Plains Writers Series

Plains Writers Series The Plains Writers Series is a bi-annual event held at Wayne State College. The Plains Writers Series features Great Plains area authors and artists.

The Plains Writers Series is held four times a year at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska. The Plains Writers Series features Great Plains area authors and artists in a one or two day event open and free to the public. The Series has been an integral part of Wayne State’s history since 1977. No art lends itself to lifelong learning more effectively than literature. To meet and hear living writ

ers is arguably the best way to encourage readers. Nebraska’s poets and writers, through their work, are actively defining what it is to live in this place in the here and now. They bring with them a knowledge of the heritage that includes the pioneer as well as the peoples the pioneer displaced. They are familiar with the ecological and political cries of the day. Firmly grounded in the present, they write with one eye on the past and another on the future. Access to the arts begins with an introduction to them. The Plains Writers Series will provide a forum for Nebraska’s contemporary writers and poets to share their work with Nebraska readers. The content of the project is literature, especially that of rural Nebraska. Literature will be the entire focus of the Series throughout the day in the form of readings, questions and answer sessions, one-on-one conversations between the audience members and the authors presenting their work and the poetry slam. The literature presented is of poetry and fiction by Nebraska authors and published by Nebraska presses.

Big thank you to our PWS reader, Lydia Kang! It was a pleasure to have you up here at Wayne State College and Northeast ...
05/03/2026

Big thank you to our PWS reader, Lydia Kang! It was a pleasure to have you up here at Wayne State College and Northeast Community College! And thank you to everyone who supports these author readings. You make this possible. :)

04/24/2026

The reading begins at 2 p.m. in the Humanities Building. The Fiction Slam will follow at 7 p.m. All events are on April 30, 2026.

Huge thank you to our reader Tyler M. Jacobs! It was a nice day for a poetry reading. And thanks to everyone who came ou...
03/07/2026

Huge thank you to our reader Tyler M. Jacobs! It was a nice day for a poetry reading. And thanks to everyone who came out to support the Plains Writers Series on Thursday. Warm literary vibes all round

A huge thank you to author & WSC alum Jim Reese! It was a wonderful reading for our last Plains Writers event for 2025!...
12/06/2025

A huge thank you to author & WSC alum Jim Reese! It was a wonderful reading for our last Plains Writers event for 2025! His latest book is called Coming to a Neighborhood Near You. We also had legendary film buff and retired faculty member Bob Zahniser in attendance so we had a photo with him too!

12/04/2025

Jim Reese in 10 min! Unfortunately it will not be live streaming. Apologies!

12/03/2025

Tomorrow! Come here author & WSC alum Jim Reese!!! Dec. 4th @ 2 p.m. Humanities Lounge :)

Wonderful reading last Thursday with Charles Peek & Shyla Shehan! Beautiful souls & beautiful poetry. Thanks to our read...
11/23/2025

Wonderful reading last Thursday with Charles Peek & Shyla Shehan! Beautiful souls & beautiful poetry. Thanks to our readers and everyone who came out and supported the endeavor. You make the Plains Writers Series possible! :)

Tomorrow! Shyla Shehan & Charles Peek! 11.20.25 @ 2 pm in Humanities Lounge, WSC. Check out this article about Charles P...
11/19/2025

Tomorrow! Shyla Shehan & Charles Peek! 11.20.25 @ 2 pm in Humanities Lounge, WSC. Check out this article about Charles Peek:

"Fired from my first job sweeping up the front room of a barber shop! Somehow the barber could tell that his equipment had been used over the weekend - I used it all to give myself a haircut - neither the last job I’d lose nor the worst job I ever had!" ~ Chuck Peek

Tomorrow! Shyla Shehan & Charles Peek! 11.20.25 @ 2 pm in Humanities Lounge, WSC. Check out Shyla's website here:
11/19/2025

Tomorrow! Shyla Shehan & Charles Peek! 11.20.25 @ 2 pm in Humanities Lounge, WSC. Check out Shyla's website here:

Writer / Mom / Engineer / Wanderer

Huge thank you to David Lee! It was an epic reading! And thanks to everyone who came out to support the event.
10/27/2025

Huge thank you to David Lee! It was an epic reading! And thanks to everyone who came out to support the event.

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