BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Western Colorado Writers' Forum - ECPv6.15.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Western Colorado Writers' Forum
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Denver
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
DTSTART:20220313T090000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:MST
DTSTART:20221106T080000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
DTSTART:20230312T090000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:MST
DTSTART:20231105T080000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
DTSTART:20240310T090000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:MST
DTSTART:20241103T080000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240305T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240305T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20231127T220618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T161016Z
UID:2133-1709661600-1709667000@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:March Writer's Night - Podcasting for Writers: How to Get Started with Adi Tilford
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for a way to increase the reach of your message? \nAre you curious about the art of interview as a method to gain knowledge and insight about content for your writing? \nHave you wondered what steps it takes to start your own podcast? \nIn this workshop Adi Tilford will outline her podcasting journey\, highlighting both the challenges and the unexpected delights she’s discovered along the way. Though Adi started podcasting three years ago as a way to build a “platform” for her writing\, she has learned that podcasting lends itself to developing rich and meaningful written content. As she heads into her third year of podcasting\, she is thrilled to share more about what is now her favorite medium for the writing craft. \nAttendees will receive a digital guide with links to free and paid resources that may be helpful should you decide to pursue creating a podcast of your own. \nAdi Tilford Bio \nAdi Tilford is an adoptive mom and long-time educator\, advocating for therapeutic\, trauma-informed living. Adi hosts the 8000 Promises Podcast*\, writes a monthly essay for her newsletter subscribers and guest preaches at First Presbyterian Church\, Grand Junction. She also serves on the women’s ministry team\, enjoying both low and high impact adventures with Pray and Play! \nMost of the year\, Adi prays and plays in the desert of Colorado where the cactus bloom and coyotes caper in the front yard. She is making her home the place she loves to be with her hubby Sam and their two incredible daughters. \n*8000 Promises Podcast may be getting a new name… brainstorming and potentially rebranding.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/march2024-writers-night/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/microphone-2618102_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240206T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20231127T221106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240203T001735Z
UID:2135-1707242400-1707247800@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:February 2024 Writer's Night: Rosa Parks in Black History Live Tour
DESCRIPTION:The WCWF has partnered with our local Chautauqua group and the Colorado Humanities’ Black History Live Tour to bring you the living-history portrayal of Rosa Parks by nationally acclaimed scholar/actor Becky Stone on Tuesday\, February 6 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Art Center. RSVPs required\, upper left above this post. \nThe portrayal will be performed in a Chautauqua format\, which is a first-person dramatization of a historical figure. The speaker’s monologue typically lasts 40 minutes\, followed by 20 minutes of Q&A\, first in character and then out of character as the scholar/performer. \nRosa Parks was indeed a writer and author and Becky is incorporating these elements into her performance at our request. The audience will be able to ask questions of Rosa Parks and then of Becky herself when she steps out of character. \nA Chautauqua performer writes their own script\, and Becky will talk about her research and writing processes with the audience. We encourage lots of interaction! \nWe know this is a bit outside our usual offerings\, but we wanted to incorporate Black History Month into our February Writer’s Night and this opportunity to collaborate presented itself. \nTo learn more about what a Chautauqua performance is and about the Black History Live Tour\, click this link. \n  \nBios\n  \nRosa Parks Bio \nRosa Parks\, even as a child\, challenged Jim Crow. She understood herself to be a child of God. That knowledge fueled her sense of civil rights and personal dignity. She seemed fearless. After all\, she had witnessed her grandfather taking an armed stand against the Ku Klux Klan. She dared to throw bricks at white boys taunting her brother. She stood up to angry white mothers. All of which led her grandmother to exclaim\, “Rosa Louise MacCauley! You’re going to be lynched before you get out of high school!” \nAs Parks grew into womanhood\, her fears about lynching increased; however\, her commitment to changing America also increased. She married a man already involved in raising money for the defense of the Scottsboro boys\, and she became the secretary of the Montgomery Chapter of the NAACP\, a job that involved recording incidents of civil rights abuses and police brutality\, as well as writing protest letters to legislators and newspapers. Parks challenged segregation at every turn\, with only partial success\, until the day she took action to defend her personal rights and suddenly galvanized the Black people of Montgomery to take a stand together. Change in America was on the way with the Montgomery Bus Boycott – the only protest of its size\, length\, and impact in the history of the United States. In 1992 Rosa Parks published her autobiography Rosa Parks: My Story\, where she recounts different parts of her life and why she decided to stay in her bus seat. A few years later in 1995\, she released Quiet Strength\, which is a memoir that focuses on her faith. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBecky Stone Bio \nBorn and raised in Philadelphia\, PA\, Ms. Stone became a storyteller upon moving south. She holds a B.A. in Drama from Vassar College and an M.A. from Villanova University in Elementary Educational Counseling. Her acting credits include Lime Kiln Arts Theater\, VA; Warehouse Theatre\, Greenville SC; Haywood Arts Regional Theatre\, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theater\, Asheville Community Theatre\, Highland Repertory Theatre\, Asheville Contemporary Dance Theater in Asheville and Merida\, Mexico\, and Asheville on Broadway. Ms. Stone has also presented at North Carolina and Colorado Humanities Chautauqua festivals and Black History Live tours as Maya Angelou\, Harriet Tubman\, and Josephine Baker.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/february-2024-writers-night/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20231205T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20231030T183329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T183429Z
