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SUMMARY:Okoboji Writers Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Sept. 28 – Oct. 1 in Okoboji\, Iowa \nJoin Founder Ana McCracken at the Okoboji Writers Retreat this Fall.  The Okoboji Writers Retreat is a unique gathering on the shores of West Lake Okoboji filled with inspiration\, creativity and community. Whether you’re polishing a manuscript or just getting started\, you’ll find expert-led sessions\, supportive peers and plenty of time to write in a beautiful lakeside setting. \nGet the Early Bird Discount before July 15 by clicking Here! 
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/okoboji-writers-retreat/
LOCATION:IA
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Classes,Open Write,Special Events,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for Open Hours at the Ames Writers Collective. Open hours are available for members only! Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nLooking for a space designed for writers by writers? Or are you looking for a quiet area to focus on your most recent project? At Fifth Street Writers\, we aim to provide just that from 5:30pm – 7:30pm on Tuesdays in October. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nWe have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours/2025-10-07/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight with John T. Price
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ames Writers Collective & KHOI Community Radio Station for an evening with John T. Price—live at Fifth Street Writers on Thursday\, October 9th at 7 PM. \nThis free community event features a reading\, book signing\, and conversation with John T. Price\,  author of the novel\, Goethe’s Oak–A Holocaust Story. Hosted in partnership with KHOI Community Radio\, the evening celebrates literature\, community\, and creative storytelling. \nAbout John T. Price: He is is the author of four creative nonfiction books: Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey into the American Grasslands\, Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships\, Daddy Long Legs: The Natural Education of a Father\, and All Is Leaf: Essays and Transformations. He is the Regents/Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha\, where he directs the English Department’s Creative Nonfiction Writing Program\, and is a faculty member in the Goldstein Center for Human Rights. \nVisit KHOI to tune in!
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/6591/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251011T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251011T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20250821T191341Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Ames Artists' Studio Tour at Fifth Street Writers
DESCRIPTION:2025 Ames Artists’ Studio Tour at\nAmes Writers Collective Fifth Street Writers\n612 5th St\, ames\nWriting & Spoken Word\nSATURDAY ONLY \nDesigned to serve as a hub for writers\, Fifth Street Writers provides a quiet and inspiring environment for writing while also offering a range of programs\, classes\, and special events tailored for writers of all ages and experience levels. This new space furthers the Ames Writers Collective mission to create healthy communities through the art of writing\, while also supporting writers in the region. \nDuring the studio tour\, Fifth Street Writers will offer space and supplies for creatives to create poetry collage postcards and “Tumbling Words Wild Writing” sessions from 11 to Noon and 2 to 3 PM. We’ll supply a pen and paper.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/2025-studio-tour-at-fifth-street-writers/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:The Art of the Haibun with Katherine Larson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the “Art of the Haibun” with poet\, Katherine Larson. \nKatherine Larson is the author of two collections of poetry—Radial Symmetry (Yale University Press\, 2011)\, selected by Louise Glück as winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets\, and The Speechless Ones (Interlinea Press\, 2016)\, recipient of the Vercelli International Civic Poetry Prize (former recipients include Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Adam Zagajewski). Her forthcoming book\, Wedding of the Foxes (Milkweed Editions\, 2025)\, is a collection of lyric essays. Larson’s work has appeared in numerous literary journals including AGNI\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, Blackbird\, Boulevard\, Crab Orchard Review\, Kenyon Review\, The Massachusetts Review\, Notre Dame Review\, Orion\, Poetry\, and Poetry Northwest and anthologized in Read America(s): An Anthology\, Prentice Hall’s Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing\, and Firsts: 100 Years of Yale Younger Poets. \nShe is the recipient of a Ruth Lilly Fellowship\, a Kate Tufts Discovery Award\, the Larry Levis Reading Prize\, the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Poetry Prize\, and the Foreword Indies Gold Medal in Poetry. She has taught in the Stonecoast MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine and the University of Arizona Poetry Center. She is currently active with organizations and artists dedicated to conservation and environmental education in the Sonoran Desert and Gulf of California. \nTO REGISTER\, click here! Cost: $25 adults.\nAre you a Student? Choose “Student Ticket” & Enter “FREE” UNDER DISCOUNT CODE. \nThis event is held in partnership with the Iowa State University MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment Pearl Holgrefe Visiting Writers Series.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/the-art-of-the-haibun-with-katherine-larson/
