Home 2016 Writers Conference 2016 Traveling Pen Series Workshops Show and Grow your Prose with Professional Critiques 2016 Authorfest 2016 Events About Us Join HRW Contact Us Previous Events Members Writer Resources Books Hear the Experts HRW Newsletters Local Writing Groups Local Literary Events 847 Writing Prompts and/or Exercises Shop Amazon.com DONATE to HRW 2015 Traveling Pen Series Workshops HRW's 2014 Traveling Pen Series Workshops HRW's 2013 Traveling Pen Series Workshops HRW's 2012 Traveling Pen Series Workshops 2015 Writers' Conference 2014 Writers' Conference 2013 Writers' Conference 2012 Writers' Conference	Click on the picture for more details about the conference Hampton Roads Writers--your connection to reader/writer events, including prose open mics, 2.5-hour writers' workshops and an annual multi-day writers' conference in Virginia Beach Hampton Roads Writers--your one stop place to find a critique group, writing workshop, writing coach, or editor Hampton Roads Writers--your connection to resources needed to build a solid publishing platform Let us help you network yourself into print. For the latest HRW updates, subscribe to our NEW Blog. See HRW in action Looking for an inexpensive writing workshop? . . . . Want to hear a critique of your work by a professional writer? Check out our SHOW AND GROW YOUR PROSE WITH PROFESSIONAL CRITIQUE dinner meeting events . . . See Other Literary Happenings in Hampton Roads . . . . Want a Writing Prompt/Exercise? . . . . Hear the Experts . . . . Read our newsletters. . . . Hampton Roads Writers is a Gold-level GuideStar Exchange participant, demonstrating its commitment to transparency. Click the Guidestar link to see how donations are used. Congratulations to the winners of the 3 FREE writing contests that were part of HRW's Seventh Annual Writers' Conference. 2015 Nonfiction Prize: 1st Place - Susan Okaty 2nd Place - Frank Milligan 3rd Place - Phyllis Stewart-Ruffin Hon. Mention - Midori Bamba 2015 Fiction Prize: 1st Place - Nealy Gihan 2nd Place - Michael Rigg 3rd Place - Rita Budrionis Hon. Mention - Rae Spencer 2015 Poetry Prize: 1st Place - Kay Brownlow 2nd Place - Sharon Poch 3rd Place - Judith Fowler Hon. Mention - Frank Milligan Want to honor or memorialize someone special? For a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE contribution of $1,000 or more, you can endow HRW's 2016 FICTION, NONFICTION, or POETRY Prizes in that person's name. Amazon.com Gift Cards are the perfect gift. Eligible for millions of items, Amazon.com Gift Cards are easy to give and fun to get. Please consider purchasing an Amazon.com Gift Certificate or two for the special people in your life. THANKS! Amazon.com - Read eBooks using the FREE Kindle Reading App on Most Devices Shop Amazon - Give the Gift of Amazon Prime HRW is a proud member of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Hampton Roads and of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Hampton Roads Writers Hampton Roads Writers, Inc. is a nonprofit, Virginia Beach, Virginia-based group of professional and aspiring writers, friends, and supporters of the arts who have joined together to promote the craft and passion of writing and the love of reading and literature in Virginia. We aim to encourage readers and writers of all ages and talents, as well as acknowledge and celebrate awareness of local and contemporary authors and their work. We serve as a resource to our community by creating and supporting literary events throughout the Hampton Roads area. HRW thanks TowneBank and The Muse Writing Center in Norfolk for their sponsorship of the 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 Writers' conferences. Thanks, too, to Priority Pest Services, Beach Ford, and Anthony Knight of AllState insurance for their generous support of the 2015 writers' conference. We'd also like to thank Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission for a small grant in support of HRW's 2011 writers' conference and the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts for the generous supporting grant in 2010. As of 3-25-2013, HRW's mailing address has changed to: Hampton Roads Writers P.O. Box 56228 Virginia Beach, VA 23456 Visitors since February 9, 2008 In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, HRW does not discriminate against persons with physical or mental disabilities and makes every effort to accomodate anyone who might need special assistance to partake of HRW sponsored activities.
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