Ames Writers CollectiveFour Swift Youth Writers poets were chosen from a “blind read” contest after attending three poetry writing workshops led by Caleb “The Negro” Poet Rainey in January. The poetry contest winner’s poems will have original score written to them by Dr. Ron McCurdy, who is the composer of the Langston Hughes Project. To kick off […]
Teens in 6th - 12th grade are invited to escape into creative writing and connect with other teen writers. Each month on the 2nd Sunday...
Mining Your Journals for Story Gems Instructor: Ana McCracken Four weeks: Monday, Jan. 22 - Feb. 12, 2024 Cost: $55.00 2 - 4:30 p.m. CT REGISTER ONLINE Class limit 9 $55 for OLLI members only Do you have volumes of journals piled away in boxes in your closet—a goldmine waiting to be excavated? Maybe there’s […]
Writing Circle Mondays: Each session participants create a safe space, and then write together to timed intervals to writing prompts. Writing prompt inspire stories from participants' lives...
Join Kris Abel-Helwig for our Open Write Tuesday on Zoom.
Writing Circle Wednesdays are for individuals who are currently receiving or who have completed cancer treatments...
Writing Circle Mondays: Each session participants create a safe space, and then write together to timed intervals to writing prompts. Writing prompt inspire stories from participants' lives...
Join Kris Abel-Helwig for our Open Write Tuesday on Zoom.
Produced in association with the National Willa Cather Center, the Ames Writers Collective and the Ames Public Library will host a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather...
Writing Circle Wednesdays are for individuals who are currently receiving or who have completed cancer treatments...
Teens in 6th - 12th grade are invited to escape into creative writing and connect with other teen writers. Each month on the 2nd Sunday...
Writing Circle Mondays: Each session participants create a safe space, and then write together to timed intervals to writing prompts. Writing prompt inspire stories from participants' lives...
