About US

NLAPW Denver Branch Mission Statement

 Our mission is to support and advance the development and success of writers, artists, and composers within our branch membership as well as within the metropolitan Denver community. We will foster education, professionalism, creativity, and recognition of artistic talent.

At a meeting of the Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs in Colorado Springs, September 21, 1921, Nellie Burget Miller called a group of women together to form a temporary organization of Pen Women. At a Poetry Lover’s Feast that evening, plans were made to assemble credentials of members and to make application for a charter for a Colorado Branch of NLAPW. In 1923, the permanent charter for the Denver Branch was received, with five charter members, including Nellie Burget Miller as the first President. She was named Colorado’s Poet Laureate in 1952 by then Governor William B. Sweet. Members of the Denver Branch strive to produce literary, artistic and/or musical works of high quality, to promote good fellowship among members, and to mutually encourage others engaged in the creative arts. Members (except for Provisional) receive The Pen Woman magazine, the official publication of NLAPW.  A national roster is published every two years.

Denver Branch Officers, 2008-2010

Executive Board

PRESIDENT
Diane Chambers

VICE PRESIDENT
Ann Klaiman

SECRETARY
TBA

TREASURERS
Gwen Scott
Paula Pahl

Committee Chairs

ART
TBD

AUDITOR
Marie Kriss

DIRECTORY
Sandy Chapman

HISTORIAN
Pat Kennedy

HOSPITALITY
Paula Pahl, Lorrie Reed

INSPIRATIONAL
Lorrie Reed

MEMBERSHIP
Marie Kriss

LIASON TO TAPESTRY FOR PEACE
Joice Fairchild

LIASON TO POETRY TO GO
Ann Klaiman

PROGRAM PLANNING
Nancy Hegan, Paula Pahl

PUBLICITY
Jane Davis Carpenter

WEB EDITORS
Virginia Small, webmistress
Paula Pahl