Coming of age while facing the Apocalypse: Writing Avoiding the Rapture
By Karen Weyant It was 1983, and the talk in my fifth-grade classroom focused on the new movie, The Day After that was going to be televised. Everyone seemed to…
2024 Membership
Empowering Literary Voices: Join Our 2024 Membership Program and Shape the Future of Our Nonprofit Literary Center
In the heart of the Pennsylvania Wilds, The Watershed Journal nonprofit literary center is not just a hub for writers and readers; it's a thriving community that champions inclusive publishing…
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In Praise of the Short Poem
by Wayne H. Swanger In Praise of the Short Poem I find myself writing more and more short poems, that is, poems of fewer than ten lines. My first thought…
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“Exposed” by Byron Hoot
Exposed Byron Hoot I cannot read certain authors without feeling ashamed. As if all my flaws are exposed. The gift of writing is the double-entendre: what is said, what is…
New (Still Free) Submissions Process
Spring Submissions Starts March 6 Submissions for the Spring 2023 Edition goes from March 6-20 and we hope you'll join in and help us make our 20th issue a special…
Brookville writer's group
Why Writer’s Block Party
Why I Remain an Active Member of Writer’s Block Party by Rachel Robinson Since graduating from college eleven years ago, I have been involved in four different writer’s groups: including spearheading…
We Love our Members!
We are reaching out this year to share some highlights from this year with The Watershed Journal Literary Group. Thanks to our dedicated volunteers, our talented staff, and, in large…
Review of House Bird by Robert Fillman
review by Karen Weyant Many years ago, I discovered Robert Fillman’s poems in the literary journal Rust+Moth, and I have been following his work ever since. When I finished reading…
Focused Writing Time
by Ann McCauley If we seriously want to write, we need to have tunnel vision to focus on our projects. There is simply no substitute for hard work. And don’t…
Come Fly on Song and Word
by Deborah Sarbin Baz Luhrman’s new film Elvis features the star and his band singing the hymn “I’ll Fly Away” before they begin a performance--apt melding of the sacred and…