UID:2058-1701799200-1701804600@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:December 2023 Writer's Night: Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Our annual Open Mic Night is Tuesday\, December 5 from 6-7:30 pm at the Art Center in Grand Junction. \nBring your short works and poetry and take the mic! \nWe have a time keeper this year. Your time limit is 5 minutes\, so plan accordingly. Please do not read as fast as you can to fit those 5 minutes\, but rather practice ahead of time and cut where needed. The audience would love to enjoy your work rather than try to keep up with auctioneer level utterances! \nA 30-line poem takes about 2 minutes to read\, and a 700 word story takes about 5 minutes. If we can do more than one round\, we will. \nWe would appreciate RSVPs for seat-planning purposes\, and please note that readers will sign up on site.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/december2023openmic/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20231003T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20231003T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20230626T193442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T204843Z
UID:1815-1696356000-1696361400@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:October 2023 Writer's Night: Blogging for Writers & Poets with Trish Hopkinson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our October  Writer’s Night on Tuesday\, October 3\, 2023\, beginning at 6 p.m. at The Art Center in Grand Junction. \nBlogging for Writers & Poets\nJoin guest speaker Trish Hopkinson as she presents what she has learned about blogging and running a website\, provides examples of different approaches\, reasons for why you’d want to create an author blog or website\, how to prepare\, and how to get started. Learn how Trish used her website to grow her network to over 20\,000 followers. There will be lots of tips and tools along the way followed by Q&A at the end. \n  \nBio Trish Hopkinson \n \n  \nTrish Hopkinson is a poet and literary arts advocate. You can find her online at www.SelfishPoet.com and in Colorado where she runs the regional poetry group Rock Canyon Poets\, curates Poetry Happens for KRCL 90.9FM\, and is a board member of the International Women’s Writing Guild. Her poetry has been published in several magazines and journals\, including Sugar House Review\, Glass Poetry Press\, and The Penn Review; and her third chapbook Footnote was published by Lithic Press in 2017. Hopkinson happily answers to labels such as atheist\, feminist\, and empty nester; and enjoys traveling\, live music\, and craft beer. \n  \n 
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/october-2023-writers-night-blogging-for-writers-poets-with-trish-hopkinson/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230905T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230905T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20230727T203737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T214850Z
UID:1887-1693936800-1693942200@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:Sept 2023 Writer's Night - Social Media for Writers: Identify\, Simplify\, and Amplify with Melody Jones
DESCRIPTION:September Writer’s Night\nTuesday\, September 5 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at The Art Center in Grand Junction\n  \nAs a writer\, do you see social media as a waste of time?\nPerhaps you wonder what the point is\, how not to get sucked into the social media vacuum\, and if there’s any way to streamline your efforts so you can get back to writing. \nSocial media is only one tool in your marketing toolbox\, but it’s an important tool for writers and authors in today’s marketing and branding landscape. \nWhether your goal is to publish your writing\, submit to writing contests\, become a freelance writer\, or secure speaking opportunities to build your brand – or if you’re already published – this session is for you. \nQuestions Melody hears often: Do I need to be on every social media platform? How do I make graphics? Must I post every day? Is it okay to post the same thing on LinkedIn that I post to Instagram? How do I find my fan base? \nJoin Melody for answers to these questions\, and to learn how to get started\, how to keep going\, and why in tarnation you’re on social anyway. \nYou’ll get tips\, tricks\, and tools. You’ll get know-how. You’ll get some humor mixed in because you know her motto: it can’t be all serious all the time! \nMaterial presented will help newbies and veterans alike. Don’t miss this session. \n  \n \n  \nMelody Jones started working with writers and authors in 2010 when she first noticed the terrified faces of her colleagues every time “this newfangled Facebook thing” was mentioned. She’s been working ever since to un-terrify the terrified\, unclench the anxiety-stricken\, and unmask the mystery of social. Melody is a published author and award-winning poet\, Colorado native\, and coffee enthusiast.  \nShe takes social media clients on a limited basis. Contact her directly to inquire about management and consultation services. \nHer Grand Junction Butt in Seat Writing Group resumes Monday evenings starting on September 11\, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Seats limited; register today. \n  \nP.S. Do you get all the western slope writer news in your inbox? Check out our latest newsletters and sign up. We never spam.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/sept-2023-writers-night-socialmediaforwriters/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230801T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230801T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20230531T185621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230730T150629Z
