MNWC 2023
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Registration & Orientation
2:30 PM – 5:30 PM Participant Workshops, In-person Auditor Gatherings,
Facilitated Virtual Writing Group Meeting
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Opening Dinner & Lakeside Solstice Gathering
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series: Keetje Kuipers and Lia Purpura
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2023
7:00 AM – 7:50 AM Yoga for Writers with Angie Clark
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Morning Craft Conversation: Lia Purpura and Aimee Nezhukumatathil
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM Participant Workshops, In-person Auditor Gatherings,
Group-guided Virtual Writing Group Meeting
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Staff & Participant Reading
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Pontoon rides on Lake Bemidji
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series: Diane Wilson and a Published MNWC Writer
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2023
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Craft Conversation and Q&A with Visiting Writers: Heid Erdrich and Sun Yung Shin
10:30 AM – 5:00 PM Open Day / No Workshops (Self-guided excursions to Downtown Bemidji or Lake Bemidji State Park)
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Lakeside Picnic and Pontoon Boat Rides
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series, Visiting Writers: Heid Erdrich and Sun Yung Shin
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2023
7:00 AM – 7:50 AM Yoga for Writers with Angie Clark
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Morning Craft Conversation: Keetje Kuipers and Ross Gay
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM Participant Workshops, In-person Auditor Gatherings,
Facilitated Virtual Writing Group Meeting
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Editor’s Talk: Daniel Slager, Publisher & CEO, Milkweed Editions
7:30 PM – Evening Reading Series: Will Weaver and a Published MNWC Writer
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2023
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Morning Craft Conversation: Diane Wilson and Will Weaver
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM Participant Workshops and Auditor & Virtual Writing Group Open Mic Reading / Celebration
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Faculty Publishing Panel Talk
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Participant Reading
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Closing Dinner
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series: Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Ross Gay
SUNDAY, JUNE 25
9:00 AM – Noon Closing Breakfast, community book sales & signing, checkout, goodbyes, & airport shuttles.