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CIA Inkwell We strive to connect writer’s together and to encourage each other to meet our writing goals. Hello! We live by the motto “YAY CRAP!”

Welcome to CIA Inkwell We are a wonderful group of people who are always willing to encourage each other to reach their writing goals.

10/02/2026

Inkathon 2026
write on the wild side

Our November Inkathon is almost upon us! We are excited to be partnering with Ames public library this year. The Ames write ins will be every Tuesday from 6-8pm in November.

To learn more about what Inkathon is and what we will be doing this year join us at our Kick Off on October 18th at Johnston Public Library from 2-4pm. We will be discussing what this year will look like. We will have goodies to hand out as well as a small giveaway. There will be an additional kick off at Ames Public Library on October 27th from 6-8pm.

Important dates
Preptober:
Oct 22nd (6-8pm) Ankeny Public Library conference room A

Kick off:
Oct 18th (2-4pm) - Johnston Public Library
Oct 27th (6-8pm) - Ames Public Library

Write all night:
Nov 6th (5:30-11:30pm) - Johnston Public Library

Wrap up:
Dec 5th (2-4pm) Johnston Public Library

Check out the discord calendar or CIA’s google calendar to see when other write ins are happening.

If you have any questions please let us know.

Happy April!Today marks the start of Inkwell Refine + Reimagine. Inkwell R+R is a laid back writing challenge with a foc...
04/01/2026

Happy April!

Today marks the start of Inkwell Refine + Reimagine. Inkwell R+R is a laid back writing challenge with a focus on writing or editing in the months of April & May. Set your own goal to help you refine and reimagine your story.

Our first write in happens tonight at Ankeny Public Library from 5:45 - 7:45. (there will be snacks). See the attached calendar for more write ins throughout April & May. Sunday write ins (except April 5th) will still be happening at the Caribou Coffee on Ingersoll from 9:30-12.

We hope to see at our events during R+R.

Happy writing!

We had a great time last night at the West Des Moines Public Library. We wrote a little more than 22,000 words last nigh...
11/14/2025

We had a great time last night at the West Des Moines Public Library. We wrote a little more than 22,000 words last night! Just a reminder tonight’s write in is at Panera bread on Ankeny blvd. See you there!

Had a great time writing tonight. We wrote a collective total of 90,000 words!
11/08/2025

Had a great time writing tonight. We wrote a collective total of 90,000 words!

11/07/2025

It is almost time for our write all night! Event starts at 5:30 pm tonight. For those that have not attended before the Johnston library is closed but someone will let you in the doors to the left of the main entrance. We look forward to writing with you all!

11/01/2025

We wrote almost 20,000 words total at Grimes Public Library! Next writing event is tomorrow at caribou coffee on Ingersoll from 9:30am to 12pm.

11/01/2025

It is time, Inkathon has officially started! We are excited for this month. Come join us today at Grimes library from 1 - 4:45 as we write all the words. Have you decided what you are going to write and what your goal for the month is?

10/27/2025

We are 6 days away from November 1st, we are gearing up to write all the words, Yay Crap!

Here is a recap of the Kick Off:

What is Inkathon?:
Inkathon is a writing challenge in November where you set your own writing goal to push yourself to write as many words as you can. The traditional goal is 50k words but you are not limited to that. You could track words, pages, hours, number of short stories or poems, your goal is up to you.

Our theme this year is “food around the world”. You will be collecting stickers to fill out your menu as you hit different milestones.

Inkwell Store: Our store is returning this year. We will have order forms at each event, we only take cash or venmo in person. Any proceeds from the store or donation go right back to the group to purchase goodies or giveaways.

Write All Night:
- Our write all night is happening Friday Nov. 7th, if you are planning on bringing anything to the potluck let us know.
- We are also taking book donations that we will be taking to the half price book store, so if you have any books you were looking to get rid of you can bring them to the write all night. We will use the money to purchase items for future giveaways.
- We will be having a giveaway during the write all night, we will be giving away 3 $15 store vouchers!

Raffle Baskets: We have 3 different raffle baskets you can enter to win. You can get entries by earning tickets, you will get one ticket for each in person event you attend as well as one ticket for every $10 you spend or donate to CIA. The three baskets will be at the write all night to view the contents.

Events: Check our google calendar for all our events happening in November

Happy October!Our November Inkathon is almost upon us! Our theme this year is 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 We are excited to be...
10/04/2025

Happy October!

Our November Inkathon is almost upon us! Our theme this year is 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 We are excited to be partnering with several libraries this year! Johnston Public Library is hosting our Kick off, Write All Night & Wrap up. We are also partnering with both Grimes Public Library and West Des Moines Public Library. Grimes is hosting two write ins: Nov 1st and 22nd. West Des Moines is hosting one on Nov 13th.

To learn more about what Inkathon is and what we will be doing this year join us at our Kick off. We will be discussing what this year will look like. We will have goodies to hand out as well as a small giveaway.

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
Preptober:
- Oct 12th, 19th & 26th - Caribou Ingersoll (9:30am - 12pm)
- Oct 21st - Johnston Public Library (6pm - 8pm)
Kick off:
- Oct 25th - Johnston Public Library (2:00pm - 4:00pm)
Write All Night:
- Nov 7th - Johnston Public Library (5:30pm - 11:30pm)
Wrap up:
- Dec 6th - Johnston Public Library (2:00pm - 4:00pm)

Check the CIA’s google calendar (view on our website) to see when other write ins are happening.

If you have any questions about anything do not hesitate to ask.

05/16/2025

We are canceling the write in at Ames library on Saturday. But we hope to see you at our Panera write in on Sunday!

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