Calendar of local literary events
Scroll down to check out out all the incredible activities that are happening soon! If you are hosting a literary event for our area, please contact us to be added to the calendar for free.
January 2025
Going on now – the 2025 Membership Drive! Find out how our Members make up the backbone of our grassroots, independent organization with a mission to serve our underrepresented region in literary and artistic ventures. Click here for more information
Winter Submissions January 6-20 – send us your short stories, essays, memoir, poetry, photography and artwork. It’s free and easy to submit and we run an inclusive magazine.
Open Mic Night January 17, 6:30pm: Join us and share your work with an enthusiastic audience! We welcome prose, poetry and song and love to have a wide variety of pieces to enjoy so your work is perfect for this event.
Sunday, January 19, 2pm: Contemporary Literature Book Club
Thursday, January 23, 6:30 pm: Join local author Joe Taylor as he debuts his new book, One More Then I’ve Really Gotta Go
Sunday, January 26, 2pm: Our first Writer’s Block Party meeting of the year! This month’s prompt is “Reminiscing the Past”. Write to the prompt or bring your unpublished work to share with other writers.
Latest Blog Posts
- WRITE SHORTWRITE SHORT by Kelly Ryan Harriger The importance of brevity and conciseness in writing for publication. Few issues are more vital to having your work published than presenting editors with clean, concise and to-the-point… Read more: WRITE SHORT
- Contemporary Literature Book ClubAnnouncing Startup of the 21st Century Literary Fiction Book Club Are you interested in engaging with other readers/thinkers in studies of contemporary literatureand the inspiring power of storytelling? In the new year we plan… Read more: Contemporary Literature Book Club
- The Power of Memberships: Sustaining The Watershed Journal Literary Group and Our Region’s Creative HeartThe Power of Memberships: Sustaining The Watershed Journal Literary Group and Our Region’s Creative Heart For those who believe in the importance of community, creativity, and the sharing of local stories, becoming a member… Read more: The Power of Memberships: Sustaining The Watershed Journal Literary Group and Our Region’s Creative Heart
- Coming of age while facing the Apocalypse: Writing Avoiding the RaptureBy 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 be getting ready to… Read more: Coming of age while facing the Apocalypse: Writing Avoiding the Rapture
- Empowering Literary Voices: Join Our 2024 Membership Program and Shape the Future of Our Nonprofit Literary CenterIn 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 and supports the literary… Read more: Empowering Literary Voices: Join Our 2024 Membership Program and Shape the Future of Our Nonprofit Literary Center