Aspen Words

Workshop: The Magic of Sudden, Micro and Flash: Very Short Stories led by Pam Painter
2022-10-23 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | United States
ALL DAY SUNDAY, OCT. 23

Sunday, Oct. 23 @ 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
In-Person at Pitkin County Library (120 N Mill St, Aspen)
Pam will be teaching the workshop in-person. Space is limited.
AWN members receive a discount ($40 for AWN members; $90 for non-members).
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
This workshop will explore the elements of stories under 750 words.  To begin, we’ll discuss the concept of the unstable situation.  Plot and conflict sit like boulders on these tiny stories although the tension in an unstable situation is the only drama necessary.  And because first sentences are windows into worlds, we’ll write a lot of first sentences in a short amount of time.  Next, we’ll experience the mystery and magic of prompts and how they arrive out of nowhere and immediately will conjure up six or seven new stories.  Then we’ll discover how the words “what if” can lead to startling ways to continue and even complete a story.  Finally, we’ll ride some of these new story beginnings to satisfying ends. The class will be fast-paced and exciting and most of all productive.  I’ll send you home with a list of my favorite Flashanthologies and collections, places to submit your work, and inspiring quotes by writers to serve as future signposts.  We have a whole day to write.   A luxury.  Let’s do it.
All attendees must upload their proof of vaccination in advance on the ReturnSafe app.

Writing Workshop: Let the Writing Make the Rules – with Kate Milliken
2023-09-30 10:00 - 15:00 | United States
Join Aspen Words for a one-day intensive in Pitkin County Library’s Dunaway Community Room (120 N. Mill St. Aspen, CO) led by author Kate Milliken.
Registration for this workshop is now closed, all available spots have been filled.
Please reach out to Mallory.Kaufman@aspeninstitute.org to add your name to the waitlist.
WORKSHOP DETAILS
When we talk about (and teach) creative writing we often speak in terms of the rules of craft. While it is important to have a knowledge of what has worked time and again to create compelling stories, in order to write a truly singular story you will need to move beyond convention. Often students of creative writing are so aware of how a story is supposed to be told that they fail to hear the wisdom that is already present in their own writing; its subtle whispers about how it wants to be told. In this one day intensive, through close readings of unconventional narratives, generative writing prompts, and an in-depth discussion of our own projects, we will deepen our understanding of the voice, the shape, and the themes that our work seeks to articulate. Whether you come to our meeting with just an idea of the story you want to tell or you have a full rough draft in your desk, our time together will embolden you to take the next step—from getting the first pages written to embarking on a needed revision—with a deeper connection to the material and a greater authority, moving you beyond crafting a story to making it your very own.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kate Milliken is the Iowa Award winning author of the short story collection “If I’d Known You Were Coming” and the novel, “Kept Animals,” which was long listed for the 2020 First Novel Prize and hailed by the New York Times Book Review as a novel of “deft insights and gorgeous, sensual description.” Kate has written television and commercial advertising and taught on behalf of UCLA, the University of Michigan, and The Center for Fiction. Her work has appeared in O, the Oprah Magazine, the Santa Monica Review, Zyzzyva, and Fiction, among others and her work has been supported by Tin House, the Vermont Studio Center, Sewanee Writers Workshop, and the Ragdale Foundation. Kate is currently a freelance editor and writing coach and she lives with her family in the Midwest.

AWN: Nisi Shawl teaches Writing the Other
2024-02-15 18:30 - 20:30
Writing the Other: A Practical Approach has been the standard text on inclusivity in speculative fiction for over 20 years. Its co-author Nisi Shawl teaches writers helpful tools for the work of respectfully representing characters differing from their creators’ race, age, gender, etc.; they’ve previously appeared at Duke University, Spelman College, University of Hawaii Manoa and many other learning institutions.

