Aspen Writers Poetry Events

During the month of October,
the Aspen Writers’ Foundation is pleased
to co-present the following poetry events
taking place in the Roaring Fork Valley!
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ASPEN SIDEWALK POETRY COMPETITION
Saturday, October 11 | 1-3 pm
Red Brick Center for the Arts in Aspen

All are welcome to this family friendly poetry competition encouraging original thought and design. Join us for an afternoon of poetry in real time with sidewalk chalk. Bring a poem or create one on the spot – chalk and sidewalk provided!
Co-presented by the Aspen Writers’ Foundation and the Red Brick Center for the Arts.

For More Information: Ryan Johnson 970.987.4536

POETRY NIGHT
Wednesday, October 22 | 7 pm
Town Center Booksellers in Basalt

Enjoy an intimate evening of poetry with two Colorado poets!

Sandra Dorr has published poems, stories, and essays in Rosebud, The Writer, and The Denver Post just to name a few. Poems from her collection, Desert Water, won the New Discovery prize, a national Salt Hill poetry prize, and first prize in the Colorado Poetry Society’s open contest. She is also the author of two books on women’s health and travel and currently lives in Grand Junction where she teaches an ongoing workshop and works as a writing coach.

When Danny Rosen is not teaching astronomy on safari guides in southern Africa, he is a frequent reader at the Sparrows Poetry Festival in Salida and the Poetry at the Lenado series in Aspen. That Curve, his first collection of poems, was reviewed in the Mountain Gazette by James Tipton. He is the founder of the Lithic Press and resides in Fuita, Colorado.

For More Information: www.aspenwriters.org or 970.925.3122
www.towncenterbooksellers.com or 970.927.2665