UID:1780-1690912800-1690918200@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:August 2023 Writers Night: How to Write and Sell Your Stories to Magazines (in print and online)
DESCRIPTION:August Writers Night\nTuesday\, August 1 at 6:00 p.m. at The Art Center in Grand Junction \n  \nGet Published While You Wait:\nHow to Write and Sell Your Stories to Magazines (in print and online)\nWriting for magazines and newspapers is a great way to hone your craft while you’re waiting for your next novel or children’s book to be published. Learn how this journalistic style of writing helps you make connections and improve your writing skills. \nJoin BEACON Senior News Editor Cloie Sandlin as she discusses the art of writing engaging stories for magazines\, newspapers and the web\, from pitching stories to an editor and coming up with interview questions to weaving your interviews and research into a finished piece that hooks your reader. She’ll talk about style\, best practices and what makes a good article (quotes are key!). She’ll also cover fact-checking your story and journalism dos and don’ts. \n\n\nSpeaker Bio\n\nCloie Sandlin has been with BEACON Senior News since 2009. As Editor in Chief\, she works to reshape the public’s views on aging by showcasing the talents and feats of local older adults via inspiring stories and engaging content\, both in print and online. \nCloie is an accomplished freelance writer and journalist. Her work has been published in numerous local and statewide publications\, and has won awards from North American Mature Publishers Association. She’s a Colorado Mesa University graduate with degrees in Public Relations and Advertising. \nWhen she’s not working\, Cloie is usually traveling\, crossing musicians and bands off her live music bucket list with her husband\, or spending time with her two dogs. \n  \n  \nRegister today for our September Writer’s Night – Social Media for Writers: Identify\, Simplify\, and Amplify with Melody Jones.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/august-2023-writers-night/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230606T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230606T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20230428T224959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230528T202606Z
UID:1730-1686074400-1686079800@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:June 2023 Writers Night: Panel of Experts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our June 6 Writers Night beginning at 6:00 p.m. at The Art Center in Grand Junction. \nPanel of Experts: Get Your Questions Answered\nRemember our first-ever Silent Auction and FUNdraiser in December 2022? We hosted a mini-panel of guests knowledgeable on a variety of topics related to writing\, publishing\, performing\, and the business side of being an author/writer\, but we had a strict time limit of 13 minutes. \nWe promised to bring back a panel this year with far more time to ask questions\, and here we are! \nFor our June Writer’s Night\, we have four (possibly five) panelists ready to interact with you on a variety of subjects related to writing. A panel is the most successful when audience participation is strong\, so come down with a few questions and prepare to interact. \nWe’ll start the evening with introductions of each panelist and their area of expertise\, and then open to questions and comments. \n  \nPanelists \nLisa Connors: poetry\, how to find legitimate contests and publications to submit written pieces to\, best way to track submissions \nMarya Johnston: self-publishing\, getting your indie book on indie bookstore shelves\, working with bookstores on author events \nCaleb Ferganchick: slam poetry\, poetry in social justice movements\, event organizing\, self-publishing\, leading workshops \nMelody Jones: general social media questions\, how best to use social media as a writer or author\, how to manage multiple platforms and not lose your mind\, why social media is not the Field of Dreams \n  \n\n  \nBio: Lisa Wence Connors \n \n  \nLisa Wence Connors is retired US Army and a published poet. She has conducted workshops for the Salt Lake City Public Library System under the auspices of the Utah Arts and Humanities Commission. She has also conducted two iterations of the Discover Poetry Writing Workshop for the Grand Junction VA\, and is the editor for High Desert Cadence: A Journal of Veteran Creative Writing.   \n  \n  \nBio: Caleb Ferganchick \nCaleb Ferganchick is a rural\, queer\, slam poet-activist and author of The Secret of Sunflowers (2021) and Poetry Heels (2018). His work has been featured and published by Western Colorado Writer’s Forum (2021)\, South Broadway Ghost Society (2021\, 2020)\, “Slam Ur Ex ((the podcast))” (2020)\, and the Colorado Mesa University Literary Review. He organizes the annual Slamming Bricks poetry slam competition in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Riots and serves as a board member for Western Colorado Writer’s Form and Mutual Aid Partners. A SUP river guide and speech and debate coach\, Caleb also dreams of establishing a queer commune with a river otter rescue and falconry. He lives in Grand Junction\, Colorado. To learn more\, visit calebferganchick.com. \n  \nBio: Marya Johnston \nMarya is a second generation bookseller with 30 years experience. Out West Books has been in business for 10 years now. \nReturning to the Western Slope of Colorado after 15 years living overseas\, Marya decided that Grand Junction needed an Independent Bookstore that sold only NEW books. She was frustrated by the lack of availability of area interest and children’s titles to be found here\, so she decided to fill that void. Marya’s family homesteaded in the Bookcliffs over 100 years ago (come in and see the enlarged historic family photos on the store walls) and she’s a native of Gunnison\, CO. Western Colorado/Eastern Utah is in her blood. She returned to Colorado after living most recently in China.  