Dear Present and Future Columbine Poets, Inc. members,
As we enter our 49th year as an affiliated society with the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Columbine Poets, Inc. is conducting its annual membership drive. This means it’s time to consider renewing your membership in Columbine Poets for 2026! Please review the following before paying either here online or by check:
2026 Dues for all chapters are $25 for a Basic Membership, regardless of your chapter or if you are a Member at-Large. This covers both state and national dues in NFSPS. As a member of Columbine Poets, you are eligible to enter all NFSPS contests, submitting to the upcoming Member's anthology, and the Columbine members’ contest in June. (Online renewals have an additional $2 handling charge.)
Supporting Memberships: If you would like to add $5 to your $25 Basic Membership to support both statewide youth poetry contests and the assistance fund for Sponsored Memberships, make your check/payment to Columbine Poets for a total of $30. (Online renewals have an additional $2 handling charge.)
Sponsored Membership: If you would like to join or rejoin Columbine Poets, but face a financial hardship, you may pay $5 toward your dues, and the remainder of the cost of your membership will be covered by Columbine Poets funds. See the Membership Form for details. We want everyone to feel welcome!
The Foothills Chapter mainly serves residents within the Denver Metro area by way of weekly workshops, either in person in several locations or on Zoom. This allows for any member to join us virtually for meetings. Your dues of $25 pay for these weekly workshops, and you will be invited sometime to prepare a workshop for the group.
Shavano Poets should pay your membership dues directly to Jean Hanfelt, who will then pay Columbine with one check for the total Shavano group. Do not send your personal check to the PO Box. Shavano Poets are welcome to join in on the Zoom Sessions.
Colorado Mountain High Poets serves Evergreen, Morrison, Conifer, and parts of Lakewood. They meet twice a month and are welcome to join in on the Zoom Sessions.
The Northern Chapter does not meet in person but are welcome to join in on the Zoom Sessions.
Note: If you want to know about events happening in other chapters, contact our Membership Secretary lorrie.e.wolfe@gmail.com and she will put you in contact with someone from that chapter. If you would like to know about the Zoom sessions, contact Cathy Casper secretary@columbinepoetsofcolorado.com
Columbine Poets, Inc. is a registered Colorado non-profit organization. Your dues may be tax-deductible if you itemize your taxes. Check with your tax preparer.
Thanks for your participation in Columbine Poets!
Julie Cummings, President
Anita Jepson-Gilbert, Vice President
Lorrie Wolfe, Membership Secretary
Cathy Casper, Correspondence Secretary
JoAnn Rowley, Treasurer
Valerie Szarek, Performance Chair
Amy Irish, Youth Chair
Marliene Yanish, Outreach Coordinator
Send renewal checks made out to Columbine Poets, Inc. to:
Columbine Poets
P.O. Box 6245
Broomfield, CO 80021
OR
If choosing to renew online, select the appropriate link and fill out the form below. There is a service fee for online renewals.
