The Colorado Poets Center has Poetry Readings and Open Mic on Tuesdays at 6:30pm throughout the spring.

They meet in the Upper North Room of Boulder Books, 1107 Pearl Street.

Tues., March 18 is Romanian American poet Cristina Bejan.

The Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame announces that nominations are open from the public for the 2025 Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame are now open to the public on the Hall’s website. The gala induction ceremony will be held on September 6, 2025, at the Doubletree Hilton Denver in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Information about the induction, donations, events, board members and future inductees can all

be found at www.ColoradoAuthorsHallofFame.org. The public is invited to visit the website, read the criteria for nominations, and encouraged to nominate authors who they believe would be ideal to include in the 2025 celebration.

The criteria for the nominations for the Hall of Fame are as follows:

• The author was born in Colorado, currently lives in Colorado, or created one of his or her published works in Colorado.
• The author writes about Colorado or includes a location or event in Colorado as part of published work.
• The author has made significant and enduring contributions to their fields of work.
• The author helped open new frontiers for writing styles, ideas and concepts.
• The author has inspired others by the breadth of their writing and work.
• The author advanced the status of authors.

Up to 12 authors will be nominated for the 2025 Hall of Fame before nominations close at the end of March 2025.

Lighthouse Writers offers a wide array of full and half-day summer camps from June through August for young writers ages eight to 18. Whether they’ve got a few novels under their belt, are new but curious about poems, or are a reluctant writer, our camps offer a fun, creative, and challenging way for young people to explore and express who they are, build new friendships, and create truly beautiful works of art. Summer camps are offered in person at our Denver location at 3844 York Street and virtually, Monday through Friday, throughout the summer.

Camps range from our core offerings for writers hoping to explore all kinds of writing, including The Wild World of Writing for ages 8-10, Creative Writing Exploration for ages 11-13, and Creative Writing Cornerstones for ages 14-18, to camps focusing on Poetry and Visual Art, Screenwriting, D&D, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and more!

For complete list, click here.

May 29 – June 1 at the Franciscan Retreat Center, 7740 Dear Hill Gove, Colorado Springs, CO.

Authors are encouraged to come and work, network with other authors, join a critique group, and gather valuable knowledge from others in the industry. Lodging and meals are included in the price of the retreat. Registration is open. Rooms sell out fast and reservations are first come, first accepted.

Presenters include Angie Hodapp, October Santerelli, Kelly Bishop and Z.S. Diamanti. Kate Jonuska will return for morning yoga sessions.

Cost is $449 single attendee rate or $349 roommate rate. Includes lodging and meals. Day rate of $75/day is available and includes meals.

June 20-27 at Viewline Resort, Snowmass Village.

Juried workshops include Fiction led by Steve Almond, Vanessa Chan, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; Memoir led by Hector Tobar; Sci-Fi/Fantasy led by P. Djeli Clark; and Screenwriting led by Christina Lazaridi. Deadline to apply for juried workshops is Feb. 26. Guidelines to apply here.

General admission workshops are on a first-come, first-served basis. Topics include Book Branding, Generative Writing, and Readers Retreat.

For full description of workshops and faculty bios, click here.

Writing workshops start at $1,150, Readers Retreat at $755.