She’s traveled all over the world\, so she is pretty good with travel advice too. \n  \nBio: Melody Jones \nMelody Jones is a published writer and poet\, speaker\, coffee enthusiast\, lover of beagles\, and Colorado native. A Palisade girl\, she returned to the western slope in February 2021 after 30 years in the Denver metro area. She became known as Social Media Melody\, a social media consultant\, manager\, and trainer\, when she noticed writers and authors were terrified of it\, later founding the Colorado Women in Social Media collaborative group. She’s taught many workshops and presented at a variety of conferences including the Colorado Gold Conference and Lighthouse Writers. Melody is a former Vice President of the Denver Woman’s Press Club and current President of the WCWF. You can find her every Wednesday morning at Main Street Bagels where she hosts Writer Chicks Coffee Club.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/june-2023-writers-night-panel-of-experts/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230502T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230502T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20230113T191908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T144901Z
UID:1607-1683050400-1683055800@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:Canceled!! May 2023 Writer's Night: Blogging for Writers & Poets with Trish Hopkinson
DESCRIPTION:This event has been canceled. We apologize for the lateness of this cancellation\, but the speaker advised us on the morning of the event that she is Covid-positive and can’t make it. We are unable to secure another speaker at this very last moment. Thank you for understanding.\n  \nJoin us for our May 2023 Writer’s Night on Tuesday\, May 2 beginning at 6 p.m. at The Art Center in Grand Junction. \nBlogging for Writers & Poets\nJoin guest speaker Trish Hopkinson as she presents what she has learned about blogging and running a website\, provides examples of different approaches\, reasons for why you’d want to create an author blog or website\, how to prepare\, and how to get started. Learn how Trish used her website to grow her network to over 20\,000 followers. There will be lots of tips and tools along the way followed by Q&A at the end. \n  \nBio Trish Hopkinson \n \n  \nTrish Hopkinson is a poet and literary arts advocate. You can find her online at www.SelfishPoet.com and in Colorado where she runs the regional poetry group Rock Canyon Poets\, curates Poetry Happens for KRCL 90.9FM\, and is a board member of the International Women’s Writing Guild. Her poetry has been published in several magazines and journals\, including Sugar House Review\, Glass Poetry Press\, and The Penn Review; and her third chapbook Footnote was published by Lithic Press in 2017. Hopkinson happily answers to labels such as atheist\, feminist\, and empty nester; and enjoys traveling\, live music\, and craft beer. \n 
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/may-2023-writers-night/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230404T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230404T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20230113T185952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T211620Z
UID:1606-1680631200-1680636600@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:April 2023 Writer's Night: Telling Better Stories for a Better Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our April 2023 Writer’s Night on Tuesday\, April 4\, 2023 beginning at 6 p.m. at The Art Center in Grand Junction. \nTelling Better Stories for a Better Tomorrow with Jacob Richards\nThis workshop will explore the many forms of writing essential to making change including how writers can change the world. We’ll discuss why movements and organizations need writers to create new narratives to communicate within groups and to the broader society\, and to inspire and give heart to movements. Examples from local history will be peppered throughout. \n  \nBio Jacob Richards \nJacob Richards is a long-time community organizer and has co-founded many local grassroots organizations like Grand Junction Mutual Aid\, Solidarity Not Charity\, Housing First! No More Deaths!\, Confluence Media Collective\, and The Red Pill. \nHe is the researcher and author of www.peopleshistoryofthegrandvalley.com\, and is a board member of the Mesa County Historical Society. Richards authored and published “Freedom and Oppression: Homelessness in the Grand Valley\,” and his writing and/or photography has appeared in the GJ Free Press\, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel\, New York Times\, CNN\, Earth First! Journal\, The Red Pill\, and Mesa State Literary Review. \nRichards spends his summers and falls working as a wilderness hunting and fishing guide in the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness and the Kannah Creek basin.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/april-2023-writers-night/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230307T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230307T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20221227T224158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T165126Z
UID:1597-1678212000-1678217400@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:March 2023: I’d Rather Die\, They Said: Reading Your Work in Public with John Lanci
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our March 2023 Writer’s Night on Tuesday\, March 7 beginning at 6 p.m. at The Art Center in Grand Junction. **Please scroll all the way down past the event post to register. \n  \nI’d Rather Die\, They Said: Reading Your Work in Public with John R. Lanci\nPolls indicate that the number one fear people have is a fear of public speaking. Fear of death only comes in second. \nJoin John Lanci for a workshop on how to overcome fear and become a more effective reader of your own work. John\, current vice president of the Western Colorado Writers’ Forum\, has forty years of public speaking under his belt—as a teacher\, a giver of stirring sermons\, and a retreat master. Your time together will be a workshop\, not a lecture\, in which participants share their experiences as well as their own tips for sharing their work with others. NO ONE WILL BE FORCED TO FACE THEIR FEARS!! Come and listen to your peers\, and share if you like. \n  \nBio John Lanci \nBorn and raised in upstate New York\, John taught for over thirty years at Stonehill College in North Easton\, Massachusetts\, where he remains a professor emeritus in the department of Religious Studies. He holds degrees in classics\, ministry\, and religion from NYU\, Notre Dame\, and Harvard. After retiring\, he moved to Grand Junction in 2020 to be closer to his family and to finally enjoy life in high desert country after decades of high humidity\, lush mosquito-harboring vegetation\, weeks of cloudy days\, and periodic hurricanes. He has published two books and a monograph on the Bible as well as a number of academic articles on religion and pedagogy. Now he writes for fun.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/march-2023-john-lanci/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/public-speaking-3926344_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230207T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230207T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20221227T221020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T184108Z
