Join us at Johnny's Tavern for the WSC Press Happy Hour Reading! Featured authors include legendary Michael Catherwood, William Trowbridge, Dave Mainelli, JV Brummels, Bonnie Johnson-Bartee, Stephanie...

Rattlecast 223 - Live December 11, 2023 Greg Kosmicki is a poet and retired social worker who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. He founded The Backwaters Press in 1997, which he now serves as Editor Emeritus....

Winners of the Fall 2023 Fiction Slam (from left to right): Barry Seegebarth (2nd), Alex Retzlaff (3rd), Reagan Hudson (4th), and Janet Seegebarth (1st) Judges: Jake Stewart, Jessica Hendry Nelson,...

Join us on December 7 for the Fall 2023 Fiction Slam at the Max Bar and Grill in downtown Wayne, NE starting at 7:00 p.m. with registration beginning at 6:30 p.m. Slam participants need two original stories...

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 7, 2023. The Plains...

Winners of Poetry Slam #47 (from left to right): Miranda Davis (1st), Chloe Hibler (3rd), Mary Helms (2nd), Katy Edmisten (4th) Judges: Shawn Pierce, Charlene Pierce, & Tom C. Hunley Slam Emcee:...

Join us for Poetry Slam 47 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 four original poems and $5 registration...

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...

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 16, 2023. The...

Join us for the Judas Goat Open Mic at the Beaumont @ 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Free copies of the newest Goat will be available at the event. And wear a costume if you want! Happy...

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How did you get into writing? Do you remember the first piece of writing? I mean, I started writing because I was in high school and had a lot to vent. The first poem I remember writing is a sad poem...