MINI INTERVIEW: Marjorie Saiser
December 21, 2019
What is your reason for writing? Or what role does writing play in your life? I write to find out, to stay green, to keep learning. Writing teaches me what I should be paying attention to. Do you have a particular time, place, or routine for writing? Early mornings are good, also at night. Afternoon...
MINI INTERVIEW: Neil Harrison
December 13, 2019
How did you get your start in creative writing? I started classes in creative writing and photography at Northeast Community College back in 1980, after deciding that sorting mail all night, six nights a week, was a pretty fair recipe for going postal. What are some of the challenges you hav...
Fiction Slam winners! Fall 2019
December 10, 2019
Slam Winners: Brianna Hupp 1st, Jessica Schenck 2nd, Rylee Smith 3rd and Christel Wiggan 4th. Contestants: Brianna Hupp, Sean Petersen, Madison Mueller, Jessica Schenck, Christel Wiggan, Mckaylla Christian, Celine Eggerling, Rylee Smith, Meena Dalal, and Tyler Murray. Judges: Allison Hain, Jacob Stewart, and...
Plains Writers Series – December 5, 2019
November 18, 2019
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 5, 2019. The Plains Writers Series is held several times a year to bring attention to the prose and poetry of Gr...
Poetry Slam 42 winners! Fall 2019
November 10, 2019
Vito Cole: First Place Kjersten Schuttler: Second Place Christel Wiggan: Third Place Junior Aguilar: Fourth Place Christel Wiggan, Hunter Godfry, Summer Larsen, Conall Tabbert, Charleyne Kirkindengo, Wright Chamberlin, Caleb Cohen, Diamante Jones, Tyler Surber, Angel Rosales, Jessica Palmillas,...
Plains Writers Series – November 21, 2019
October 30, 2019
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, November 21, 2019. The Plains Writers Series is held several times a year to bring attention to the prose and poetry of Gr...
Judas Goat 2018-2019 Book Release
October 21, 2019
Join us in celebrating the release of the 2018-2019 Judas Goat. This event is free and open to the public. Free copies of the newest Goat will be available to anyone who reads or shares with us! Location: The Birch Room Chophouse is locates on the south side of The Beaumont Event & Concert Hall. ...
Poetry Slam 42! November 21st, 2019
October 11, 2019
Join us for the Poetry Slam 42 on November 21 at the Max Bar & Grill. Sign up to compete in the slam at 6 p.m. Bring 4 poems and $5.00 for the entry fee. The Slam stats at 7 pm. Prizes will be available to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and the 4th place contestants. This event is free and open to the...
In a Good Time by Mark Sanders
September 13, 2019
Sanders is a poet attuned to the sustaining mysteries of the places we call home, as well as the graces and frailties of the human heart, and In a Good Time only extends his considerable range. It is a book of midnight moments and dry seasons, of the inexorable passing of years, of the ways we grow o...
Omaha Lit Fest
September 13, 2019
The return of Omaha Lit Fest! The main event features a day of panels, readings, and talks with featured authors of both local and national profile, hosted at the event space of Highlander Omaha. Plus, a community fair, food trucks, and book signings all day! Check out the main event schedule at...
Plains Writers Series – September 12, 2019
September 7, 2019
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, September 12, 2019. The Plains Writers Series is held several times a year to bring attention to the prose and poetry of Gr...
MINI INTERVIEW: Sarah McKinstry-Brown
May 25, 2019
How did you get into writing? When I was 19 years old, I wandered into a poetry slam team performance at a coffeehouse in Albuquerque, my hometown, and was hooked when I saw the team performing a poem about New Mexico’s history of Spanish colonization, layering their voices as they chanted, “Tel...