Shawl is also a prolific short story author and multiple award-winning editor. Their most recent publication is Kinning, a sequel to their Nebula finalist alternate history Everfair. They live in Seattle, near a large lake filled with dangerous currents and millionaires.

AWN: Local Bookstore Panel
2024-03-21 18:30 - 20:30
Local Bookstore Panel
Thursday, March 21 @ 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
In-Person at Bonfire Coffee Company (433 Main Street, Carbondale, CO 81623)
Local booksellers from BookBinders and White River Books will share their expertise for writers who hope to one day see their own work on the shelf.
Snacks, coffee, tea, beer and wine will be provided.

AWN: State of the Publishing Industry
2024-05-16 18:30 - 20:30
Kevin Larimer, Editor in Chief of Poets & Writers magazine, will be in-person at this meeting to discuss the state of the publishing industry in 2024. He is also the coauthor of The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer: Everything You Need to Know About Craft, Inspiration, Agents, Editors, Publishing, and the Business of Building a Sustainable Writing Career (Avid Reader Press, 2020). He has given presentations and appeared on a number of panels on publishing at events such as the Library of Congress National Book Festival, the Sozopol Fiction Seminars, the Anguilla Lit Fest, the Slice Literary Writer’s Conference, the Iceland Writers Retreat, the Kauai Writers Conference, the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, Poets Forum, the Bronx Book Fair, and the Writer’s Hotel.

AWN: Summer soiree and open mic at the Village Smithy Restaurant
2024-06-18 18:30 - 20:30
Details to come!

AWN: Writing Prompts
2024-06-20 18:30 - 20:30

AWN: Summer Soiree
2024-07-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Village Smithy, 26 S 3rd St., Carbondale, CO, 81623, United States
AWN members join us for the Summer Soiree! Enjoy heavy appetizers, AWN’s new signature “Working Title” cocktail, a magic show by Doc Eason and an open mic.

AWN: Self Publishing Panel
2024-08-15 08:00 - 17:00

AWN: Member Reading with Feedback
2024-09-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Bonfire Coffee, 433 Main St., Carbondale, Colorado, 81623
Thursday, September 19 at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St Carbondale), 6:30-8:30 p.m.
This month’s meeting is one of the more important ones in our schedule. It provides the opportunity for you to support your fellow writers and/or be supported. We will be having member readings with optional feedback. Refreshments provided.
Reading Rules:
Readings are 4 minutes max (yes, we enforce this). Please practice and time yourself.
Constructive feedback (1 minute max) per reviewer = what you liked best + one area you suggest the writer take another look at.
Email Mallory Kaufman for more information on becoming a member.

2024 Fall Writing Workshop with Mary Robinette Kowal (Two Workshops in One)
2024-10-06 09:00 - 16:00
Sunday, October 6th, 9am to 4pm (with a 1-hour lunch break). Mary Robinette Kowal will be teaching two of her most popular topics:
Hiding Exposition in Plain Sight
In this workshop, we learn how to give our readers all the information they need to know about the setting we created, without drowning them in information. Together we learn the art of subtly expositing without showing our authorial hand.
Endings: How to Wrap Things Up
Very often, writers get to the two-thirds mark in a work and bog down, sometimes abandoning it to move on to something shinier. Why does this happen? It’s a place at which we move from raising questions for the reader to needing to answer them. This change in mode requires a different set of tools than the beginning of a story, while needing to appear part of a seamless whole. In this workshop, we’ll look at how to wrap up loose ends, decide which things we can leave dangling, and what elements make a strong closing sentence.
General Admission: $95 | AWN Member: $35

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of The Spare Man,The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers, and the Lady Astronaut Universe. She is part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the Nebula and Locus awards. Her stories appear in Asimov’s, Uncanny, and several Year’s Best anthologies. Mary Robinette, a professional puppeteer, also performs as a voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), recording fiction for authors including Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and John Scalzi. She lives in Nashville with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters. Visit maryrobinettekowal.com.

