diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldWriter.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldWriter.java
index 5e6580b6131c1..bb4ee45eaa073 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/AbstractFieldWriter.java
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ public void write(${name}Holder holder) {
   }
   </#if>
 
+  <#if minor.class?ends_with("VarChar")>
+  public void write${minor.class}(${friendlyType} value) {
+    fail("${name}");
+  }
+
+  public void write${minor.class}(String value) {
+    fail("${name}");
+  }
+  </#if>
+
   </#list></#list>
 
   public void writeNull() {
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ComplexWriters.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ComplexWriters.java
index 4ae4c4f75f208..51a52a6e3070d 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ComplexWriters.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/ComplexWriters.java
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ public class ${eName}WriterImpl extends AbstractFieldWriter {
 
   final ${name}Vector vector;
 
-  public ${eName}WriterImpl(${name}Vector vector) {
+<#if minor.class?ends_with("VarChar")>
+  private final Text textBuffer = new Text();
+</#if>
+
+public ${eName}WriterImpl(${name}Vector vector) {
     this.vector = vector;
   }
 
@@ -120,11 +124,19 @@ public void write(Nullable${minor.class}Holder h) {
   }
   </#if>
 
-  <#if minor.class == "VarChar">
+  <#if minor.class?ends_with("VarChar")>
+  @Override
   public void write${minor.class}(${friendlyType} value) {
     vector.setSafe(idx(), value);
     vector.setValueCount(idx()+1);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void write${minor.class}(String value) {
+    textBuffer.set(value);
+    vector.setSafe(idx(), textBuffer);
+    vector.setValueCount(idx()+1);
+  }
   </#if>
 
   <#if minor.class?starts_with("Decimal")>
@@ -256,6 +268,11 @@ public interface ${eName}Writer extends BaseWriter {
   public void writeTo${minor.class}(ByteBuffer value, int offset, int length);
 </#if>
 
+<#if minor.class?ends_with("VarChar")>
+  public void write${minor.class}(${friendlyType} value);
+
+  public void write${minor.class}(String value);
+</#if>
 }
 
