Writer's Center
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The Writer's Center, founded in 1976, is an independent literary center in Bethesda, Maryland, of approximately 2,500 writers, editors, small press publishers and other artists. The Writer's Center offers workshops, hosts readings and literary events, maintains a community of writers, workshop leaders, publishers and audiences for contemporary writing at its Bethesda headquarters as well as in Leesburg, Virginia and Arlington, Virginia.
The Writer's Center provides a community of writers supporting each other in the creation and marketing of literary texts. The Writer's Center annually conducts hundreds of workshops in various genres of writing. Workshop participants share with one another their work-in-progress under the guidance of an experienced instructor who is also a published author.
The Writer's Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Writer's Center is supported in part by The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, and by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Writer's Center also hosts literary events, readings and conferences; sells books and literary magazines; and offers an environment for writing groups to meet. It is a voluntary, membership organization open to all skill levels.
