During the month of May, we will be hosting a writing marathon across Western Pennsylvania by inviting people to visit local museums, cemeteries, parks, bridges, schools, and anywhere they can draw inspiration. See our suggested prompts below. Please note, this is an asynchronous event. 

At the end of the month, we will gather for a Read Around to share our writings in fellowship and reflection. All are welcome and refreshments will be served.

Writing marathons began in the early 1990s with the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project and have been adapted for use in National Writing Project Institutes, classrooms, literary festivals, and writing groups throughout the country.

During a marathon, small groups or individuals travel through different landscapes, writing and composing along the way in any genre they like, drawing inspiration from their surroundings and also from their fellow writers.