Pikes Peak Writers

“Ppw supports a wide variety of programs in accordance with our mission statement. In fall 2015 we held our 3rd annual (newly revamped in 2013) zebulon writing contest. We had over 100 entries in six categories: middle grade/young adult, mystery/suspense/thriller, romance/women's fiction, science fiction/fantasy, horror/urban fantasy/paranormal, and mainstream/literary/historical. First place winners in each category were given a chance to come to the 2016 pikes peak writers conference (ppwc) for free or receive a cash prize of $100.00. Second and third place winners received cash prizes, as well. As the sponsoring entity responsible for the pikes peak writers conference, we organized and held the 23rd annual ppwc on april 23rd -april 26th. The theme of the conference was "choose your writing adventure." we had 371 attendees and four keynote speakers, with an array of faculty teaching a variety of classes for all levels of writers. As part of our programming, we aim to present monthly programs. This includes our write brains on the third tuesday of every month. Write brains consist of a special writing topic in a classroom environment with a guest speaker. In addition, we host writer's night on the fourth monday of each month to encourage mentorship, discussion, and networking of writers, and a monthly open critique night every third wednesday of the month to give writers valuable feedback on their work. We have also started to host a few special events each year. In february of 2015 we hosted "write your heart out" at the colorado springs marriot with 178 attendees and 6 guest speakers. In september of 2015 we hosted an intensive half-day workshop on scrivener at library 21c, with 15 attendees. We participated in october arts month by holding an open mic night. Finally, we participated in library 21c's maker faire, where we hosted a table with various guest speakers, who covered different topics and genres for the attendees. Hundreds of people showed up for this event. We communicate to writers via facebook and twitter accounts in addition to our blog which can be accessed via our website. On our website, writers can find all past issues of our newsletter as well as information on current and upcoming events of interest to the writing community. We also offer an email-based loop for discussion and dissemination of information, plus a quarterlymailing featuring upcoming events.”

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