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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Groups
DESCRIPTION:It’s almost Fall and the start of the new school year\, which means the 2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Groups are starting up again.\n\nOn Sunday\, September 8th\, Linea King kicks off the Swift Youth Writers groups series. She looks forward to writing with those of you who can join her 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. You can learn about Linea and her writing philosophy by clicking here.\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/
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SUMMARY:Words Meet Art at Arts As Alchemy Forgetting to Remember Pieces of Me
DESCRIPTION:Join Ames Writers Collective Founder\, Ana McCracken for an evening of Words Meet Art held in partnership with “Arts As Alchemy Forgetting to Remember Pieces of Me” a collage exhibit titled\, “Pieces of Me” by of artist\, author\, and musician\, Deb Kline. \nThese events will be held in the Gallery in the Round located at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames. \nWords Meet Art is a literary arts event celebrating the intersection of words and art\, which is referred to as ekphrastic response. Ekphrastic work combines vivid description by a writer of a piece of art\, essentially representing a “painting in words.” During this evening’s event\, writers may write prose\, memoir or poetry in response to the collages featured in the exhibit\, “Pieces of Me.” \n 
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/words-meet-art-at-arts-as-alchemy/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames\, 1015 N. Hyland\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
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SUMMARY:Words Meet Art at Arts As Alchemy Forgetting to Remember Pieces of Me
DESCRIPTION:Join Ames Writers Collective Founder\, Ana McCracken for an evening of Words Meet Art held in partnership with “Arts As Alchemy Forgetting to Remember Pieces of Me” a collage exhibit titled\, “Pieces of Me” by of artist\, author\, and musician\, Deb Kline. \nThese events will be held in the Gallery in the Round located at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames. \nWords Meet Art is a literary arts event celebrating the intersection of words and art\, which is referred to as ekphrastic response. Ekphrastic work combines vivid description by a writer of a piece of art\, essentially representing a “painting in words.” During this evening’s event\, writers may write prose\, memoir or poetry in response to the collages featured in the exhibit\, “Pieces of Me.” \n 
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/words-meet-art-at-arts-as-alchemy-forgetting-to-remember-pieces-of-me/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames\, 1015 N. Hyland\, Ames\, IA\, 50010
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Writing Circle Mondays | John Stoddard Cancer Center
DESCRIPTION:Writing Circle Monday sessions are sponsored by Stoddard Cancer Center as part of the Charlie Cutler Healing and Wellness Program and inspired by the Amherst Writers & Artists  method\, which believes that everyone is a writer. \nEach session participants create a safe space\, and then write together for timed intervals to writing prompts. Writing prompts inspire stories from participants’ lives. After each timed-writing session\, participants will have the opportunity to read their stories to the group\, which is healing on many levels. \nCancer patients and survivors are welcome to sign up for one to eight sessions. Registration is required\, as each session will cap at 10 writers. For questions or to register\, call (515) 241-8505 or email Gina Mandernach at Unity Point at gina.mandernach@unitypoint.org.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/writing-circle-mondays-john-stoddard-cancer-center-14/
LOCATION:IA
CATEGORIES:Cancer Writing Circles
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SUMMARY:Writing Circle Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Writing Circle Wednesdays are for individuals who are currently receiving or who have completed cancer treatments.\nThese sessions meet on Zoom from 3 to 5 PM CT.\nAnyone interested may join at any time. \nLiving with cancer is a lonely journey. Only those who have been or are on that same journey truly understand the emotions\, fears and challenges we face each day. I was hoping to gain some insight into how others coped with their diagnosis. I not only gained that\, but also came to understand more fully my own reactions to my personal cancer story. This was a valuable experience for me. I don’t feel quite as alone as I did. —A Past Participant \nThese sessions are led by Ana McCracken\, founder of the Ames Writers Collective and held in partnership with the William R. Bliss Cancer Center located in Ames\, Iowa. Registration is free and required. Contact Ana for questions and to register.
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SUMMARY:Swift Literary Festival—Pop-Up Event
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ames Writers Collective at our\n2nd Annual Swift Literary Festival\nat the Octagon Art Festival\nSunday\, September 22nd from 10 to 4 PM \n2024 Contributors to the Swift Literary Festival Community Story\nUnder our tent located in front of 409 Douglas Avenue\, we will feature local authors. If you would like to be a featured author\, click here to email us. \nLOCAL AUTHORS TBD \n10 to 11:30 \n11:30 to 1 \n1 to 2:30 \n2:30 to 4 \nALL DAY \n\nWriting-prompt free-writes\nA chance to contribute to our Community Story\n\n 
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/swift-literary-festival-pop-up-event-3/
LOCATION:Octagon Art Festival\, 409 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Writing Circle Mondays | John Stoddard Cancer Center
DESCRIPTION:Writing Circle Monday sessions are sponsored by Stoddard Cancer Center as part of the Charlie Cutler Healing and Wellness Program and inspired by the Amherst Writers & Artists  method\, which believes that everyone is a writer. \nEach session participants create a safe space\, and then write together for timed intervals to writing prompts. Writing prompts inspire stories from participants’ lives. After each timed-writing session\, participants will have the opportunity to read their stories to the group\, which is healing on many levels. \nCancer patients and survivors are welcome to sign up for one to eight sessions. Registration is required\, as each session will cap at 10 writers. For questions or to register\, call (515) 241-8505 or email Gina Mandernach at Unity Point at gina.mandernach@unitypoint.org.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/writing-circle-mondays-john-stoddard-cancer-center-15/
LOCATION:IA
CATEGORIES:Cancer Writing Circles
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SUMMARY:Writing for the Sake of Writing - A Generative Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is held through OLLI-ISU. \nInstructor: Ana McCracken\nFive weeks: Monday\, Sept. 30 – Oct. 28\, 2024\nClass Limit 8 \n1 – 3:30 p.m. CT Online with Zoom \n\n\nCost: $60 Class limit 8 REGISTER ONLINE \n\n\n\n\nDo you dream of writing “someday” but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you already write\, but you’re stuck. Maybe you’ve never written. This writing workshop provides a space for curious writers of all stages to generate stories inspired by prompts running the gamut from phrases\, poems\, photography\, or a piece of art- work that inspires an ekphrasis response. We will read our stories to one another\, discuss the craft of writing\, and where to publish. \nAna McCracken\, founder of the Ames Writers Collective\, received her BS & MFA in Creative Writing from Iowa State University. Her writing has been published in literary journals and anthologies. A certified Amherst Writers & Artists facilitator\, she serves on Litquake’s advisory board and the Willa Cather Foundation board of governors.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/writing-for-the-sake-of-writing-a-generative-writing-workshop/
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