AWN: 45 Ways to Turn up the Tension with April Henry | Third Thursday October
2024-10-17 18:30 - 20:30
Thursday, October 17 at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St Carbondale), 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Join AWN for 45 Ways to Turn up the Tension: no matter what genre you’re writing, these 45 powerful and proven techniques will make readers feel like the pages are flying by.
Taught by April Henry, the New York Times bestselling author of 29 mysteries and thrillers for teens and adults.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Edgar-award winning and New York Times-bestselling author April Henry knows how to kill you in a two-dozen different ways. She makes up for a peaceful childhood in an intact home by killing off fictional characters. There was one detour on April’s path to destruction: when she was 12 she sent a short story about a six-foot tall frog who loved peanut butter to noted children’s author Roald Dahl. He liked it so much he showed it to his editor, who asked if she could publish it in Puffin Post, an international children’s magazine. By the time April was in her 30s, she had started writing about hit men, kidnappers, and drug dealers. She has published 29 mysteries and thrillers for teens and adults, with more to come. She is known for meticulously researching her novels to get the details right.
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AWN: Fairytales with Kim Bussing | Third Thursday in November
2024-11-21 18:30 - 20:30
Thursday, November 21 at Bonfire Coffee Company (433 Main Street, Carbondale, CO 81623) 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Kim Bussing will ask AWN members to look at the psychology and craft of fairy tales to sharpen your manuscript, weave magic into both the fantastic and the mundane, and overcome roadblocks for captivating stories.
CRAFT TALK DESCRIPTION
Fairy tales are the most honest forms of storytelling. Through magic and metaphor, they confront what is otherwise unspeakable. Many of the stories we tell are built off the bones of fairy tales, from how we imagine characters, create intrigue, conjure settings, and confront what haunts us. Whether you’re writing memoir or science fiction, a children’s novel or a sweeping multigenerational drama, the tenets of fairy tales are integral to our approach to stories. This class will look at the psychology and craft of fairy tales to sharpen your manuscript, weave magic into both the fantastic and the mundane, and overcome roadblocks for captivating stories. It will both teach elements of craft while providing opportunities to generate new work in your prose genre of choice.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Kim Bussing is an author of fairy tales for children and adults. Her first series, The Princess Swap, is forthcoming from Penguin Random House beginning in 2025. Her short fiction has won several grants and awards, and she’s helped tell stories for brands including Hilton, Marriott, Audi, and more. She holds an MFA from the University of Arizona, where she taught creative writing and was co-editor of Sonora Review. She regularly speaks on the power of storytelling, leads creative workshops, and coaches writers and entrepreneurs.
Email Mallory Kaufman for more information on becoming a member.

AWN: Holiday Party
2024-12-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Bonfire Coffee, 433 Main St., Carbondale, Colorado, 81623
Thursday, December 19 at Bonfire Coffee Company (433 Main Street, Carbondale, CO 81623) 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Join us for a festive and fun gathering. Choose a beloved book from your shelf to share with other members, or support a local business by visiting White River Books in Carbondale, Bookbinders in Basalt, or Explore Booksellers in Aspen to purchase one. Dedicate the book with your most valuable piece of writing advice, and wrap it up to share at the exchange. Refreshments provided.

AWN Meeting Thursday February 20
2025-02-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Bonfire Coffee, 433 Main St., Carbondale, Colorado, 81623
A very special in-person workshop this Thursday, the 20th – What Prose Writers Can Learn From Screen Writers
In this in-person workshop, scriptwriter and novelist Scott Lasser will teach you the four main skills prose writers can learn from scriptwriters: structure, scene writing, concision, and dialogue. He will also share how the game is played in Hollywood. Attached are the support materials for the workshop. From Scott:
“Here’s a 17-page pdf that we’ll use for reference on the 20th. It’s mostly snippets of scripts and outlines that we’ll use to discuss various points and skills. They don’t need to read it ahead of time, BUT…if they take a look at the David Mamet memo (pages 7-11), they’ll likely find it useful.”

