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Hello Denver Writers! 

Thanks to everyone who joined us last weekend for our Scary Stories Workshop, special thanks to our friends at the Four Mile Park!

Here's recordings of all of our writers reading their scary stories, and a couple of surprises! We have a few more outtakes with plenty of giggling, but we'll save those for LATER!

Charlie

Ellis
Gemma
Jillian
Jules
Lily
Lillian
Lindsey
Marion
Murphy
Noah
Rachel
Samantha
Sienna
Violet
Zoe
and check out some spooky noises
Scary Noises by Violet & Rachel
Scary Noises part 2 Violet, Rachel, & Ellis


COMING UP NEXT WEEK! 
 

October 26th – NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month!

November is National Novel Writing Month, and for the third year in a row, Denver Writes is your place to plan and prepare to write your novel. With official planning kits and schedules directly from NaNoWriMo.

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WEDNESDAYS IN OCTOBER!

Teen Writing Workshop

Every Wednesday in October from 4:30 – 6 PM

Smiley Library, 4501 W 46th Ave, Denver, CO 80212

Love to write? Join Denver Writes every Wednesday in October to meet other writers, create, and share your stories at our writing workshop. Each week will focus on a different aspect of story development – participants are welcome to drop in throughout the series or attend all five dates! Ages 12 and up!

Thanks everyone for joining us for our Journaling workshop last weekend!

Coming up in 2019!

November 9th – Apply for the Denver School of the Arts

For the FOURTH year in a row, Denver Writes invites all prospective applicants to the Denver School of the Arts to explore the process of applying to DSA. Take a practice test, and bring your portfolio pieces to be reviewed by peers and Denver Writes volunteers.

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November 23rd – Illustration for Stories

Denver Writes becomes Denver Draws for this workshop where we explore how illustrations can aid, enhance, accompany, replace, and even exist concurrently (like comics!) with our written words.

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December 14th – Written Gifts at The Shwayder Art Building on the DU Campus

Join us for our annual holiday workshop. Writers are invited to create special written pieces for gifts for family and friends and more!

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Coming up in 2020!

April 25th – Titanic and Denver History Writing at the Molly Brown House

Join us for a tour of the famous home of the ‘unsinkable’ Molly Brown as we explore the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and her place in history and local Denver History, then write stories based on our experiences. from a special time of 10 am to 2 pm

List and dates coming soon!

ALL YEAR LONG!

CREATIVE WRITING CLUB EVERY MONDAY!


Every Monday from 4:30 - 6:30 at BookBar, Denver Writes offers an all-ages drop in Creative Writing Club. Working on something for school and need feedback? Stuck on a writing idea? Want to join into collaborative writing games and activities? Email or drop in!
 
Other News!
 
Check us out on Patreon and consider becoming a Patron of Denver Writes, even donating one dollar a month can help Denver Writes continue to grow and expand our programing!

Denver Writes NEEDS volunteers for further workshops, after school, and grant writing!


Denver Writes' literary magazine, Backspace, is currently looking for fresh, innovative, and creative writing which challenges the status quo and shows insightful understanding of the world. We aim to showcase an array of Denver's best young writers (aged 10-18) and provide a space for young writers to be published in print.

Please read the guidelines below before submitting.

Submission Guidelines

In order to submit to Backspace literary magazine, you must be:

  • between 10 - 18 years of age

  • live in the Denver Metro Area

Backspace literary magazine accepts the following:

  • Prose — up to 2 pieces at a time, 2,000 word maximum

    • This includes both nonfiction (such as memoir and personal essay) and fiction

  • Poetry — up to 3 pieces at a time, 2 page maximum (per poem)

  • Dramatic writing — up to 1 piece at a time, 5 page maximum

  • Visual art — up to 3 pieces at a time, any medium

When submitting, please note:

  • Submissions should be in one of the following formats; Word (.doc and .docx) or PDF (.pdf).

  • Previously published pieces will not be accepted, so please don’t submit them! We want to showcase new literary work from young writers and artists.

Please send all submissions to backspace@denverwrites.org In the subject line include the type of submission and your last name.

    For example, “Poetry Submission - Smith”.

Backspace has a limited staff and thus response time is slower. If you haven’t heard from us within three months of your submission, please send us an email to confirm we received your submission.

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DISCLAIMER: By submitting your work to Backspace literary magazine, you acknowledge Backspace’s right to publish your piece(s) of writing/art, both in print and electronically. Backspace reserves the right to edit submitted pieces.

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Are you interested in getting more involved with Backspace Literary Magazine?

Backspace is currently looking for teens, aged 12-18 interested in helping compile, edit, organize, and design the literary magazine.

If you are interested, please email backspace@denverwrites.org, with a subject line of “Get Involved”.

Please include your:

  • name

  • age

  • 3 pieces of sample writing (poetry, prose, or dramatic writing that conform to the above stated guidelines)

  • previous experience

  • your favorite book character and why

Denver Writes Survives on the donations of our supporters. Thanks to your help we were able to offer all of our events last year, two monthly workshops, a weekly after school program, four summer camps, and our summer camp anthology book! We'd love to offer more publishing initiatives in the future and more workshops and events! Denver Writes is a 501(c)3 so all donations are tax deductible. 

Thank you for your continued support
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Want to get more involved? Denver Writes is looking for Volunteers!
  • Leading Workshops or coming up with workshop ideas
  • Writing with kids at our normal workshops and events
  • After School Programing
  • Leading Summer Camps
  • Grant Writing
  • Website Design and Updates
  • Coding
  • Blogging!
  • Students wanting to work with younger writers!
  • Internship opportunities for students!
  • Any other ideas you might have!
Interested? Fill out this form! Or email Hello@denverwrites.org!
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