Communications Day, Spring 2008
Communications Day is designed for high school students to explore their interests and talents in broadcasting, photography, graphic design, and art. Cloud County faculty offer workshops in these areas. Scholarships are available for prospective students.

CCCC Speed Fiction Contest, Spring 2008
Spring 2008 contest information is available here, and it includes basic information, rules and guidelines, and the entry form. The deadline is April 17. All entries must be 100 words or less. Sharpen your pencils or clean up your keyboards!

Speed Fiction is our term for micro-stories that include the basics of fiction—character, conflict, climax, resolution, setting, theme--all in one hundred words. Participants are challenged to test their word economy, their conciseness of expression, their ability to pack a wallop into one hundred words, to strip their writing to the bare bones, to get to the point in a jiffy! Divisions are adult, college students, and youth.

Past Speed Fiction Contest winners
2006 Winners
2007 Winners

Writers' Retreat, Fall 2008
The Writer’s Retreat is designed for high school students to explore their interests and talents in writing song lyrics, dialogue, short fiction, and news stories. Cloud English faculty offer workshops in these areas. Winners from each category are invited to present their work at a final session. Scholarships are available for winners.

Cook Series
The Charles and Marion Cook Series brings recognized presenters from all over the world for a variety of programs, including musical performances, theatre, and lectures. The Cooks were world travelers who left a legacy for the residents of North Central Kansas to have the opportunity to experience national and international culture. Recent presenters have been Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein, television food personality Kevin Roberts—The Food Dude, and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, sister of Robert F. Kennedy.