We invite you to submit workshop proposals to the upcoming 2025 Colorado Gold Conference, scheduled for September 26-28, 2025.

This year’s theme is The Power of Prose, a play on superheroes and comic books.

If you have any punny, witty, or creative ways to incorporate that theme into your workshop titles, we’d love to see it (though it’s not a requirement).

The portal will open March 1st and close at 11:59PM MST on March 31st.

Check this space for the link once it’s live.

Have any questions? (Compensation policy, etc.) Ask them!

Hopkinson is a veteran poet, advocate for the literary arts, and denizen of western Colorado. Her work has appeared in several literary magazines and journals, including Sugar House Review  and Cultural Daily. Presented by the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Program.

Local director and writer David Kenworthy will be leading a workshop for the WCWF to create an original play or screenplay on Tuesday, April 1st. He will be basing the session on the book The 90-Day Play by Linda Walsh Jenkins, which is used in playwriting classes all over the country. With brainstorming sessions, writing prompts, and industry tips and tricks, we hope you are on your way to writing your own play by the end of the session. Don’t be an April fool. Join us on April 1st! 

All Writer’s Nights are held at The Art Center in Grand Junction, CO.

Free. RSVP required.

Sponsored by Colorado Associates in Medical Physics (CAMP), this workshop presents an opportunity to use creativity and expression as tools in coping with the ups and downs of the cancer journey. Participants are encouraged to connect with others in the group and to write often and freely on any subject they choose, relying on the belief that creative expression is a powerful way to help cope with the myriad emotions of a cancer diagnosis. This workshop is open to those diagnosed with cancer and their caregivers.

Please note: This is a hybrid class format which means you can join either in person at Lighthouse or virtually via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent in a confirmation email after you register.

Wednesdays, April 2 – May 21, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Registration required.

Free. This ongoing program offers a creative outlet for people facing addiction and recovery, poverty, homelessness, loss, and other life challenges. No experience needed.

Free, hosted by Pikes Peak Writers.

Get up to eight pages critiqued, fiction or nonfiction. Space limited; registration required.

Free. This ongoing program offers a creative outlet for people facing addiction and recovery, poverty, homelessness, loss, and other life challenges. No experience needed.