LOCATION:IA
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:IPA's Fall Poetry Workshop w/ Debra Marquart
DESCRIPTION:Register for IPA’s Fall Workshop\n\nJoin the Iowa Poetry Association (IPA) at Fifth Street Writers for camaraderie\, pizza and poetry! We will be gathering in-person October 18th\, Saturday in Ames at the Ames Writers Collective (612 5th St). Debra Marquart will be our critic. To register\, email your poem to ipa@iowapoetry.com by September 15\, 2025. Visit iowapoetry.org/workshops for further details.\n\nThis workshop is FREE to IPA members ($20 for non-members which will include a 1-year IPA membership).\n\nAbout Debra Marquart\nDebra is a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences and teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University\, as well as the Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA Program at University of Southern Maine. Marquart served as Iowa’s Poet Laureate and the Senior Editor of Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment.  The author of seven books—including The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere and Small Buried Things: Poems—Marquart has been featured on NPR and the BBC and has received over 50 grants and awards including an NEA Fellowship\, a PEN USA Award\, a New York Times Editors’ Choice commendation\, and Elle Magazine’s Elle Lettres Award.  In 2021\, Marquart was awarded a Poets Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. Her most recent books are The Night We Landed on the Moon: Essays Between Exile & Belonging (2021) and a poetry collection\, Gratitude with Dogs Under Stars: New & Collected Poems (2023).  For more information: debramarquart.com
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/ipas-fall-poetry-workshop-w-debra-marquart/
LOCATION:IA
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for Open Hours at the Ames Writers Collective. Open hours are available for members only! Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nLooking for a space designed for writers by writers? Or are you looking for a quiet area to focus on your most recent project? At Fifth Street Writers\, we aim to provide just that from 5:30pm – 7:30pm on Tuesdays in October. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nWe have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours/2025-10-21/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251028T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251028T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for Open Hours at the Ames Writers Collective. Open hours are available for members only! Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nLooking for a space designed for writers by writers? Or are you looking for a quiet area to focus on your most recent project? At Fifth Street Writers\, we aim to provide just that from 5:30pm – 7:30pm on Tuesdays in October. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nWe have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours/2025-10-28/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251105T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251105T100000
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CREATED:20251102T152618Z
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-3/2025-11-05/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251108T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251108T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20250821T182953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T162555Z
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SUMMARY:Author Nicole Baart | The Publishing Journey
DESCRIPTION:Nicole Baart | The Publishing Journey | A Publishing Talk & Workshop \nLocation: Ames Writers Collective\, Fifth Street Writers \nSaturday\, November 8 | 11 AM – 12 PM:  Nicole Baart\, The Publishing Journey & book-signing\nFREE and open to the public \nSaturday\, November 8 | 1 PM – 3 PM:  Pitching Your Work\nPublishing practicum workshop \nFee: $25 general admission\, Fifth Street members receive a 10% discount\, and Students Free. CLICK HERE to receive a discount code. \nTO REGISTER for general admission\, CLICK here. \nNicole Baart is the author of several novels\, including Where He Left Me and Everything We Didn’t Say. The cofounder of a nonprofit and mother of five\, she lives in Iowa with her family. Learn more at NicoleBaart.com.\n \nThis event is held in partnership with the Iowa State University MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment Pearl Holgrefe Visiting Writers Series.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-nicole-baart-the-publishing-journey/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Special Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251109T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Groups
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Nov 9th for the 2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Group held from 2 to 4 PM at the Ames Public Library. We are scheduled to meet in the P.E.O. room\, but check monitors incase the location changes.\n\nWe supply notebooks\, pens and other materials to prompt and inspire stories. This Sunday\, Adela Solano Osmundson\, a graduate of this program\, will lead the Swift Youth Writers group. She looks forward to writing with those of you who can join her.\n\n\nSwift Youth Writers Groups are an Ames Writers Collective FREE community outreach program held in partnership with the Ames Public Library. The Ames Writers Collective community outreach programs are funded by grants and generous donors.\n\nJoin us! Happy Writing!
