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LJWL EVENTS

SPRING 2026 EVENTS

    Homecoming 2026: Creative Writing Celebration
    Homecoming 2026: Creative Writing Celebration
    Sat, Feb 21
    Bond Academic Center
    Join us during Homecoming 2026 for a time of reconnection and inspiration. The Creative Writing Celebration highlights the work of LJWL alumni, faculty, and current students.
    STUDENT VOLUNTEERS: Writer's Symposium
    STUDENT VOLUNTEERS: Writer's Symposium
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Feb 25
    Brown Chapel
    Go behind the scenes at the Writer's Symposium by the Sea. Help set up, pass out books, manage book signing, and get a FREE t-shirt! Judy Woodruff, Jamaica Kincaid, and Gerorge Saunders will be a featured guest at the 31st Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea, Writing Across the Divide.
    Writer's Symposium: Judy Woodruff
    Writer's Symposium: Judy Woodruff
    Wed, Feb 25
    Brown Chapel
    American Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff will be a featured guest at the 31st Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea, Writing Across the Divide.
    Writer's Symposium: Jamaica Kincaid
    Writer's Symposium: Jamaica Kincaid
    Thu, Feb 26
    Brown Chapel
    Award-winning writer Jamaica Kincaid will be a featured guest at the 31st Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea, Writing Across the Divide.
    Writer's Symposium: George Saunders
    Writer's Symposium: George Saunders
    Fri, Feb 27
    Brown Chapel
    Award-winning writer George Sanders will be a featured guest at the 31st Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea, Writing Across the Divide.
    Department Chapel
    Department Chapel
    Fri, Jan 30
    Latter 101

FALL 2025 EVENTS

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VISITING WRITERS SERIES

Fall 2025

3pm - Craft Lecture & Writing Workshop

7pm - Reading

Fermanian Conference Center

Día de los Muertos

Oct. 30, 2025

​6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Bond 103

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Poetry on Point

Nov. 15, 2025

Fermanian Confernce Center

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Writer's Symposium

Oct. 27, 2025 & Spring 2026

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WRITERS GONNA WRITE

Last Saturday of every month

Join Dr. Katie Manning, LJWL students, alumni, and faculty for a time to write in community. 

These casual, drop-in style events take place the last Saturday of each month from 9am-12pm PST.

Contact us for the Zoom link! 

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DRIFTWOOD CREATIVE ARTS SERIES

October 9 & November 20

4:30pm in The ARC

Join the Driftwood staff for an open mic session once a month in The ARC! Participants are welcome to share any creative piece (writing, artwork, music, etc.). You are also welcome to just come listen, watch, & support!

FEATURED ONGOING EVENTS

FEATURED PREVIOUS EVENTS

MAY 2022 TRIP: ZETA

Check out these pictures from the combined JRN4040 and Spanish trip to Tijuana to visit Zeta Magazine on May 2, 2022!

LJWL's Katie Morris also published an article in PLNU's the Viewpoint about the trip to Zeta. You can read the story here.

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GUEST LECTURE, JASON DE LEÓN

10.27.22  |  Fermanian Conference Center

Dr. Jason De León is a professor of anthropology and Chicano/a Studies at UCLA, a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award, and the executive director of the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP). His current installation project is Hostile Terrain 94, which PLNU has been completing in collaboration with the UMP. His lecture is titled "The Land of Open Graves: Visualizing Migrant Death Along the U.S./Mexico Border." 

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LECTURE RECORDING.

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25TH ANNUAL POETRY DAY

9.28.23  |  Crill Performance Hall

Our 25th Annual Poetry Day featured 25 poets to celebrate 25 years.

Featured Poets: Kazim Ali, Carol Blessing, Hélène Cardona, Karla Cordero, Adam O. Davis, Adam Deutsch, John FitzGerald, Adam Greenfield, Bill Harding, Kay Harkins, Rick Hill, Katie Kemple, Michael Klam, Anna Leahy, Jason Magabo Perez, Seretta Martin, Jane Muschenetz, Bettina Pedersen, Margarita Pintado, Tania Pryputniewicz, Ron Salisbury, Leonora Simonovis, Gill Sotu, Montague Williams, and Ying Wu.


CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE RECORDING.

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