Scott Lasser is a scriptwriter, novelist, and journalist. He has written pilots for Sony and Fox, among others. He developed Jackson State for HBO, a project set in the world of amateur baseball and the opioid epidemic. He’s also written for HBO’s True Detective. Lasser’s first novel (Battle Creek/William Morrow) was optioned by Scott Rudin/Paramount; Lasser wrote an adaption of his fourth novel, Say Nice Things About Detroit (Norton), for Warner Brothers and Steve Carell’s Carousel Productions. His journalism has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and elsewhere.
Connect With Your Writer Muses & Empower Your Writing
Thursday, February 20 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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AWN March Meeting: Memoir workshop with Marcia Butler
2025-03-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Bonfire Coffee, 433 Main St., Carbondale, Colorado, 81623
Join us for the AWN third Thursday, March meeting, featuring a special memoir workshop with acclaimed author Marcia Butler. This interactive session will explore the art of personal storytelling, offering insights on structure, voice and crafting compelling narratives from real-life experiences. Whether you’re just beginning your memoir or refining a work-in-progress, this workshop will provide valuable tools and inspiration.
Connect With Your Writer Muses & Empower Your Writing
Thursday, February 20 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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AWN April Meeting: Pitch Workshop
2025-04-17 18:30 - 20:30
Connect With Your Writer Muses & Empower Your Writing
Thursday, April 17 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Perfect Your Pitch a.k.a. Find the Heart of Your Story
Third Thursday – April 17, at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St., Carbondale), 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Not sure why you need to pitch a story if it’s not even finished yet? Identifying and being able to clearly articulate the heart of your story is key to writing and finishing your book, as well as selling it (to a publisher or the public). This workshop will help you tighten up your narrative arc to make your story more readable and more publishable. Members will have the chance to workshop their projects.
This workshop will also help you feel confident about entering a conversation with an agent or editor at the Summer Words writers conference.
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AWN May Meeting: The State of the Publishing Industry With Super-Agent Alia Hanna Habib
2025-05-15 18:30 - 20:30
Thursday, May 15 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The State of the Publishing Industry With Super-Agent Alia Hanna Habib
Third Thursday – May 15, at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St., Carbondale), 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Alia Hanna Habib is a literary agent and Vice President at The Gernert Company, which she joined in 2017 after starting her publishing career as a publicist at HMH and working as an agent at McCormick Literary.
Among the New York Times-bestselling and prize-winning clients she represents are Clint Smith, Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times’ 1619 Project Book Series, Nathan Thrall, Merve Emre, Adam Serwer, Judy Batalion, and Hanif Abdurraqib. Her authors have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the LA Times Book Prize, among many others, and have been shortlisted for the Edgar Awards, PEN Awards and National Book Award.
She is on the board of n+1 literary magazine and on the creative council of Aspen Words. She was profiled by New York Magazine for their special issue on “The 49 Most Powerful New Yorkers (You’ve Never Heard Of).”
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AWN June Meeting: Member Readings
2025-06-19 18:30 - 20:30
Thursday, June 19 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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Member Readings with Optional Feedback
Third Thursday – June 19, at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St., Carbondale), 6:30-8:30 p.m.
This month’s meeting is one of the more important ones in our schedule. It provides the opportunity for you to support your fellow writers and/or be supported. We will be having member readings with optional feedback.

Reading Rules:
· Sign up in person at the meeting
· Readings are 4 minutes max (yes, we enforce this). Please practice and time yourself.
· Constructive feedback (1 minute max) per reviewer = what you liked best + one area you suggest the writer take another look at.