UID:1596-1675792800-1675798200@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:February 2023: A Slice of Life Out of America’s Past with Pat Martin
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our February 2023 Writer’s Night on Tuesday\, February 7 beginning at 6 pm at The Art Center in Grand Junction. **Scroll all the way down past this post to register. \n  \nA Slice of Life Out of America’s Past\n  \n \n  \nA native of Oklahoma\, local author Patricia Martin grew up listening to the stories told by her maternal grandmother of her early life homesteading on the plains of Kansas and Oklahoma in the late 1800s. Martin’s determination to chronicle these true stories resulted in the exciting historical novel\, A Meadowlark Calling\, once described by 20th Century Fox as “a slice of life out of America’s past.” \nPlease join us Feb. 7\, 2023\, at 6 p.m. at the Art Center for Pat’s slide presentation featuring the real people and places depicted in her book\, which is set for filming in 2023 by Talmarc Productions. \nThe WCWF has also requested that Pat recite one or two of her cowboy-style poems! \n  \n  \nBio for Patricia Martin \n \n  \nOriginally from Oklahoma\, local cowboy poet Pat Martin has lived in Colorado since 1960. Always a cowboy at heart\, Pat traded her stick horses for the real thing and never looked back. She has worked on six different ranches in Colorado and Wyoming\, where she gained insight into cowboys and the cowboy way of life. \n  \nShe began writing and performing cowboy poetry several years ago and has presented at venues such as Durango\, Colorado\, Heber City\, Utah\, and the “world series” of cowboy poetry\, Elko\, Nevada\, where her work was well-received. According to Pat\, cowboy poetry differs from other forms of poetry in that\, instead of just painting a pretty word picture\, it tells a story\, and those stories will evoke emotion—you will laugh or perhaps shed a tear at the true-to-life adventures portrayed.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/february-2023-pat-martin/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/chinatown-4582511_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20221206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20221206T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20220421T025547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221206T204313Z
UID:1480-1670349600-1670355000@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:December 2022: Silent Auction Writer's Night and FUNdraiser
DESCRIPTION:*Note: Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page to register.\nOur December event is our first-ever Writer’s Night Silent Auction and FUNdraiser\, set for Tuesday\, December 6\, 2022 beginning at 6:00 p.m. – doors open at 5:45 p.m. – at The Art Center in Grand Junction. \nJoin us for a night of fun\, refreshments\, and a little bit of holiday shopping while you bid on an array of fabulous auction items. By night’s end\, you will be entertained\, refreshed\, and the proud owner of something new – or winner of a gift card because you’re the Royalty of Trivia Knowledge. Register today at the bottom of this page. \n\nWhy are we holding this fundraiser?\nWe’d like to bring new programming for writers your way\, expand to in-person offerings in Montrose\, and resurrect popular past events like this one: Write Out Loud: A WCWF Live Performance of Original Local Works or this one: Prompt & Circumstance. \nWe also have a new goal of establishing a scholarship fund for high school graduates or GED recipients pursuing a degree in a writing-related field (we will investigate the legalities\, etc.)\, and we need your help to make this a reality. \n  \n*NEW: Musician Jake Johnson is joining us! He’ll play as we set up\, during intermissions\, and at the end as we hand over auction items to our wonderful supporters. \n \n  \n  \n“Western Colorado native Jake Johnson has performed for a variety of audiences all across Colorado for over 16 years. A former jazz and classical musician\, his influences range widely and can be heard in his style. He enjoys biking\, going to movies\, playing in the mountains\, and traveling.” \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSchedule \n5:45 p.m.  Doors open; bidding starts; music; food and beverages \n6:00 p.m.  Emcee announcements and fun stuff \n6:05 p.m.  The poetry stylings of the one and only Wendy Videlock \n6:25 p.m.  Intermission\, bidding wars\, food and beverage consumption\, music \n6:35 p.m.  Emcee followed by our Sampler Platter Panel \n6:55 p.m.  Intermission\, last chance to bid\, more consumption\, music \n7:05 p.m.  Emcee and James Van Pelt\, our Trivia Master\nWriter Trivia Game in teams of 5 people each (the number per team may change); winning team members earns gift cards \n7:25 p.m.  