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Words Meet Art – Winter/Spring 2023 January 23rd, 2023 Join us for the March / April Words Meet Art event, demonstrating through words how art, used as a writing prompt, can invoke feelings, trigger memories, and inspire conversations across divides and demographics. Continue Reading→		IPR Talk of Iowa Interview November 20th, 2022 Our Founder, Ana McCracken, was one of three interviewed on Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa show recently. The show, hosted by Charity Nebbe, explored the new options available for […] Continue Reading→
KHOI Community Bookshelf Interview November 16th, 2022 \| ARCHIVES.KHOIFM.ORG Ana speaks on-air Continue Reading→		Our Founder Reads at Litquake 2022 October 17th, 2022 Ames Writers Collective founder reads at LitQuake 2022. Listen here! Continue Reading→
First Swift Writers Workshop is a Success August 9th, 2022 Our first workshop for teens was fun, challenging, and we all learned so much from writing together! Continue Reading→		Why Join a Cancer Writing Circle? July 7th, 2022 \| Mary Greeley Medical Center Video – Writing Circle Wednesdays If you are going through cancer treatment, or have completed treatment within the last two years, why would you want to be part of a […] Continue Reading→
Swift Youth Writers Workshop Receives Rotary Club of Ames Community Grant June 27th, 2022 Founder of the Ames Writers Collective, Ana McCracken receives a Rotary Club of Ames Community Grant for the Swift Youth Writers Workshops from outgoing Rotary Club of Ames President, Kelsey […] Continue Reading→		On the Air with Mary Richards June 7th, 2022 \| ARCHIVES.KHOIFM.ORG On the air, Mary Richards and Ana discuss how Ana became a writer, her hybrid-memoir classes at OLLI-ISU, the launch of the Ames Writers Collective and its outreach programs—Writing Circle […] Continue Reading→
Ana McCracken Launches Ames Writers Collective September 18th, 2021 \| Ames Tribune Author Ana McCracken saw a need in the Ames community for a support network for writers — a group where writers and storytellers can study outside of academic settings. She […] Continue Reading→