AWN July Meeting: Summer Soiree
2025-07-17 18:30 - 20:30
Thursday, July 17 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Summer Soiree & Agent AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Third Thursday – July 17, at The Village Smithy – only 530 ft down Main St. from Bonfire Coffee (26 S 3rd St, Carbondale, CO 81623), 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Featuring power agent Seth Fishman for an in-person AMA.
Head of the Los Angeles office, Seth is a Vice President and agent at The Gernert Company, which he joined in 2010 after beginning his career as an agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Born in Midland, Texas, he graduated from Princeton University and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England.
His interests are wide-ranging, but in particular he represents authors with a new voice, an original idea, an entirely breathtaking creative angle in both fiction and nonfiction. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children, and is the author of the award-winning picture book, “A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars”, along with “Power Up” and “The Ocean In Your Bathtub”, as well as two YA books
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AWN August Meeting: Craft Workshop
2025-08-21 18:30 - 20:30
Thursday, August 21 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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Award-winning author Daryl Gregory will be in person to talk about surviving the ups and downs of publishing.

AWN September Meeting– Flex Your Creativity & Expand Your Skill + A Free Journal
2025-09-18 18:30 - 20:30
September AWN Meeting – Flex Your Creativity & Expand Your Skill + A Free Journal
Third Thursday – September 18 at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St., Carbondale), 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Writing prompts are a fantastic way to expand your creativity, explore new genres, and find your unique voice. So, whether you’re a seasoned wordsmith or just dipping your toes into the world of writing, come expand your artistic chops. Sharing is optional.
All attendees will receive a free journal! It’s bright red and full of blank pages to inspire you!
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AWN October Meeting - Annual Halloween meeting
2025-10-16 18:30 - 20:30
October 16 – Annual Halloween meeting. Patrick Kitson will be conducting a talk on: How to build more tension in your writing.
Patrick has been a lifelong student of the macabre, the satirical, and the intellectually dubious. Born and raised in the Roaring Fork Valley, he coined the term “Valley Horror” in reference to his particular brand of homebrewed speculative fiction, which largely takes place in and around the snowy climes of Colorado. He has published three short story collections and has a novel coming out soon.
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FALL WRITING WORKSHOP WITH PETER MOUNTFORD
2025-11-02 10:00 - 15:00
JOIN US FOR AN ALL-DAY FALL WRITING WORKSHOP WITH PETER MOUNTFORD
MAKING MEANING IN YOUR PERSONAL ESSAY
Sunday, November 2, 2025 | 10AM to 3PM
Pitkin County Library
120 N Mill St, Aspen, CO 81611
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This all-day workshop with award-winning novelist and essayist Peter Mountford runs 10 AM–3 PM, with a lunch break from 12–1 PM.
Attendees will learn the most difficult and important skill in personal essay writing: how to make your personal story relevant to a perfect stranger. Hilary Mantel, on the difficulty of writing about oneself, said: “If other people are to care about your life, art must intervene.”
“Aboutness” is fundamental to a successful essay, yet both literary and general-publication editors frequently complain of receiving writers’ essays that don’t seem to be “about” anything. In this workshop, attendees will figure out how to select a topic, then focus and refine an essay to arc toward theme and meaning.
In the morning, the workshop will focus on choosing an essay’s seeds. These ideas should be inherently engaging from a story standpoint but also contain focused opportunities for rich thematic meaning. We will generate new writing for a few topics. Attendees will assess different ideas and talk about what each might offer in terms of story and meaning.
In the afternoon, the workshop will focus on developing one or two ideas further into a publishable work that appeals to readers. Specifically, we’ll work toward making meaning—how to write/revise toward your essay’s “aboutness.” Attendees will learn how there are several different approaches for seeking and demonstrating meaning, as we work through ideas generated in class. We’ll also learn secrets to successful essay structure.
Come prepared to brainstorm new essay ideas, bring ones you’ve been mulling over, or essays you’ve written that just aren’t working. Attendees will look at examples of how other authors have done this, including Melissa Febos, and Leslie Jamison. We will look at the first draft vs the published draft of the instructor’s Modern Love essay.
About the Instructor:

Peter Mountford is the author of A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism (winner of the Washington State Book Award) and The Dismal Science (a New York Times Editor’s Choice), as well as the short story collection Detonator. His essays and fiction have appeared in The New York Times (Modern Love), The Paris Review, The Atlantic, The Sun, and more. He teaches at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe’s MFA program and through Mountford Writing.