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/2nd-sunday-swift-youth-writers-groups-10/
LOCATION:IA
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251111T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251111T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251104T190709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T190710Z
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours - Today 10 to Noon
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen today from 10 AM – NOON. Check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers? It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects? We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is founder\, Ana McCracken.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-today-10-to-noon-2/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251112T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251112T100000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251102T152618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T144456Z
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-3/2025-11-12/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251031T210131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T161939Z
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SUMMARY:Eco-Theatre Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join The EcoTheatre Lab and Ames Writers Collective for a community Climate Change Theatre Action workshop! \nThis event is located at Fifth Street Writers on Saturday November 15 from 10am – 12pm. This event is FREE and open to the public. \nThe EcoTheatre Lab team will share readings of short climate change plays and introduce the international Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) initiative. Then participants will engage with performance and\ngenerative writing exercises as a way to connect with local climate change issues and solutions. \nThis workshop is open to anyone who is interested\, but pay-what-you-can donations will be accepted at the door. Click here to RSVP.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/eco-theatre-workshop/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251118T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251118T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251104T191341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T191341Z
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours - Today 10 to Noon
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen today from 10 AM – NOON. Check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers? It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects? We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is founder\, Ana McCracken.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-today-10-to-noon-3/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251119T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251119T100000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251031T212855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251102T152346Z
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers? It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects? We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-2/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight | Karen Bermann
DESCRIPTION:LIVE and In Person at\nFIFTH STREET WRITERS\n612 5th St.\, AMES\, IA\nThursday\, November 20\, 6:30 PM\nBooks for Sale & Author Signing \nA vividly illustrated family memoir told in two voices\, father and daughter\, The Art of Being a Stranger explores the impact of displacement and historical memory across generations. \nKaren Bermann is professor emerita of architecture at Iowa State University. She worked on sweat equity rehabilitation in her native New York and taught first-year design in Ames and fourth-year design in Rome\, where she now lives. \nOn Exhibit & Meet the Author/Artist:\nDrawings from The Art of Being a Stranger\nThursday\, Nov 20: 6:30 PM\nFriday Nov 21 10:30 AM to Noon and 1 to 6:30 PM\nSaturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-karen-bermann/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective in Partnership with KHOI Community Radio":MAILTO:info@ameswriterscollective.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251122T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251122T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251104T183217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260419T231355Z
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SUMMARY:A Generative Writing Workshop for Adults
DESCRIPTION:Do you dream of writing “someday\,” but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you already write\, but you’re stuck. \nJoin this FREE monthly writing workshop for adults\, which provides a safe space for writers of all stages and genres to generate stories inspired by prompts running the gamut from phrases\, poems\, photography\, guest authors and their prompts\, or a piece of artwork. We will read our stories to one another and share only positive feedback. \nThese workshops are inspired by the Amherst Writers & Artists Method\, which believes that everyone is a writer. \nThis workshop is held at the Ames Public Library from 10 to 12 PM upstairs in the PEO Room. \nPresented by the Iowa Center for the Book and Ames Public Library in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/a-generative-writing-workshop-for-adults-2-2/2025-11-22/
LOCATION:Ames Public Library\, 515 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective in Partnership with Ames Public Library":MAILTO:info@ameswriterscollective.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251122T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251122T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20260419T225451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260419T232028Z
UID:10011204-1763805600-1763812800@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:A Generative Writing Workshop for Adults
DESCRIPTION:Do you dream of writing “someday\,” but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you already write\, but you’re stuck. \nJoin this FREE monthly writing workshop for adults\, which provides a safe space for writers of all stages and genres to generate stories inspired by prompts running the gamut from phrases\, poems\, photography\, guest authors and their prompts\, or a piece of artwork. We will read our stories to one another and share only positive feedback. \nThese workshops are inspired by the Amherst Writers & Artists Method\, which believes that everyone is a writer. \nThis workshop is held at the Ames Public Library from 10 to 12 PM upstairs in the PEO Room. \nPresented by the Iowa Center for the Book and Ames Public Library in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/a-generative-writing-workshop-for-adults-3/2025-11-22/
LOCATION:Ames Public Library\, 515 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective in Partnership with Ames Public Library":MAILTO:info@ameswriterscollective.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251122T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251122T180000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251110T170655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T212731Z
UID:10011105-1763818200-1763834400@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:Portraits of Stones w/ Karen Bermann & Claire Kruesel
DESCRIPTION:Portraits of Stones – a drawing & writing workshop\nSaturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM\nDrop in anytime Saturday for drawing\, writing\, and chatting with two creatives. Art materials provided for watercolor & drawing as well as stones. Objects will be used to inspire short bursts of writing. Feel free to bring your own objects for inspiration and/or drawing/writing materials. Or just stop by to view Karen’s artwork on display. \n \nKaren Bermann is the author of The Art of Being a Stranger. She has a daily practice of watercolor drawing and naming the stones in her courtyard where she resides in Rome\, Italy. \nScreenshot\nClaire Kruesel\, a resident of Ames\, is a poet and longtime creative collaborator with Karen. She writes object biographies and teaches writing.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/portraits-of-stones-w-karen-bermann-claire-kruesel/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective":MAILTO:ana@ameswriterscollective.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251210T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251210T100000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251102T152618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T144456Z
UID:10011106-1765353600-1765360800@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-3/2025-12-10/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251214T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251214T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251104T181754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T150449Z
UID:10011082-1765720800-1765728000@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Groups
DESCRIPTION:Held monthly on 2nd Sundays\, the Swift Youth Writers Groups are held from 2 to 4 PM at the Ames Public Library. We meet in the P.E.O. Room. These writing groups are open to youth grades 6 through 12. We supply notebooks\, pens and other materials to prompt and inspire stories. \nSwift Youth Writers Groups are an Ames Writers Collective FREE community outreach program held in partnership with the Ames Public Library. The Ames Writers Collective community outreach programs are funded by grants and generous donors. \nJoin us! Happy Writing!
