Saturday, June 1: 35th Annual Poetry Rodeo at The Mercury Cafe

I’m thrilled to be part of this annual reading extravaganza: more than12 hours of poetry!!

I will be featured during the 8 pm hour along with fellow flash fiction writer Nicholas B. Morris. All info below. Would love to see you there!

Saddle up for the 35th Annual Poetry Rodeo

Celebrating Colorado’s Literary Community

Saturday, June 1st – 10am-11pm

at the Mercury Café, 2199 California St. Denver

This day-long spoken word festival offers a wide range of literary activities including workshops, featured readers, open mics, showcases of writer organizations, a small press display, and multi-dynamic musical and theatrical poetry presentations.

Showcased writers’ groups include Columbine Poets, Art from Ashes, Lighthouse Writers, Castle Rock Writers, Poetry Society of Colorado, Beyond Academia Free Skool, Writing Heights Writers Association, Boulder Writers Alliance and the Colorado Authors League. Representatives from Middle Creek Publishing, 20 Bellows and Stain’d Art will be available to answer questions and feature their authors.

Evening performers include Valerie Szarek, Roseanne Frechette, Cipriano, Opposite of Blink, Nancy Stohlman and Ted Vaca among others. Art Compost & the Word Mechanics will end the evening with a late-night music and poetry open mic jam.

Suggestion donation $10. Under 18 admitted free.

Fbomb 2017: Jan 17 is Fantasy Island

Find out more about Fbomb Flash Fiction Reading Series here:

All shows start at 7:30 at The Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street, Denver

JANUARY 17, 2017:

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Welcome to Fantasy Island Fbomb, where all your fantasies for 2017 can come true!
Featuring the amazingly talented Monique Antonette Lewis, founder of At The Inkwell.

Book swap/ open mic sign up begin at 7, reading begins at 7:30.
Open mic slots are first come and 4 mins or less.
Hosted by Nancy Stohlman, Mr Roarke, and Tattoo~

AND BOOK SWAP! Bring a book, take a book!

Join Facebook Event here

nancy-headshotHost Nancy Stohlman! Nancy Stohlman’s books include The Vixen Scream and Other Bible Stories, The Monster Opera,  Searching for Suzi: a flash novel, and four anthologies including Fast Forward: The Mix Tape, a finalist for a 2011 Colorado Book Award. She is the creator and curator of the Fbomb Flash Fiction Reading Series in Denver, the impetus behind FlashNano, and her work was nominated for a 2016 Pushcart Prize. Find out more about her atwww.nancystohlman.com

moniqueFeaturing Monique Antonette Lewis! Monique Antonette Lewis is the founder of At The Inkwell, a New York City-based organization that supports published authors through book reviews, author interviews and readings. The reading series is hosted across Denver, New York, Richmond, San Francisco, Seattle and London.She is also an annual reader for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship. Monique has more than a decade of journalism experience and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University, and a B.A. in Journalism from Colorado State University. Monique lives in Denver.