AWN November Meeting
2025-11-20 18:30 - 20:30
November 20 – Lucinda Halpern will be conducting a talk on: Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author.
Lucinda Halpern is a literary agent and the founder of Lucinda Literary, based in New York. She has worked with all major publishers, including Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Hachette, and Scholastic, and currently represents New York Times and internationally best-selling authors in the categories of business, personal growth, popular science, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and upmarket fiction.
Her classes and coaching programs have been taught to hundreds of writers worldwide, and became the inspiration for her new book Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author (Hay House; February 6th, 2024).
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AWN Holiday Party
2025-12-18 18:30 - 20:30
December 18 – Holiday party and book exchange
Join us for a festive and fun gathering! Choose a beloved book from your shelf to share with other members, or support a local business by visiting Alpenglow Books in Glenwood Springs (a new store!), White River Books in Carbondale, or Explore Booksellers in Aspen to purchase one. Dedicate the book with your most valuable piece of writing advice, and wrap it up to share at the exchange. Attendees will also have the opportunity to share quotes or sayings that inspired and encouraged them on their writer’s journey.
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Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting: Integrating Romance Into Your Story of Any Genre – By Elizabeth Boyle
2026-02-19 18:30 - 20:30
Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting: Integrating Romance Into Your Story of Any Genre – By Elizabeth Boyle
February 19 | Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St, Carbondale) | 6:30 to 8:30 PM
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Including romance in your story without it feeling forced or sounding clunky can seem difficult and even terrifying for non-romance writers. During the next AWN meeting, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle will share guidance on this complex issue. Come learn how to make your romance elements both natural and compelling.
Elizabeth Boyle is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 25 novels, as well as a respected writing teacher. Her debut novel, “Brazen Angel”, won the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA® award. Romance Times gave their coveted Reviewer’s Choice award to “No Marriage of Convenience”, “Mad About the Duke”, and “The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane”. “Stealing the Bride” and “Love Letters from a Duke” have made Booklist’s annual Top Ten Romance lists. https://elizabethboyle.com/
Upcoming Third Thursday Meetings
March 19 and April 16

Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting | Member Readings with Optional Feedback | June 18
2026-03-04 08:00 - 17:00
Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting
Member Readings with Optional Feedback
One of the more important Meetings in our schedule – it provides the opportunity for you to support your fellow writers and/or be supported. Audience feedback on your reading is optional.
April 16 | Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St, Carbondale) | 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Become an Aspen Writers Network member today!
Upcoming Third Thursday Meetings
July 16 | Summer Soiree

Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting | Flash Fiction with Grant Faulkner | March 19
2026-03-19 18:30 - 20:30
Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting
Flash Fiction with Grant Faulkner
Exercise your writing muscles with flash fiction. Short prose where every word counts is a great way to tighten up scenes and build the ‘voice’ of your work.
March 19 | Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St, Carbondale) | 6:30 to 8:30 PM
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Upcoming Third Thursday Meetings
April 16 and May 21,

Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting | Perfect Your Pitch a.k.a. Find the Heart of Your Story | April 16
2026-04-16 18:30 - 20:30
Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting
Perfect Your Pitch a.k.a. Find the Heart of Your Story
Identifying and being able to clearly articulate the heart of your story is key to writing and finishing your book, as well as selling it (to a publisher or the public). This workshop will help you tighten up your narrative arc to make your story more readable and more publishable.
April 16 | Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St, Carbondale) | 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Become an Aspen Writers Network member today!
Upcoming Third Thursday Meetings
May 21