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/2nd-sunday-swift-youth-writers-groups-11/
LOCATION:IA
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective in Partnership with Ames Public Library":MAILTO:info@ameswriterscollective.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251217T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251217T100000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251102T152618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T144456Z
UID:10011107-1765958400-1765965600@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-3/2025-12-17/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251227T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251227T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251104T183447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T183742Z
UID:10011096-1766829600-1766836800@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:NO December Generative Writing Workshop for Adults
DESCRIPTION:THIS DECEMBER EVENT IS CANCELED due to the holidays! \nDo you dream of writing “someday\,” but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you already write\, but you’re stuck. \nJoin this FREE monthly writing workshop for adults\, which provides a safe space for writers of all stages and genres to generate stories inspired by prompts running the gamut from phrases\, poems\, photography\, guest authors and their prompts\, or a piece of artwork. We will read our stories to one another and share only positive feedback. \nThese workshops are inspired by the Amherst Writers & Artists Method\, which believes that everyone is a writer. \nThis workshop is held at the Ames Public Library from 10 to 12 PM upstairs in the PEO Room. \nPresented by the Iowa Center for the Book and Ames Public Library in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/no-dec-generative-writing-workshop-for-adults/2025-12-27/
LOCATION:Ames Public Library\, 515 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective in Partnership with Ames Public Library":MAILTO:info@ameswriterscollective.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260114T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260114T110000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251102T152618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T144456Z
UID:10011121-1768381200-1768388400@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-3/2026-01-14/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260119T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260119T110000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251102T152618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T144456Z
UID:10011122-1768813200-1768820400@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-3/2026-01-19/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260121T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260121T110000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251102T152618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T144456Z
UID:10011123-1768986000-1768993200@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-3/2026-01-21/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260124T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260124T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20260419T231134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260419T231135Z
UID:10011149-1769248800-1769256000@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:A Generative Writing Workshop for Adults
DESCRIPTION:Do you dream of writing “someday\,” but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you already write\, but you’re stuck. \nJoin this FREE monthly writing workshop for adults\, which provides a safe space for writers of all stages and genres to generate stories inspired by prompts running the gamut from phrases\, poems\, photography\, guest authors and their prompts\, or a piece of artwork. We will read our stories to one another and share only positive feedback. \nThese workshops are inspired by the Amherst Writers & Artists Method\, which believes that everyone is a writer. \nThis workshop is held at the Ames Public Library from 10 to 12 PM upstairs in the PEO Room. \nPresented by the Iowa Center for the Book and Ames Public Library in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/a-generative-writing-workshop-for-adults-2-2-2/
LOCATION:Ames Public Library\, 515 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective in Partnership with Ames Public Library":MAILTO:info@ameswriterscollective.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260126T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260126T110000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251102T152618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T144456Z
UID:10011124-1769418000-1769425200@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-3/2026-01-26/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260128T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260128T110000
DTSTAMP:20260425T060038
CREATED:20251102T152618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T144456Z
UID:10011125-1769590800-1769598000@ameswriterscollective.org
SUMMARY:Member Open Hours
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/member-open-hours-3/2026-01-28/
LOCATION:Ames Writer Collective Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Write
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