UPDATE: Unfortunately, Aliyah American Horse cannot attend this week's Plains Writers Series. Instead, Bonnie Johnson-Bartee will be our reader on Nov. 21, 2024.
Wayne State College's Language and Literature...
Join us for Poetry Slam 49 at the Max Bar and Grill in downtown Wayne, NE. The slam starts at 7:00 p.m. with registration beginning at 6:30 p.m. Slam participants need three original poems and $5 registration...
How did you get into writing? Do you remember your first piece of writing?
I was a WSC counselor for many years, and most of those years were as Director of the Wayne State College (WSC) Counseling...
How did you get into writing? Do you remember your first piece of writing?
Well, that’s a long story, but I’ll start by saying that I was always something of a storyteller. My mother has memories...
Praise for Homecoming Parade
“Mark Sanders’ memoir, Homecoming Parade, is part elegy for those who have gone and part benediction for those who remain. Its tender contemplations, delivered in the...
How did you get into writing? Do you remember your first piece of writing?
When I was around three or four, I loved to tell stories by drawing pictures. Once I could write, I would invent imaginative...
Praise for Father and Son
"This is not only a fine book, it is a worthy one."
—Charles Harper Webb, author of Sidebend World
William Trowbridge takes on a mythic task here, that of a son carrying...
How did you get into writing? Do you remember your first piece of writing?
Throughout high school, I played guitar and tried to sing and sometimes tried to write songs, which feels like it was preparing...
How did you get into writing? Do you remember your first piece of writing?
I’ve always loved to read books and I think my admiration of books led me to want to be a writer. I remember writing my...
Winners of the Spring 2024 Fiction Slam: Back Row (L to R) - Olivia Wright (3rd place), Lily Payson (2nd place), Front Row (L to R) - Maddy Anderson (1st place), & Alea Downing (4th place)
Judges...
The Judas Goat is a literary magazine that features the poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork of Wayne State students. The magazine is edited by WSC editing & publishing students...
How did you get into writing? Do you remember your first piece of writing?
I covered high school sports for local newspapers while I was still in high school. I planned to be a journalism major in...
