Literary Journal Club Debuts, Hosts Monthly Writing Contests

Rebecca Lewis, co-president of the Literary Journal Club, a club where all writers of all skill levels are welcome. Lewis said “I founded the Literary Journal Club in order to provide other writers like myself with a community that they could draw upon as a resource.” There are currently eight members in the Literary Journal Club, with all grade levels present. There are four positions in the club, Rebecca Lewis as co-president, Baani Minhas as co-president, Shivali Kanwar as secretary, and an open position of treasurer.

The activities that the Literary Journal Club have are, feedback days where everyone can get comments on their writing pieces, genre exploration days which are days where everyone learns about new kinds of literature that they have never seen. Then there are the writing contests which is available for the whole school to participate, in these workshops you write a story of 1000 words or less, and it is on the monthly topic. Finally there is writing workshop in which writing in and out of the club come to improve and share knowledge of writing.

Both co-presidents have very important responsibilities as said by Lewis, “My responsibilities as president include a wide array of things since this is the first year for the literary journal. They are organizing the writing contests and workshops, advertising any events held by the club, obtaining approval for fundraisers and running them, and taking the lead on genre exploration days and feedback days.”