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The Writer’s Center

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4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States Get Directions
Phone 301.654.8664
Website https://writer.org/

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  • Intro to the Novel

    Intro to the Novel
    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    This workshop will help you understand the process of writing a novel so you can get started putting pen to paper. The workshop will focus on everything from generating ideas to developing characters to establishing point of view. Participants will discuss many elements of fiction (dialogue, scene, etc.) but the emphasis will be on discovering...

    $395

  • Intro to the Novel

    Intro to the Novel
    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    This workshop will help you understand the process of writing a novel so you can get started putting pen to paper. The workshop will focus on everything from generating ideas to developing characters to establishing point of view. Participants will discuss many elements of fiction (dialogue, scene, etc.) but the emphasis will be on discovering...

    $395

  • Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    Prose, poetry, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. Sign-up starts at 6:45pm, and readings begin promptly at 7pm. Limited to 20 readers, so arrive early if you plan to read.

  • Local Writer’s Showcase – Poetry

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    The annual Essay and Short Story contest, and the Bethesda Poetry Contest will honor local writers on March 13 (Essay & Short Story) and March 18 (Poetry).  Please join us at these public events to celebrate the achievements of our local high school and adult writers. We thank our partners Bethesda Magazine, The Writer’s Center and The Trawick Foundation...

  • Artist Talk for Deborah Tomlin’s SUTRA

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    The title SUTRA in sanskrit means to stitch, to mend, to bring together, to heal. This body of work drew Tomlin to a more abstract approach to painting and drawing including the layering of collage materials and stitching directly on the canvas. Text based on comments by doctors and friends during her treatment is also significant to...

  • Opening Art Reception for Deborah Tomlin’s SUTRA

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    The Writer’s Center is pleased to present SUTRA, an exhibition of drawings and paintings by artist Deborah Tomlin, on display in the Center’s Joram Piatigorsky Gallery, January 29–March 23, 2026. Opening reception is FREE & open to the public. RSVP here. In 2022, Deborah Tomlin was diagnosed with breast cancer from a routine mammogram. She underwent...

  • SUTRA by Deborah Tomlin

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    In 2022, Deborah Tomlin was diagnosed with breast cancer from a routine mammogram. She underwent treatment, which consisted of three different surgeries including a bilateral mastectomy. In SUTRA, Tomlin chooses to paint her scars and unfamiliar body and to examine the healing process through her art. As Audre Lorde expresses, in The Cancer Journals, “Any...

  • Researching for Creativity: Practical tips of DC-Area writers, from the1930s and Now

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    The Writer’s Center welcomes Kim Roberts, David Nicholson, and David Taylor for a conversation and practical creative exercises on how to research in your writing. This event will also include examples of local resources. About the Event How can real-world research foster your creative work and thinking? In connection with The People’s Recorder podcast, this conversation with three...

  • Eric Lichtblau Book Launch

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    The Writer’s Center welcomes author Eric Lichtblau for a reading from his new novel, American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate. FREE & open to the public. RSVP here. Eric Lichtblau is a Washington author and investigative journalist and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. His latest non-fiction book,  American Reich: A...

  • Novelist Nancy Garruba in Conversation w/ Katherine Gekker

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    The Writer’s Center welcomes novelist Nancy Garruba for a reading and discussion of her debut novel, The Vanishing of Rose B. Nancy is in conversation with Katherine Gekker. FREE & open to the public. RSVP here. About The Vanishing of Rose B. Rose B. defied mid-century expectations of what a woman could be and do. Not only a devoted...

  • Virtual Craft Chat with Poet Ally Ang

    The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, United States

    Poet Lore and The Writer’s Center present a FREE virtual chat about the craft of poetry! We’re joined by Ally Ang to discuss their debut collection, Let the Moon Wobble. Ally is in conversation with Emily Holland, poet and editor of Poet Lore, America’s oldest poetry journal. RSVP here to receive login information (our virtual events are held...