The 1st Annual
August 8-10, 2025
In Beautiful Cedaredge, Colorado
Schedule
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Friday, August 8th
3:00 - 5:30 pm
Meet & Greet in the Art Garage | Wine & light appetizers available
Join us to kick off our literary weekend with a “get to know you” event and enjoy the wines provided by our presenting sponsor, Chill Switch Wines. Meet and mingle with our Featured Writers, workshop presenters and fellow bibliophiles. The setting is casual and conducive to conversation. It is adjacent to the summer concert series venue and walkable to restaurants. We are excited to share the weekend with you!
6:00 - 8:00 pm
GMAEC Outdoor Summer Concert Series |Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra’s spirited ensemble Sinners & Saints
Saturday, August 9th
8:00am - 5:00pm Bookstore
Western Colorado Popup Bookstore at GMAEC
6:30pm - 8:30pm Bookstore
Western Colorado Popup Bookstore at GMAEC
GMAEC Theatre
9:00am - 10:30am Workshop
Top 20 ways to market your book
- Polly Letofsky
11:00am - 12:30pm Workshop
The Power of Brevity: Crafting Compelling Flash Fiction - Nicole Rivas
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break
4:30pm - 5:30 pm Office Hours
with Novelist Shelley Read
5:30pm - 7:00pm Dinner Break
7:00pm - 8:30pm
A Celebration of Writing
Featured Writer Presentation
Book signing afterward
Art Garage
9:00am - 10:30am Workshop
Intuitive Character Development
- Pam Chiaro (writing as PK Stuart)
11:00am - 12:30pm Workshop
Book Contests: An insider track to what judges look for - Sara Frances
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm - 3:00pm Workshop
How to Write Your Memoir -Polly Letofsky
4:30pm - 5:30 pm Office Hours
with Historian Tim Winegard
5:30pm - 7:00pm Dinner Break
River Burch Gallery
9:00am - 10:30am Workshop
The Art of the Essay
- Christie Aschwanden
11:00am - 12:30pm Workshop
The Soulful Poem - Wendy Videlock
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm - 3:00pm Workshop
Non-Fiction book proposal basics
- Christie Aschwanden
4:30pm - 5:30 pm Office Hours
with Poet Wendy Videlock
5:30pm - 7:00pm Dinner Break
Sunday, August 10th
9:00am - 1:00pm Bookstore
Western Colorado Popup Bookstore at GMAEC
GMAEC Theatre
9:00am - 10:30am Workshop
Make your storytelling cinematic
- J. Warren Weaver
11:00am - 12:30pm Workshop
Creating an Anthology: A Case Study - Sara Frances
Art Garage
9:00am - 10:30am Workshop
Creating a story bible & timeline
- Terri Benson
11:00am - 12:30pm Workshop
Self editing for fiction writers
- Cindi Myers
River Burch Gallery
9:00am - 10:30am Workshop
The Radical Metaphor of Place
- Kierstin Bridger
11:00am - 12:30pm Workshop
Agents, Editors, & Submissions,
Oh My! - Terri Benson