Area 2 Newsletter
March 2025
Pennwriters Organization-Wide News
Hello, everyone. I'm Katie Yelinek, the Area 2 representative. Please email me at area2rep [at] pennwriters.org or kathryn [at] kathrynyelinek.com if I can help you in any way.
Important!! Election ballots for open positions (including Area 2 rep) will come to you via email TOMORROW, March 2. Please update your email if necessary on the website. Voting closes on March 15th. Remember how last year Area 2 had the second-highest return rate? Let's aim for getting the highest this year!
Conference Registration Now Open
Now's the time to register for this year's conference (Theme: Chills, Thrills, and Quills), which will be held May 16th-18th at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott. Our keynote speaker will be Natalie D. Richards. Brent Maguire will be the Saturday luncheon speaker. https://pennwriters.org/Conference_Overview_2025
Volunteer
Pennwriters is in need of a new Internet Activities Coordinator. Help maintain the organization's web presence! Interested? Contact president [at] pennwriters.org.
We also need 2027 conference coordinators. That will be a Pittsburgh conference. If interested, please contact president@pennwriters.org. You'll receive two free conferences and have lots of support.
Upcoming online courses are:
Non-Pennwriters opportunity
Area 2 member Mark Boerma forwarded me information about upcoming writing workshops through Wilkes University. Topics include play writing, setting, and mining personal experiences for fiction. Hurry! These workshops start soon. https://www.wilkes.edu/academics/graduate-programs/creative-writing-ma-mfa/workshops.aspx
Terry Friedman, Area 7 Rep, reports that CamCat is looking for YA novels. This house is newly re-organized, so it's a good opportunity. They also pub mystery, paranormal, and crime fiction.
Pennnwriters Area 2 Happenings and News
Area Meetings
The new Wellsboro area group is meeting on the last Tuesday of every month at 4pm in Wellsboro, exact location TBD. If you're interested in attending or have questions, please contact Lori Duffy Foster at lori [at] loriduffyfoster.com.
The long-established Area 2 critique group is currently alternating between meetings in Danville and Berwick. For information about the next meeting, contact Dave Freas, quillracer [at] pa.metrocast.net.
Share Your Good News
Do you have a new book out? Short story? Poem? Article? Did you get something reprinted? Won an award? Are you up for an award? Did you give a reading or presentation? Send me a note so I can celebrate with you.
That's it for now. Happy writing, everyone.