About the Club

Established in November 2007, the Northern Virginia Writers Club is an affiliate of the Virginia Writers Club serving aspiring and published authors alike in the northern Virginia region. Currently, meetings are hybrid or entirely virtual, usually on the third or fourth Saturday of every month.

The club offers workshops, panel discussions, and expert speakers designed to assist members in the art and craft of writing, as well as to support members with the business side of writing. Club meetings, a collaboration portal, social media and a members-only Facebook Group offer members the opportunity to exchange ideas and establish contact with other writers having similar interests. We also have critique groups and beta readers.

2025 Meetings and Events

For details, visit our Events page.

• January 18: Annual meeting and officer elections
• February 15: Tara Campbell on craft
• March 22: Member Toby Dorr on expanding your reach as an author
• April 26: Golden Nib Award Winners from NVWC
• May 17: Rosslyn Chay on working toward authentic expression
• June 21: Mary Catherine Jones on audiobook production, from microphone to marketplace
• July 19: Member Scott Frost on independent publishing with his guide to treading the self-publishing abyss
• August 16: Member Social
• September 20: Beyond the Manuscript: Demystifying Book Marketing with indie author Maggie Smith
• October 18: Laura DiFranco of Brave Healer Publishing on using storytelling to sell books and build business and brand
• November 15: Painting the Pages workshop led by Dr. Oliver Reid of The Writing Coach
• December 13 (moved from Dec. 20): Holiday Social with state-of-the-industry kickoff by industry expert Jane Freidman

2026 Meetings and Events

• January 17: Annual Meeting
• February 21: Allison K. Williams, writing coach and author of Seven Drafts
• April 18: ML Brei on AI for authors
• July 18: Jessica Berg, founding agent of Rosecliff Literary
• TBD: KaNikki Jakarta, former poet laureate for the City of Alexandria, Virginia
• TBD: Andromeda Romano-Lax, writing coach and author of B&N Monthly Mystery Pick The Deepest Lake

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