Pikes Peak Writers

“Founded in 2002, pikes peak writers (ppw) is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to helping writers grow and thrive through education, outreach, and community.ppw supports a wide variety of programs in accordance with our mission statement. In fall 2017 we held our 5th 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 2018 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 25th annual ppwc on april 28th -april 30th. The theme of the conference was "silver jubilee." we had 370 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 first 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 2016 we hosted "write your heart out" at the colorado springs marriot with over 100 attendees and 6 guest speakers. 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 to this event.we added a new event to our monthly programming this year; write drunk, edit sober. It's held on the 2nd wednesday of every month. The basic format is improv writing followed by discussion of critical techniques useful in unpacking improv responses in order to further develop them.we communicate to writers via facebook and twitter accounts in addition to our blog which can be accessed via our website. Our website contains information about our events including our annual conference and contest, as well as our board of directors. We created a new facebook account called pikes peak writers connect to facilitate discussion throughout the writing community and continue to publicize our events on our pikes peak writers facebook page. We also offer an email-based loop for discussion and dissemination of information.”

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“Annual Conference/Workshop/Contest Exp 107025.”

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“Telephone/Internet 330.”

“Insurance 1916.”

“Miscellaneous Expense 96.”

“Volunteers 438.”

“Depreciation 72.”

“Equipment less Accumulated Depreciation 72. 0.”

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