A free event presented by Pikes Peak Writers. Maximum six participants. Submissions of both fiction and nonfiction are welcome; please indicate which your piece is, as well as the genre and intended audience, in your RSVP e-mail. Please e-mail critique@pikespeakwriters.com to reserve your spot ASAP. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. See registration link for submission details.

Presented by Pikes Peak Writers. Shut off your inner critic. Find your voice. Find your flow. Join Deb Courtney and periodic guest hosts for an evening of illuminating improv writing prompts! The basic format is improv writing followed by discussion of the critical techniques needed to unpack improv responses to further develop this writing skill.

Sponsored by Western Colorado Writers’ Forum. Each month poets are invited to read their work based on a previous month’s challenge, or any other poem they’d like to read. Then, a new topic is discussed and a new challenge is issued. Topics range from a particular poet, to a school of poetry, to a new tool for your poetry toolbox such as a form or poetic device. No poetry experience is required.

June 11
July 9

Presented by Lighthouse Writers, June 6-13, in the historic Cole neighborhood in Central Denver. Visiting authors include Steve Almond, Nicole Chung, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Eduardo Corral, Claire Dederer, Paul Harding, Mat Johnson, Katie Kitamura, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Elizabeth McCracken, Eileen Myles, Helen Phillips, Solmaz Sharif, Tony Tulathimutte, and Matthew Zapruder. Events include craft seminars, community events, happy hours, business panels and pop-up bookstores.

Pricing begins at $25 for individual events, up to $1,580 for a Gold Pass, with multiple options in between.

An evening with historian, author and journalist Hampton Sides, at Hotel Jerome in Aspen. Book Ball is a fundraiser for Aspen Words programming, including workshops for middle and high school students featuring acclaimed authors and poets, scholarships for aspiring writers and community talks with Pulitzer Prize winners. Tickets start at $800/person.

Ever wonder how to build your author income streams by building a speaker profile? Join author Fleur Bradley as she shares her speaking experience, how to brainstorm and develop speaking topics, and where to find opportunities to speak (including school visits). Free, presented by Pikes Peak Writers. Free, registration required.

Open to staff members of Denver area social service organizations, these workshops encourage direct service workers to express their feelings and process the full range of their experiences through creative writing. These workshops aim to balance serious work with wholehearted fun, creating a much-needed community for social service workers. The first four weeks of this course will meet on Zoom. The last four weeks will be hosted in person at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver.

Hosted by Western Colorado Writers’ Forum at Kannah Creek Brewing Company. Join fellow writers and WCWF board members for casual socializing. No registration required unless a party of 6 or more is attending.

June 19