 </#list>
diff --git a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/writer/TestSimpleWriter.java b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/writer/TestSimpleWriter.java
index 7c06509b23c87..ef918b13fb691 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/writer/TestSimpleWriter.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/writer/TestSimpleWriter.java
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.LargeVarBinaryVector;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.LargeVarCharVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.VarBinaryVector;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.VarCharVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.LargeVarCharWriterImpl;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.VarBinaryWriterImpl;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl.VarCharWriterImpl;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.Text;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -45,9 +50,9 @@ public void terminate() throws Exception {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testWriteByteArrayToVarBinary() {
+  public void testWriteByteArrayToVarBinary() throws Exception {
     try (VarBinaryVector vector = new VarBinaryVector("test", allocator);
-         VarBinaryWriterImpl writer = new VarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
+         VarBinaryWriter writer = new VarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
       byte[] input = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 };
       writer.writeToVarBinary(input);
       byte[] result = vector.get(0);
@@ -56,9 +61,9 @@ public void testWriteByteArrayToVarBinary() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testWriteByteArrayWithOffsetToVarBinary() {
+  public void testWriteByteArrayWithOffsetToVarBinary() throws Exception {
     try (VarBinaryVector vector = new VarBinaryVector("test", allocator);
-         VarBinaryWriterImpl writer = new VarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
+         VarBinaryWriter writer = new VarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
       byte[] input = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 };
       writer.writeToVarBinary(input, 1, 1);
       byte[] result = vector.get(0);
@@ -67,9 +72,9 @@ public void testWriteByteArrayWithOffsetToVarBinary() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testWriteByteBufferToVarBinary() {
+  public void testWriteByteBufferToVarBinary() throws Exception {
     try (VarBinaryVector vector = new VarBinaryVector("test", allocator);
-         VarBinaryWriterImpl writer = new VarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
+         VarBinaryWriter writer = new VarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
       byte[] input = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 };
       ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(input);
       writer.writeToVarBinary(buffer);
@@ -79,9 +84,9 @@ public void testWriteByteBufferToVarBinary() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testWriteByteBufferWithOffsetToVarBinary() {
+  public void testWriteByteBufferWithOffsetToVarBinary() throws Exception {
     try (VarBinaryVector vector = new VarBinaryVector("test", allocator);
-         VarBinaryWriterImpl writer = new VarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
+         VarBinaryWriter writer = new VarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
       byte[] input = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 };
       ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(input);
       writer.writeToVarBinary(buffer, 1, 1);
@@ -91,9 +96,9 @@ public void testWriteByteBufferWithOffsetToVarBinary() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testWriteByteArrayToLargeVarBinary() {
+  public void testWriteByteArrayToLargeVarBinary() throws Exception {
     try (LargeVarBinaryVector vector = new LargeVarBinaryVector("test", allocator);
-         LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl writer = new LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
+         LargeVarBinaryWriter writer = new LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
       byte[] input = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 };
       writer.writeToLargeVarBinary(input);
       byte[] result = vector.get(0);
@@ -102,9 +107,9 @@ public void testWriteByteArrayToLargeVarBinary() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testWriteByteArrayWithOffsetToLargeVarBinary() {
+  public void testWriteByteArrayWithOffsetToLargeVarBinary() throws Exception {
     try (LargeVarBinaryVector vector = new LargeVarBinaryVector("test", allocator);
-         LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl writer = new LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
+         LargeVarBinaryWriter writer = new LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
       byte[] input = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 };
       writer.writeToLargeVarBinary(input, 1, 1);
       byte[] result = vector.get(0);
@@ -113,9 +118,9 @@ public void testWriteByteArrayWithOffsetToLargeVarBinary() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testWriteByteBufferToLargeVarBinary() {
+  public void testWriteByteBufferToLargeVarBinary() throws Exception {
     try (LargeVarBinaryVector vector = new LargeVarBinaryVector("test", allocator);
-         LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl writer = new LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
+         LargeVarBinaryWriter writer = new LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
       byte[] input = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 };
       ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(input);
       writer.writeToLargeVarBinary(buffer);
@@ -125,9 +130,9 @@ public void testWriteByteBufferToLargeVarBinary() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testWriteByteBufferWithOffsetToLargeVarBinary() {
+  public void testWriteByteBufferWithOffsetToLargeVarBinary() throws Exception {
     try (LargeVarBinaryVector vector = new LargeVarBinaryVector("test", allocator);
-         LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl writer = new LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
+         LargeVarBinaryWriter writer = new LargeVarBinaryWriterImpl(vector)) {
       byte[] input = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 };
       ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(input);
       writer.writeToLargeVarBinary(buffer, 1, 1);
@@ -135,4 +140,48 @@ public void testWriteByteBufferWithOffsetToLargeVarBinary() {
       Assert.assertArrayEquals(new byte[] { 0x02 }, result);
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteStringToVarChar() throws Exception {
+    try (VarCharVector vector = new VarCharVector("test", allocator);
+         VarCharWriter writer = new VarCharWriterImpl(vector)) {
+      String input = "testInput";
+      writer.writeVarChar(input);
+      String result = vector.getObject(0).toString();
+      Assert.assertEquals(input, result);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteTextToVarChar() throws Exception {
+    try (VarCharVector vector = new VarCharVector("test", allocator);
+         VarCharWriter writer = new VarCharWriterImpl(vector)) {
+      String input = "testInput";
+      writer.writeVarChar(new Text(input));
+      String result = vector.getObject(0).toString();
+      Assert.assertEquals(input, result);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteStringToLargeVarChar() throws Exception {
+    try (LargeVarCharVector vector = new LargeVarCharVector("test", allocator);
+         LargeVarCharWriter writer = new LargeVarCharWriterImpl(vector)) {
+      String input = "testInput";
+      writer.writeLargeVarChar(input);
+      String result = vector.getObject(0).toString();
+      Assert.assertEquals(input, result);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteTextToLargeVarChar() throws Exception {
+    try (LargeVarCharVector vector = new LargeVarCharVector("test", allocator);
+         LargeVarCharWriter writer = new LargeVarCharWriterImpl(vector)) {
+      String input = "testInput";
+      writer.writeLargeVarChar(new Text(input));
+      String result = vector.getObject(0).toString();
+      Assert.assertEquals(input, result);
+    }
+  }
 }