration and writing journey. NVWC Fiction 1st place – "Bloom" by Roger Hammons 2nd place – "Daytona Beach" by Kay Summers 3rd place – "The Rock Snake" by Craig Lipman Poetry […]

May 2025 Meeting: Toward Authentic Expression – Liberate the Writer in You with Rosslyn Chay

Sherwood Regional Library 2501 Sherwood Hall Ln, Alexandria, VA

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” —Maya Angelou What does it take to write? Pen and paper, and a willingness to sit with ourselves including all that is happening with us. Your imaginations and ideas; your criticisms and praises; your dreams and declarations; your rambles and stutters, and more, […]

NVWC @ ViVa! Vienna

Contact Events Coordinator Dave Wessel at dkwessel@gmail.com for a spot at the NVWC table or stop by to support your fellow club members!

NVWC @ Occoquan Riverfest

Contact Events Coordinator Dave Wessel at dkwessel@gmail.com for a spot at the NVWC table or stop by to support your fellow club members!

June 2025 Meeting: Mary Catherine Jones on Audiobooks from Microphone to Marketplace

Audiobooks have enjoyed double-digit growth for the last 12 years with no sign of slowing down. Many independently published authors don't know where to begin when it comes to creating an audiobook. Members will learn the basics of audiobook production, including: Narration: Author Voice or Professional Narrator? Recording Options Distribution Options Using Your Audiobook Assets […]

NVWC @ Arlington County Fair

Contact Events Coordinator Dave Wessel at dkwessel@gmail.com for a spot at the NVWC table or stop by to support your fellow club members!

September 2025 Meeting: Magazine, Journal, & Anthology Publishing

Member Darius Jones, NVWC Social Media Coordinator Allie Nelson, and NVWC President Carolyn McBride will share their experiences and tips on magazine, journal, and anthology publishing. Darius’s stories and poems have appeared in Strange Horizons, The No Sleep Podcast, Star*Line Magazine, and other places. Allie is a multiple Pushcart Prize-nominated author whose work has appeared in The […]