Originally known as the Charlottesville Writers, Blue Ridge Writers (BRW) was founded in 1991 with the primary purpose of serving both aspiring and published writers in the Central Virginia area. We include the cities of Charlottesville, Staunton, Waynesboro and Lexington and the counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Fluvanna Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange and Page.

Our mission is to support and stimulate the art, craft, and business of writing, as well as be an advocate for literary arts in the region.

We provide several monthly Writers' Critique meetings, monthly Lunch Box Readings (LBR) at the Center in Charlottesville, the Blue Nib Writing Competition, the Annual Book Fair and occasional programs with guest speakers. We also have a Blue Ridge Writers Anthology for you to see a sampling of our writers' work (below).

Please visit the chapter's website for membership and program information

http://www.blueridgewritersva.org/ 

We are also on Meet Up as Blue Ridge Writers.

"Blue Ridge Writers:"

 https://www.meetup.com/albemarle-writers-critique/

The 30th Anniversary Anthology of Blue Ridge Writers 1991-2021: 

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the founding of Blue Ridge Writers, The 30th Anniversary Anthology of Blue Ridge Writers 1919-2021 has been published in three versions: Color ($24); Black & White ($5.25); and Kindle ($0.99). 

Thanks to the 24 author contributors to the anthology and to the Blue Ridge Anthology Committee for your help on this two-year project:  Morgan Armstrong, Carol Cutler, Warren Groeger, Dory Hulse, Brenda Morris, and Lynn Young. (Former members were Pat Alderman, Joy Krystosek, Louise Mitchell, John Nicolay, and Rosanne Vrugtman.)

The 30th Anniversary Anthology of Blue Ridge Writers was released 12/15/2020 and can be purchased at Amazon.com.