Sisters in Crime-Colorado offers many in-person and virtual activities to support writers and lovers of crime fiction:
Read brief descriptions of each activity below, and click through the links to learn more.
We published our first collection of short stories by members in 2025 and are hard at work on our second chapter anthology, scheduled for publication in late 2026.
Only members may submit short stories for inclusion in the chapter anthology. You must be a member of Sisters in Crime-Colorado for a year for your story to be considered.
Our book club meets on Zoom from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month. Each online session is devoted to a book written by one of our members.
The book club is free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome!
Only members' books are considered for book club and the author is required to be at the book club meeting.
We plan several field trips each year, usually one per quarter, to a destination of interest to crime fiction writers. These are members-only events and some require a fee to participate.
Previous field trips include a gun range and crime lab, a K-9 dog detection demonstration and a lesson in Krav Maga.
Virtual events, new in 2026, are hourlong Zoom meetings that are interactive and exploratory.
Our Marketing Support group offers two opportunities a month to work on marketing-related tasks and learn more about what to do.
There's a monthly drop-in session from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at a member's home in Centennial. We work alongside each other on our marketing tasks, pooling our knowledge, or you can find a quiet spot to sit.
Then there's a monthly Zoom session on a specific marketing need, such as creating book sell sheets, writing query letters and creating your author website.
Our biggest events of the year are our daylong, in-person events, featuring speakers on the writing craft and some aspect of the criminal justice system, from forensics to FBI profilers, probation officers to psychologists.
The events are free and usually held in a public library in Douglas County, the exact geographic middle of our membership. We also host the events on Zoom for those unable to join us in person.