Don’t let the image mislead you – with the coming of second winter (technically, first), we will not be doing much writing outside… yet. That will be later in the spring and summer and, with the way things are looking, possibly forever. This month, get excited…
Open Submissions Period for End of 83
End of 83, the Writing Hour’s literary magazine, is open to submissions for its third issue. The theme is social media. Send submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, art, photography to writinghour@gmail.com by April 1. Read the guidelines and give us your best.
Opportunities for Writers – January 2017
BWH isn’t meeting for much of January, but there are some great opportunities for writers this month. In the first week of January there is a call for judges for the 2017 Scholastic Writing Awards in the DC Metro Region to discover the best teen writing.…
Submissions Party, Resources for Writers, and Final December 2016 Events
Last week we held our first Submissions Party and it was wildly successful! That is to say, a handful of people got together and spent the evening looking up/sending our work to literary journals and other outlets, and commiserating about such, over coffee and beer. Finding…
This Week: Seltzer Open Mic and Atlas Obscura Road Trip Bmore Edition
A few neat events are happening in this last week of November/very early December. *** If you’re looking for an open mic, Charmington’s is hosting the Seltzer open mic on 11/29 at 7p (get there at 6:30 if you want to sign up to read), 2601…
Last minute Planning Party before the Writing Retreat
As you all know, this Sunday is our next All Day Writing Retreat. We’ll be meeting at HI Baltimore at 10AM and bringing snacks, drinks, and our writing projects to while away one of the last November days and make a final NaNoWriMo push (for those…
November Events
Here is a list of our events for November: Writing Hour, Sunday 10a – 2p at HI Baltimore: 11/6, 11/20 All Day Writing Retreat, Sunday 10a – 6p at HI Baltimore: 11/27 — this is a potluck Coffee at Night/Peer Share Night, Wednesday 7p – 9p-ish…
New Site Features: Send Us Suggestions, Check Our Calendar
We have a couple new features on our site. Check out our events for descriptions of the types of events we have going on, but find scheduled events and details on our calendar page. This month we have two new events in addition to Writing Hour:…
All Day Writing Retreat – October 2016
We’re finally restarting our all day retreats! The next one will be on Sunday, 10/30/2016 at HI Baltimore from 10am – 6pm. Bring your laptop, paper, pens, and plans (or lack thereof), and join us for a dedicated day of writing. This is also a potluck.…
New event:: Coffee at Night: a Writer’s Life
We’re kicking off some new and returning events this month. This Wednesday at 7, 10/26/16, we’ll be at The Bun Shop on Light St. for Coffee at Night: a Writer’s Life. This is a chance to get together with other writers, gripe about writing, share your…