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PWSA Events

The PWSA aims to hold multiple engaging events throughout each school year, both in-person and virtual, to provide you with the opportunity to network with one another, have fun, and grow!

Annual Symposium
Every year, the PWSA hosts a themed symposium to showcase undergraduate students’ writing, thinking, and expressions through multimodal forms. We invite you to participate in this opportunity to share ideas, reflect on personal experiences, and network with peers. View our past and present events below.
Coming Soon
YorkFest’s Festival Village
Join us at our table and have a chat with fellow students and PWSA members!
Break Room Social
A meet and greet with PWSA members and Faculty! So join us at the Break Room for some fun arcade night!

Events Archive

Fall Book Sale 

Over two days, we hosted a used book sale at the Vari Hall tables that raised money for our council initiatives. 

Inktober

In October, our Discord server participated in Inktober, a digital challenge to create a story, poem, or piece of art based on a daily prompt. 

Break Room Hang Out

On January 14th, the PWSA executive council met with students in the Break Room to hang out, eat food, and play games together! 

…And more to come!

Start a Successful Year

A virtual event where the PWSA introduced students to the Club, invited Dr. Karen Ruddy to speak on the Professional Writing program, and shared helpful student tips and tricks!

Fall Book Sale

The PWSA hosted a successful book sale, selling fiction and nonfiction books, anthologies, writing books, and more!

Halloween Game Night

An in-person event where members played fun games, such as Scrabble and Fictionary, shared sweet Halloween treats, and participated in a raffle for prizes!

Winter Book Sale

With even more books added to our catalogue, the PWSA is coming to you soon with our Winter Book Sale! Stay tuned for more information on how to catch our amazing deals on these pieces of fiction, non-fiction, anthologies, and more!

Writers Retreat

The PWSA is excited to present an opportunity for writers to come together and share their completed or incomplete pieces of writing with a live audience!

Fall Meet and Greet

An in-person event for PWSA members to network, meet new people, have some cheesy pizza, and join in on the fun crafts and activities!

A Chat with Canadian Authors

A virtual event where published authors with Existere and Inventio read their writing to a live audience and participated in a roundtable discussion with all attendees.

Winter Book Sale

The PWSA hosted a successful book sale, selling fiction and nonfiction books, anthologies, writing books, and more!