
How did you get into writing? Like many writers, it seems that I have always written: poems and stories as a child and young adult, just playing around with words. But it wasn’t until I was in my forties that I began what I consider serious writing. I had been away from Nebraska for quite a while,...

Winners of the Fall 2022 Fiction Slam (from left to right): JR Brown: 2nd place, Olivia Wright: 4th place, Abbey Larson: 1st place, and Indie Peterson: 3rd place. Contestants: Judges: Tabulators: Chad Christensen & Dave Mainelli Slam Master: Olivia Wright Slam Master’s Assistant: Lauren Seger,...

Wayne State College’s Language and Literature Department, the School of Arts and Humanities, and the WSC Press are pleased to hold this fall’s Plains Writers Series on Thursday, December 8, 2022. The Plains Writers Series is held several times a year to bring attention to the prose and poetry of...

Join us for the Fall 2022 Fiction Slam, December 8th at The Max Bar and Grill. Slam starts at 7 pm. There will be no preliminaries for this slam, registration starts at 6pm. Bring 2 short stories and $5 entry fee to compete. Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place participants. This event...
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Spring 2023
Plains Writers Series
March 2, 2023 @ @ 2 pm
Humanities Lounge, 2nd Floor
Wayne State College
Reader: Mark Sanders
Poetry Slam 46
March 2, 2023 @ 7 pm
(Registration @ 6:30 pm)
The Max Bar & Grill
Plains Writers Series
April 27, 2023 @ 2 pm
Humanities Lounge, 2nd Floor
Wayne State College
Reader: Chris Harding Thornton
Fiction Slam
April 27, 2023 @ 7 pm
(Registration @ 6:30 pm)
The Max Bar & Grill