--- title: Colorado Authors' League description: SW Hammond is a member of the Colorado Authors' League, a professional organization that supports local authors. canonical_url: https://articles.swhammond.com/?catid=18&id=200:colorado-authors-league&view=article language: en-GB date: 2020-12-01T22:56:49Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://articles.swhammond.com/?catid=18&id=200:colorado-authors-league&view=article. markdown-tokens: 486 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://articles.swhammond.com/?catid=18&id=200:colorado-authors-league&view=article. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ![Colorado Authors' League](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/friends/Colorado_Authors_League_logo.jpg) Written by Sean William Hammond on 01 November 2018. # Colorado Authors' League ### [Colorado Authors' League](https://coloradoauthors.org/) It was a special moment when the Colorado Authors' League accepted me into their organization. I still find it odd to be a peer among the talent in this group–seeing my name and work listed in their company is an honor. CAL is a professional organization that supports local Colorado authors. They hold workshops and social events that helps authors navigate the many steps of the writing and publishing process. > Established in 1931 to “foster the art and craft of authorship,” the Colorado Authors’ League is comprised of more than 250 professional writers, including authors of adult fiction and nonfiction, cookbooks, children and young adult books, playwrights, poets and bloggers. > > The Colorado Authors’ League: > > - fosters career success through networking with other professional writers > - encourages friendships with other working writers > - develops creative writing via education and interaction with interesting speakers, ideas, and each other