Emcee announces winners of bid items; winners pay by cash\, check\, or charge; winners skip merrily home with items in hand tra-la-la \n  \nDetails… \n  \nPablo’s Pizza is delivering to the event! We’re now asking for RSVP registrations so we know how much to order. \n  \n \nWendy Videlock is in the house! She’s the opening act with wonderful poetry readings\, and she’s generously donating auction items. Will it be an autographed book? Will it be beautiful artwork? Come on down and find out. \n  \n  \n \nJames Van Pelt is in the house! Jim is donating auction items\, AND he’s the emcee for our first-ever Writer Trivia Contest. Teams will compete. Prizes will be won. Fun will be had. But only if you show up… \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nWe are hosting a mini-panel of guests who will answer questions on a variety of topics related to writing\, publishing\, performing\, and the business side of being an author/writer. Time is tight at 13 minutes total. Names and subjects below so you can think of questions! \n  \nCaleb Ferganchick: slam poetry\, poetry in social justice movements\, event organizing\, self publishing\, leading workshops \nJohn Lanci: religion\, writing rituals for performance\, and how to write an effective sermon for your aunt’s funeral or your Mom’s remarriage \nAdrienne Cascarella: speaking/performing/memorizing\, persuasive writing\, and how to use journaling and free writing to get through writer’s block \nMelody Jones: general social media questions; how best to use social media as a writer or author; how to manage multiple platforms and not lose your mind \n  \nWhat types of auction items will be there? \nWe’ve had more donations come in and we will strive to keep this list updated\, but there will absolutley be some surprise items at the auction that aren’t on this list. \n \n  \n  \nTwo single-day passes to Powderhorn Mountain Resort. \n  \n  \n \n \n  \nGorgeous Christmas quilt handmade just for this occasion; square\, made as a table centerpiece or other decorative area. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nFour sets of handmade Christmas and Holiday cards with different thems\, made just for this occasion. \n  \n  \n \n  \nHuge gift basket from Enstrom Toffee & Confectionary. \n  \n  \n \n  \nSpa Gift Basket with Journal. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nExtra Large Snack and Refreshment Gift Basket filled with items from Carol’s Oriental Food & Gifts. \n  \n  \n \n  \nOriginal artwork by Phyllis Moorman – 3 pieces. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nTiffany-style lamp with handmade stained-glass shade. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nChinle Collar – handmade original design from VirJen Beadwork. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nHandmade original design earrings from VirJen Beadwork. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nFrom Out West Books:  “Rebel with a Clause\,” by Ellen Jovin. \n  \n  \n \n  \nBook by Dr. April Schulte\, founder of Healing Horizons Integrative Solutions \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nGreeting cards\, books\, and a painting by Wendy Videlock \n  \n  \nIf you’d like to support our revival and growth efforts\, there are several ways to help. If you can donate an item or service\, beverages\, or physical labor to help set up items on tables\, please contact us directly at our email. \nOf course coming to our FUNdraiser is the best support of all! We love seeing you. \nAll proceeds support the Western Colorado Writers’ Forum and associated writer programs\, a nonprofit committed to fostering a rich and diverse writing community on Colorado’s Western Slope that invites participation from diverse cultures\, customs\, and life experiences. \nSilent Auction Items\nItem: Extra Large Snack and Refreshment Gift Basket filled with items from Carol’s Oriental Food & Gifts \nValue: $100  Minimum bid: $25 \n\nItem: Spa Gift Basket with Journal \nValue: $70  Minimum bid: $15 \n\nNew* Item: A one-page critique of a first chapter of a novel or a short story (4\,000 words or less\, approx) by author James Van Pelt \nValue: $50  Minimum bid: $20 \n\nNew* Item: Paperback edition of The Best of James Van Pelt \nValue:  $25  Minimum bid: $10 \n\nNew* Item: Gift certificate for a one-year\, deluxe household membership to the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens\, good for 2 named adults\, 3 children 3-18\, and 3 guests. Includes free admission to over 300 gardens throughout the U.S. with your membership card! \nValue: $120   Minimum Bid: $50 \n\nNew* Item: A variety of items from Lithic Bookstore including books\, bookmarks\, pins\, can koozie\, tote bag and a $10 coupon \nValue: $85   Minimum Bid: $35 \n\nNew* Item: One basket of assorted goodies from Alida’s Fruits including jams\, salsa\, syrup and snacks \nValue: $45   Minimum Bid: $10 \n\nItem: Two gift cards for Pablo’s Pizza\, separate bid items \nValue: $20 each   Minimum bid: $5 \n\nNew* Item: The Poetic Imaginarium: A Worthy Difficulty\, a book of  critical essay\, review\, and memoir\, along with original artwork and poems by Wendy Videlock \nValue: $20  Minimum bid: $5 \n\nNew* Item: book of poetry by Wendy Videlock\, Wise to the West \nValue: $20  Minimum bid: $5 \n\nNew* Items: Two separate packs of greeting cards designed by Wendy Videlock \nValue for each greeting card pack: $20  Minimum bid for each: $3 \n\nNew* Item: Original framed and matted artwork by Wendy Videlock \nValue: $95  Minimum bid: $25 \n\nNew* Item: Half hour consultation with Dr. April Schulte-Barclay DAOM\, LAc\, founder of Healing Horizons Integrative Solutions\, plus a copy of her book “Save Your Life Now.” \nValue: Priceless! It’s your health 🙂  Minimum bid: $35 \n\nNew* Items: Three separate gift certificates for dog grooming services at HBJ’s Your Way Grooming at 15th and North in Grand Junction\, covers all small dog grooms and most services for medium to large dogs. \nValue for each gift cert: $75  Minimum bid: $25 for each one \n\nNew* Item: Huge gift bag – Many Pathways to Writing or Writing Better plus two bottles of DaVinci wine; includes ten gently used writing book classics plus liquid inspiration. \nValue: $100  Minimum bid: $25 \n\nItems: Four sets of beautiful handmade holiday cards\, 6 cards per set\, sold separately \nValue: $30 per set  Minimum Bid: $5 per set \n\nItem: Handmade square Christmas quilt\, made as a decorative item (like for a table centerpiece) \nValue:  $150   Minimum Bid: $30 \n\nItem: Tiffany-style lamp with handmade stained glass shade; two bulbs with pull chains. \nGallery Value: $150   Minimum Bid: $50 \n\nItems: Handmade original design earrings from VirJen Beadwork; sold separately \nEach Earring Set Gallery Value: $50   Minimum Bid Each Set: $20 \n\nItem:  Chinle Collar – handmade original design from VirJen Beadwork. Adjustable length. Glass seed beads. \nGallery Value: $250   Minimum Bid: $100 \n\nItem: Two single-day passes to Powderhorn Mountain Resort good for one full day of skiing each at Western