Chapters

At present, the VWC has ten active local Chapters: The Appalachian Authors Guild, Blue Ridge, Chesapeake Bay Writers, Hampton Roads, Hanover Writers, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Riverside, Traveler, and Valley.

The Blue Ridge Chapter serves the cities of Charlottesville, Staunton and Waynesboro,and counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Fluvana, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange and Rappahannock. Meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of the month at various locations in the greater Charlottesville area. Typical venues include the Barracks Road Barnes and Noble, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. For further information, please e-mail Jack Trammell, President.

The Chesapeake Bay Writers Chapter serves the City of Williamsburg and the counties of Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King & Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Richmond and Westmoreland. The Chesapeake Bay Writers host five luncheon or dinner meetings each year. In addition, the Chapter offers recurrent workshops and outreach events which afford members opportunities to exchange ideas and establish contact with others having similar interests. Individual members also host various critique and novel reading groups which meet regularly at different times and locations to assist members in achieving their writing goals. For further information, please see the Chesapeake Bay Writers Web site, or e-mail Mary Ann Carr.

Please note: The James-York Chapter has merged with the Chesapeake Bay Writers.

The Hampton Roads Chapter serves the cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. Meetings are held the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center in Virginia Beach. For further information, please e-mail Ed DeLong.

The Hanover Writers Chapter meets the third Saturday of each month from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon, at the Mechanicsville Library, 7179 Stonewall Parkway, Mechanicsville. Anyone interested in writing is invited to join this group. Activities include topics of discussion, speakers, workshops, and critiquing. For further information, please email Joanne Liggan.

The Northern Virginia Chapter serves writers in the counties of Fairfax and Arlington, the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church, and the surrounding areas. The Chapter usually meets in the afternoon of the third or fourth Saturday of each month at one of several Fairfax County library branches. For detailed meeting information, please visit their website.

The Richmond Chapter serves the City of Richmond and counties of Chesterfield, Henrico and Goochland (and incorporated cities within those counties). For further information, please e-mail Linda Layne, Facilitator.

The Riverside Writers Chapter serves the City of Fredericksburg and counties of Caroline, King George, Louisa, Spotsylvania, Stafford and portions of the adjoining areas. Meetings are held the second Saturday of each month at the Salem church branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. For further information, please e-mail Larry Turner.

The Valley Writers Chapter (www.roanokevalleywriters.org) serves the City of Roanoke and surrounding counties. Meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of each month at St. Thomas of Canterbury Anglican Church, 4910 Hubert St., Roanoke, NW (just off Hershberger, two blocks north of Williamson Rd.). For further information, please visit the web site of contact Betsy Ashton (betsy_ashton2005@yahoo.com). In 2011, Lake Writers of Smith Mountain Lake became a subchapter of Valley Writers. The president is Chuck Lumpkin (chucklumpkin@dishmail.net).