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Swift Literary Festival—Fall 2025

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Join the Ames Writers Collective at our
4th Annual Swift Literary Festival
at the Octagon Art Festival
Sunday, September 28th from 10 to 4 PM

Stop by, mingle, buy books, and contribute to our Community Story. We look forward to meeting you on the 28th.

Stephen Brayton—Fiction, A Cold New Year
Tina Cho—Youth Lit, God’s Little Oceanographer
Kelli Fitzpatrick—Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers Declassified
Douglas Myeong’il Gentile—Lessons Learned at a Buddhist Monastery: Hwadu Slogans
Lois Kennis—Women’s Fiction, Rise on Eagles Wings
Deb Kline—Memoir, Forgetting to Remember
Ana McCracken—I Found Myself at Lake Okoboji | Discovering words, wonder, dreams, and inspirations (An anthology)
Linda Skeers—Youth Lit, Women Who Dared
Miles Tritle—Horror/Sci-fi, The Warning in the Woods
Elise Wayland—Fiction, Rivals to Lovers
Denise Williams—Romance, Just Our Luck
J. Susanne Wilson—Historical Fiction, The Death and Life of Iphigenia

2024 Contributors to the Swift Literary Festival Community Story

Octagon Center for the Arts

City of Ames

Swift Literary Festival—Pop-Up Event

Join the Ames Writers Collective at our
2nd Annual Swift Literary Festival
at the Octagon Art Festival
Sunday, September 22nd from 10 to 4 PM

2024 Contributors to the Swift Literary Festival Community Story

Under 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.

LOCAL AUTHORS TBD

10 to 11:30

11:30 to 1

1 to 2:30

2:30 to 4

ALL DAY

  • Writing-prompt free-writes
  • A chance to contribute to our Community Story

 

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In The Media

Founder Featured in Livability Ames “Cost of Living Diaries”

The Ames Writers Collective is proud to have founder, Ana McCracken featured in “Cost of Living Diaries” in the current issue of Livability Ames.

 

 

Click here to view the entire story and issue. Please note that our story begins on page 17 of the digital magazine!

Livability Ames is sponsored by the Ames Chamber of Commerce.

We are grateful for the opportunity to be featured among the awesome businesses and organizations that make living
in Story County, Iowa great.

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In The Media

Wordsmiths At Work in Ames | Livability Ames/Story County, IA Magazine

Ana and crew at the table
Ana and volunteers at the Wordsmiths event.

The Ames Writers Collective is proud to be featured in the current issue of Livability Ames along with Jackie Haley (Dream to Author) and the Ames High School Scratch Pad.

Please note that our story begins on page 47 of the digital magazine!

Click here to view the entire story and issue.

Livability Ames is sponsored by the Ames Chamber of Commerce.

We are grateful for the opportunity to be featured among the awesome businesses and organizations that make living in Story County, Iowa great.