Colorado’s premier ski resort \nValue: $180   Minimum Bid: $75 \n\nItem: Book “Rebel with a Clause\,” by Ellen Jovin \nList price value: $26.99   Minimum Bid: $10 \n\nItem: $25 gift certificates from Main Street Bagels in Grand Junction (we have two separate gift certificates that will be separate bids) \nValue for each card: $25   Minimum bid for each card: $5 \n\nItem: One hour personal coaching for one author/writer on a social media subject by social media consultant and expert\, author\, and award-winning poet Melody Jones. Must be scheduled no later than January 31\, 2023. \nValue: $250   Minimum bid: $40 \n\nItem: One ghostwritten mini autobiography of 7\,000-9\,000 words with one round of revision and 4-5 hours of interviewing time by memoir ghostwriter and award-winning journalist Christie Matherne. Must begin interviews by January 31\, 2023. \nValue: $2\,750  Minimum bid: $1\,200 \n\nItem: Full copy edit of your manuscript (up to 85\,000 words)\, including 30-minute Zoom chat for author questions on the edits\, by published author and professional editor Avery Brooks. Must be scheduled no later than January 31\, 2023. \nValue: $1500   Minimum bid: $250 \n\nItem: One “first read” of any mostly finished novel by Virginia Jensen with useful critique to help you move forward with your book. Must be scheduled no later than January 31\, 2023. \nValue: $75   Minimum Bid: $25 \n\nItem: Enstrom Candies Gift Basket – One gift basket full of delicious fine chocolate and the best chocolate toffee in the world from Enstrom Candies. \nValue: $50  Minimum Bid: $25 \n\nItem:  one 8” x 24” original painting by Phyllis Moorman.  Shades of green highlight this dreamcatcher painted in the abstract-realism style characteristic of alcohol ink. \nValue:  $100          Minimum bid:  $35 \n\nItem:  one 8” round original painting with stand by Phyllis Moorman.  Pedaling within the spokes of a bicycle tire\, a biker ascends the mountains of Western Colorado in this alcohol ink painting. \nValue:  $75            Minimum bid:  $25 \n\nItem:  one original painting\, matted to 14” x 11”  by Phyllis Moorman.  An EKG is the mountain biker’s path toward the everlasting sun in this abstract watercolor crystal painting. \nValue:  $100          Minimum bid:  $35 \n\n 
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/december-2022-silent-auction/
LOCATION:Grand Junction Art Center\, 1803 No. 7th\, Grand Junction\, Colorado\, 81501
CATEGORIES:Other,Silent Auction,Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/December-Writers-Night-Silent-Auction-and-FUNdraiser.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20221101T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20221101T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20220114T015623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221101T194712Z
UID:1424-1667325600-1667331000@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:November 2022 Writer's Night: Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Our annual Open Mic Night is Tuesday\, November 1 from 6-7:30 pm at the Art Center in Grand Junction\, instead of our usual December date. \nBring your short works and poetry and take the mic! Readings will have a time limit\, in part depending upon number of readers present. Check your time: a 30-line poem takes about 2 minutes to read\, and a 700 word story takes about 5 minutes. If we can do more than one round\, we will. \nRegistration is required for this session so we may better plan for attendance and reading times. Scroll all the way down to register.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/november-writers-night/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20221004T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20221004T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20220421T023037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221002T010434Z
UID:1476-1664906400-1664911800@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:October 2022 Writer's Night: The Writer's Voyage: Let Your Intuition Lead You
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This is a Zoom-only event! Our guest will be coming to us by video from the Front Range. Registration is required.\n  \nThe Writer’s Voyage: Let Your Intuition Lead You by guest Leilani Raashida Henry \nNo matter who we are or what we do\, we co-create with life. When we pay attention to life’s lessons\, we find our flow and our intuition is heightened. With an open heart and mind\, we can listen to our dreams\, hopes and visions as a writer. These natural currents fuel our writing.  Learn what shapes\, directs and leads us to being the author we envision to free our writing and ourselves. \n \n  \nLeilani Raashida Henry Bio: Leilani Henry writes songs\, poetry\, plays and is a published author. Her book The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World’s Coldest Continent\, published by Lerner\, hit #1 on Amazon in Ecology for Teens and Young Adults. She facilitates the transformation of artists\, leaders\, and teams toward inspired performance in all types of organizations. \nTo join us\, you must register below (keep scrolling) so that we can send you the Zoom link. Please register NO LATER than 3 pm on Tuesday\, October 4. If you register after that time\, we cannot guarantee you will get the link.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/october-2022-writers-night/
LOCATION:Colorado
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220906T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20220906T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20220730T201121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T163413Z
UID:1519-1662487200-1662492600@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:September 2022 Writer's Night: Realistic Expectations for Your Screenplay
