A two-day (Sept. 28 and 29) writing workshop via Zoom with Denver’s Tiny Spoon‘s Tiny resident, Anne Marie Wells, playwright, memoirist and oral storyteller (annemariewellswriter.com). Participants will be guided through traditional poetic forms before diving head first into modern poetic forms that defy constraining structures while exploring experimentation and fun. “This workshop is for the established form fetishist, the form curious, and form skeptics.” Donations suggested on a sliding scale, $25 to $50, or what you can afford. All funds will be used to support Tiny Spoon’s Tiny Residency Program. To learn more, visit https://tinyspoon.org.

Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative in Alamosa hosts a reading, book signing and Q&A with author Corveaux Millions. Millions has been writing books for children and teenagers for over a decade. His latest book, The Duneshredder: The Gold of San Luis, is a teen adventure set among the Great Sand Dunes. Visit the store’s website for more: https://www.narrowgaugebooks.com

In response to the need for Native theater artists to work with other Native creatives to develop their shows, First Storytellers Festival was created. This is the first of what will be an annual event. For full schedule of events and more information, visit https://www.creative-nations.org/first-storytellers-festival.

The WCWF is pleased to announce a new upcoming anthology, Western Colorado Voices: An Anthology of Stories, Essays and Poetry, with submissions open to western Colorado residents from Nov. 1 to Jan. 31, 2025. Short  stories of any genre and nonfiction pieces under 5,000 words will be considered as well as poetry. Full submission guidelines and pay rates will be released at Writer’s Night in October where the editors will answer questions about what they’re looking for and the process of creating the book from start to finish. Please RSVP at the registration link below.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Lalo Delgado Day of Flor y Canto Poetry Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Metro State University campus, Denver. This is a day dedicated to the written and spoken word, in memory of Abelardo “Lalo” Delgado, the grandfather of Chicano poetry. Special guest and keynote speaker, Poet Laureate of Lafayette, Colorado, ZBassSpeaks (also known as Z). The event is free and open to the public with special tributes, poetry workshops, open mic, Unknown Poets Contest Winners and food from Comida Deliciosa de Tamale Kitchen. RSVP registration is required; click on the link below. For more information, email info@dwcponline.org

Join the Pikes Peak Library District community in reading Go As a River by Colorado author Shelley Read. The district has added a second session of the author visit due to the event’s popularity. For full details, visit https://ppld.org/appr. Registration is recommended for this event as space is limited.