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Write Together Tuesdays | Monthly 2nd & 4th Tuesdays

Post author By Nicole Phelon
Post date November 21, 2025

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Join us for our hybrid Write Together Tuesdays on Zoom or in person at Fifth Street Writers. 3:30 to 5 PM CT.

WHAT’S A WRITE TOGETHER?

We join together on Zoom and in person at Fifth Street Writers, share what we’re working on, and write for ~90 minutes. At the end, we share our successes, and sign off. Easy peasy.

Registration is not necessary unless you plan to join us via Zoom. Click here to receive a link.

To learn about Ana McCracken our host and Ames Writers Collective & Fifth Street Writers Founder, check here.

Tags #ameswriterscollective, #fifthstreetwriters, #writetogetheratfifthstreetwriters, #writetogethertuesdays

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Why Support Us & Our Programs!

Post author By Nicole Phelon
Post date November 21, 2025

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Whether as one of our patrons, a Fifth Street Writers Member, board member, workshop or Author Spotlight attendee, the parent of past and current students, or a literary enthusiast your support makes a critical impact on sustaining our literary programs.

Why are the Ames Writers Collective and Fifth Street Writers important to Ames and Central Iowa? Our mission is to create healthy communities through the art of writing. We believe that writing changes and saves lives.

Our community outreach programs serve cancer patients and survivors, adolescents seeking creative writing outlets, and writers seeking to join a supportive vibrant community, local and Iowa authors seeking readership, as well as individuals who enthusiastically support the literary arts.

As the year comes to a close, we hope you will consider us in your year-end giving. CLICKING HERE for ways to donate.

Tags #ameswriterscollective, #donatetoameswriterscollective, #fifthstreetwriters, #supportameswriterscollective

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Portraits of Stones w/ Karen Bermann & Claire Kruesel

Post author By Nicole Phelon
Post date November 10, 2025

Portraits of Stones – a drawing & writing workshop
Saturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM
Drop 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.

Karen 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.

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Claire Kruesel, a resident of Ames, is a poet and longtime creative collaborator with Karen. She writes object biographies and teaches writing.

Tags #ameswriterscollective, #clairekruesel, #fifthstreetwriters, #karenbermann

Portraits of Stones w/ Karen Bermann & Claire Kruesel

Post author By Nicole Phelon
Post date November 10, 2025

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Karen 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.

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Claire Kruesel, a resident of Ames, is a poet and longtime creative collaborator with Karen. She writes object biographies and teaches writing.

Tags #ameswriterscollective, #ameswriterscollectivefifthstreetwriters, #clairekrusel, #fifthstreetwriters, #karenbermann, Generative Writing

Member Open Hours – Today 10 to Noon

Post author By Nicole Phelon
Post date November 4, 2025

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This month, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Open today from 10 AM – NOON. Check our events calendar for specific dates!

Our 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.

Tags #ameswriterscollective, #anamccracken, #fifthstreetwriters, #openhours, #writinginames, Ames Writers

Member Open Hours – Today 10 to Noon

Post author By Nicole Phelon
Post date November 4, 2025

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This month, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Open today from 10 AM – NOON. Check our events calendar for specific dates!

Tags #ameswriterscollective, #anamccracken, #fifthstreetwriters, #openhours, #writinginames, Ames Writers

Member Open Hours

Post author By Brooks White
Post date November 2, 2025

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This month, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Open 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!

Our 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.

Tags #ameswriterscollective, #anamccracken, #fifthstreetwriters, #openhours, #writinginames, Ames Writers

2026 IPA Poetry Slam | Ames Qualifier

Post author By Nicole Phelon
Post date November 1, 2025

Poets! Join us for the 2026 IPA Poetry Slam Ames Qualifier!
Doors open at 6:30 PM! Qualifying event begins at 7 PM!
Bring your poems and be ready to compete! Click here to register.

Tags #2026ipapoetryslam, #ameswriterscollective, #fifthstreetwriters, #ipapoetryslam

Member Open Hours

Post author By Brooks White
Post date October 31, 2025

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This month, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Open this month from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions, please check our events calendar for specific dates!

Tags #ameswriterscollective, #anamccracken, #fifthstreetwriters, #openhours, #writinginames, Ames Writers

Eco-Theatre Workshop

Post author By Brooks White
Post date October 31, 2025

Join The EcoTheatre Lab and Ames Writers Collective for a community Climate Change Theatre Action workshop!

This event is located at Fifth Street Writers on Saturday November 15 from 10am – 12pm. This event is FREE and open to the public.

The 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
generative writing exercises as a way to connect with local climate change issues and solutions.

This workshop is open to anyone who is interested, but pay-what-you-can donations will be accepted at the door. Click here to RSVP.

Tags #ameswriterscollective, #ecotheatrelab, #fifthstreetwriters, #workshop