DESCRIPTION:Please register for this event by scrolling all the way down. Thank you. \n“Giant Radioactive Shark” \nor Realistic Expectations for Your Screenplay \n“We’ve all scrolled through the guide\, seeing titles like ‘Giant Radioactive Shark’ or ‘Outhouse of the Dead’ and think\, ‘who writes this stuff?’ or ‘how does this get a budget?’ I’ve worked in this domain for years\, the ‘destined for the dollar bin at Wal-Mart’ projects. Turns out it’s hard to say no when someone offers you money to write or direct a movie\, so you end up trying to make the best of an unwinnable situation. It’s not like a writer sits around and thinks ‘Another zombie movie will put me on the map!’ Nope\, writer’s gotta get paid\, though–and when you’re getting paid\, you gotta write what the person writing the checks wants. To that end I’ll talk about how to keep your sanity when Hollywood wants you to dumb it down\, and how to work within the confines of a formula but enjoy what you’re working on. Mostly\, I’ll talk about how to get your screenplay written and made\, even if you must film it yourself.” \nPresenter: Hank Braxtan \nHank grew up in Fruita and Grand Junction\, making home movies throughout school and eventually in the US Army.  After an honorable discharge and short stint in film school\, Hank moved to Los Angeles where he descended into the “struggle” for over a decade\, eventually writing and directing several movies and episodes of television shows.  After moving with his wife back to Grand Junction in 2018\, the couple has produced three feature films on the Western Slope\, bringing in talents such as Michael Jai White and Jeff Fahey\, while working with the local school curriculum to establish a film hub in Western Colorado.  Hank has been nominated for several Emmy awards (mostly lost) among other awards (that were also mostly lost). \nThis session WILL NOT be streamed live on Zoom. All live-streaming has been suspended for now.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/september-2022-writers-night/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220802T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20220802T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20220114T014841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220731T002412Z
UID:1422-1659463200-1659468600@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:August 2022 Writer's Night - Textures: Considering Sound in Writing
DESCRIPTION:Scroll all the way down to register. \nTextures: Considering Sound in Writing \nPresented by Lisa Connors \nIn writing\, sound is more than just using sound words\, like whisper or clang. Sound is the actual letters themselves and the sounds they make. Consider what a garden sounds like – long and short I’s\, soft S’s and H’s\, perhaps? Using Hyacinth or Narcissus\, rather than flowers\, gives the feeling of a quiet morning in the garden. Choosing the right words based on sound can add subtle layers of meaning\, tone\, and texture to our writing. \nLisa Wence Connors Bio: Lisa has facilitated poetry workshops for the Salt Lake City Public Library System\, the Mesa County Public Library\, and the Veterans Administration. She is the editor of High Desert Cadence: A Journal of Veteran Poetry. Her work has appeared in Alexandria Quarterly\, Bluestem Literary Journal\, and Atlas & Alice\, among others. She received a Gold Medal for her poem Mote as Impressionist at the 2022 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition. \nJoin us live at The Art Center in Grand Junction\, CO from 6-7:30 pm on Tuesday\, August 2. We’re also streaming this presentation on Zoom from the live event. \nAll who register (bottom of this page) will also be sent the Zoom link prior to the event. Please register NO LATER than 3 pm on Tuesday\, August 2. If you register after that time\, we cannot guarantee you will get the link.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/august-writers-night-3/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220607T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20220607T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20220114T014204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220531T215243Z
UID:1421-1654624800-1654630200@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:June 2022 Writer's Night: Pitch Your Prose
DESCRIPTION:Pitch Your Prose with guest Mary Watson \nNow that you have written your prose\, how well can you pitch it?  This workshop is designed to assist you to succinctly pitch your written work in less than 90 seconds. At the end of the workshop\, you will present a 90 second elevator pitch which will include using your strong voice and engaging gestures. Your pitch will be delivered with ease and authenticity. Step out of your box and into the challenge. \nMary Watson Bio: Since 2000 Mary Watson has been evaluating and sharing written critiques with hundreds of writers\, speakers\, and presenters through various public speaking and educational events. Mary spent three years in Benin\, West Africa teaching and presenting events. She has been a successful public speaker and continuously motivates adults as well youth through Toastmasters programs/events\, Ignite Grand Junction!\, TEDxGrandJunction\, and several Communication and Leadership Workshops. \nJoin us live at The Art Center in Grand Junction\, CO from 6-7:30 pm on Tuesday\, June 7. We’re also streaming her presentation on Zoom from the event. \nAll who register (bottom of this page) will also be sent the Zoom link prior to the event. Please register NO LATER than 3 pm on Tuesday\, June 7. If you register after that time\, we cannot guarantee you will get the link.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/june-writers-night/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220503T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20220503T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T081508
CREATED:20220114T013851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220503T200203Z
UID:1419-1651600800-1651606200@westerncoloradowriters.org
SUMMARY:May 2022 Writer's Night: Memoir: The Art of Capturing Family and Culture
DESCRIPTION:Join author Connie Martinez at our May 3\, 2022 Writer’s Night live at The Art Center in Grand Junction\, CO. We’re also streaming her presentation on Zoom from the event. All who register (bottom of this page) will also be sent the Zoom link prior to the event. Please register NO LATER than 3 pm on Tuesday\, May 3. If you register after that time\, we cannot guarantee you will get the link.
URL:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/event/may-writers-night/
LOCATION:The Art Center\, 1803 N. 7th Street\, Grand Junction\, CO\, 81501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Writer's Nights
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westerncoloradowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hand-1868015_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR