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AWN Holiday Party
2025-12-18 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Denver)
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
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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
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Upcoming Third Thursday Meetings
May 21

Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting | May 21
2026-05-21 18:00 - 20:00
Aspen Writers Network Third Thursday Meeting
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
June 18 | Member Readings with Optional Feedback and July 16 | Summer Soiree
