NOTE: We are in the process of updating the website for the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference 2020.

The MNWC 2020 faculty members are Elizabeth Bradfield (Poetry), Brenda Shaughnessy (Poetry), Alison Hawthorne Deming (Creative Nonfiction), Meera Subramanian (Creative Nonfiction), and Scott Russell Sanders (Fiction). And the award-winning and acclaimed author Robin Wall Kimmerer will be our Distinguished Visiting Writer.

Faculty and Workshops

Distinguished Visiting Writer – Terrance Hayes

Poetry – Camille Dungy

Poetry – Ada Limón

Fiction – Peter Orner

Creative Nonfiction – Dustin Parsons

Hybrid Poetry & Prose – Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Our Distinguished Visiting Writers have included the major American poets Mark Doty, Joy Harjo, Edward Hirsch, Sharon Olds, Tracy K. Smith, Natasha Trethewey, and Kevin Young and novelists Ron Carlson, Pam Houston, and Bret Lott.

Our teaching faculty has included NEA fellows and winners of major awards including the National Book Award.

They are not only well-published, well-respected, award-winning writers, they are also excellent teachers, most of whom hold professorships and have been recognized for their skill in the classroom.

It is this passion for teaching and writing that builds an enthusiastic learning community, and we hear from participants that they’ve kept in touch with faculty and fellow participants years after attending this conference.