Area 2 Newsletter
September 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.
First Ever Pennwriters Webinar!!
Ok, so I'm excited about this. I'm happy to announce that Pennwriters will host its first-ever webinar on Saturday, September 27 from 2-5 p.m. It's called "Build-a-Plot: The Story Assembly Workshop" and will be led by Diana Botsford. It's free for members, but there's only room for 100 people, so sign up fast. https://www.pennwriters.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=522048&item_id=2704164
Conference Proposals
Final reminder! 2026 Conference Coordinators Leslie Tobin Smeltz & Susan Gourley are accepting workshop proposals now through September 30. The conference will be May 15-17, 2026 in Lancaster. The theme is "The Writer's Path." Send proposals to conferencecoordinator@pennwriters.org with the your name, the workshop title, a workshop description (300 words or less) and your bio (300 words or less).
Writer's Road Trip
Registration is now open for Area 1's annual Writer's Road Trip. It will be held Saturday, October 4 at the Zem Zem Shrine Club in Erie. This is their "lucky 13th" time holding this mini-conference! Visit the Pennwriters website for more info and to register.
Upcoming online courses are:
Non-Pennwriters Opportunity
Area member Mark Boerma alerted me that starting this October, Wilkes University will be offering three six week online writing workshops. Two of the three are free and one is $120. For more information visit the Wilkes Creative Writing Workshops page.
Pennnwriters Area 2 Happenings and News
Area Meetings
The new North Central PA Writers Network continues to expand and attract new members. It meets on the last Tuesday of every month at 4pm at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center, 134 W Main Street in Wellsboro. The group isn't a critique group. Rather it serves to assist writers with submitting, promoting, and all other things writing. 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 meeting in Berwick on the first and third Wednesday of the month. For information, contact Dave Freas, quillracer [at] pa.metrocast.net. Because this group no longer meets in Danville, it's now known as the Susquehanna Valley Pennwriters Critique Group.
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.