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. As the sponsoring entity responsible for the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, we organized and held the 26th annual PPWC on April 27- April 29 2018. The theme of the Conference was "Don't Quit: Do It." We had 312 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 host a free monthly writing workshop called 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 have also started to host a few special events each year. In February of 2018 we hosted "Write Your Heart Out" at the Colorado Springs Marriot with over 100 attendees and 6 guest speakers. 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 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.”

“Office Expenses 439.”

“Annual Conference/Workshop/Contest Exp 117040.”

“Advertising 2325.”

“Fees, Dues, Licenses 726.”

“Telephone/Internet 456.”

“Insurance 1789.”

“Miscellaneous Expense 534.”

“Depreciation 0.”

“Equipment less Accumulated Depreciation 0.”