Area 2 Newsletter
May 2025
Pennnwriters Area 2 Happenings and 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.
Try again for a review party?
Only one person indicated interest in another review party, so I won't hold one this summer. I'm all ears if you have ideas for events that we could hold as an area to support each other.
Area Meetings
The new Wellsboro area group officially has a name! It is now the North Central PA Writers Network. Quite snazzy. 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 is 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 currently meeting in Berwick only on the first and third Wednesday of the month. For information, 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.
Pennwriters Organization-Wide News
Dues Reminder
Remember that your membership is up for renewal on July 1. You'll see a renewal notice in June. As PW president Dan Arndt explained in his newsletter column, Pennwriters needs to increase dues because everything is becoming more expensive. As an organization, we haven't raised our membership prices in forever and a day (I don't remember any increases since I became a member in 2005). In order to ease the pain, the board voted to increase dues $5 this year and $5 next year, for a total of $10 over two years. Please contact me if you have questions or concerns.
New Webinar Program
Starting in the third quarter of 2025, Pennwriters will be offering webinars exclusively for members. These will be free but will require registration. These webinars will let members learn from and network with other writers. Stay tuned for more information!
Conference Registration Update
Full registration has closed for this year's conference (Theme: Chills, Thrills, and Quills), which is coming up soon, May 16th-18th at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott. Our keynote speaker is Natalie D. Richards. Brent Maguire is the Saturday luncheon speaker. You can still register for the conference (including the Thursday intensives) but no meals will be included, since the conference coordinators needed to submit the meal counts in advance.
Upcoming online courses are:
That's it for now. Happy writing, everyone.