Pikes Peak 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 moved these monthly events to an online forum using Zoom. We had a fair amount of participation in those events. 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. Something new: We gathered together a team of approximately five people to edit and produce our second Pikes Peak Writers Anthology called Dream to be published in 2022.”

“As the sponsoring entity responsible for the annual Pikes Peak Writers Conference, we planned to hold our conference on April 23-25, 2021. The continued CoVID-19 pandemic made it impossible for us to produce our conference in person. We stretched our capabilities and employed online Zoom technology to present a totally virtual conference for 2021. We provided the same educational workshop framework, as well as opportunities for participants to meet with agents and editors and to have their work critiqued. We are proud to say, the virtual conference was a success. Going forward, we intend to integrate the virtual conference option into our in-person events to increase our reach.”

“Miscellenous 50.”

“Office Expenses 321.”

“Annual Conference/Workshop/Contest Exp 6355.”

“Advertising 204.”

“Fees, Dues, Licenses 760.”

“Insurance 2815.”

“Technology Expenses 4556.”

“Depreciation 0.”

“Equipment less Accumulated Depreciation”