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.
December 2024
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
Thursday, December 19, 6pm: Join us for our last Open Mic of the year! Bring your short stories, poetry and songs to our lovely bookstore and enjoy an enthusiastic audience. This is a great way to test out your work and get a chance in the spotlight. Hope to see you there!
January 2025
Sunday, January 19, 2pm: PA Wilds Book Club featuring Ken Raybuck’s novel, The Twin Minder. We will discuss the book’s themes and storyline and then roll into watching the film at 2pm.
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 Write to the prompt or bring your unpublished work to share with other writers.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
- 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
- In Praise of the Short Poemby 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 was that the muse… Read more: In Praise of the Short Poem