Writers Studio: A Community for Writers

Passionate about writing? Join ACCs literary community and thrive

• Writers Studio Events: Festivals, workshops, literary contests, readings and open mics offer opportunities for writers of every level to connect and develop their craft. These events are open to ACC students and the community at large and many are free. Writers Studio Spring Events

• Creative Writing Classes for Spring 2012: fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, literary magazine, how to get published, advanced creative writing, anyone? Find out what you can do for you next spring!  Click here for a description of creative writing classes offered this spring.

•  AA Degree with a Creative Writing Emphasis: Our AA Degree with a Creative Writing Emphasis nurtures beginning and experienced writers with a comprehensive program of creative writing and literature courses taught by a nationally-published faculty of writers including the Former Denver Poet Laureate, Chris Ransick,  Colorado Book Award Winner, Kathryn Winograd and Fast Forward Press Editor Leah Rogin- Roper.  Explore multiple genres in creative writing. Sharpen critical thinking and analytical skills through the study of past and contemporary literary masters. Create a portfolio of creative work in a chosen genre and participate in a public reading performance. ACC is currently the only community college in Colorado to offer this emphasis. Click for our AA Degree with Creative Writing Emphasis Brochure and to access the catalogue link for the Associates of Arts in Creative Writing degree requirements.  
•  “Articulation Agreement”: credit transfer agreements with Adams State College and Western State College of Colorado help our Creative Writing graduates to carry as many credits as possible into a BA English/Creative Writing program. Click Here for more information on our Articulation Agreement with Adams State College.   Click Here for more information on our articulation agreement with Western State College of Colorado.  Special Feature: ex ACC Creative Writing Student Kylie Bowen Goes to Adams State.  Read her irreverent Bowen Blog here.
• The Writers Studio Credential gives students seeking another degree emphasis yet interested in a secondary focus in creative writing to receive an 18 credit hour Professional Achievement Award. Click for specific information about the Credential program.
• The Writers Studio Scholarship: each year the Writers Studio offers a scholarship to ACC students interested in taking creative writing classes. Click for more information.  Please contact writerstudio@arapahoe.edu for application.
• Writers Studio Club is open to ACC students and Community Ed students. Join us for the Writers Studio Club Blog and Critique Group Online, our monthly face-to-face Critique Group and our monthly Writers Studio Speaker forum. For more information, e-mail our faculty advisor, Leah Rogin-Roper at Leah.Rogin-Roper@arapahoe.edu or call 303 797 5826.
• Partnership with ACC Community Education: Each semester, Writers Studio offers non-degree seeking writers the chance to take upper-level workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and publishing through our Community Ed program. Contact Community Education. 
• Progenitor Art and  Literary Magazine : ACCs prize-winning literary magazine. Click to for our literary magazine Web page and submission guidelines. Interested?  

Interested? You can receive the Writers Studio monthly newsletter for more information.

Dr. Kathryn Winograd, Coordinator of the Writers Studio
303.797.5815 or E-mail: writerstudio@arapahoe.edu