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The Loft's debut digital literary community is almost here!

The Loft has an incredible year ahead! I am thrilled to announce two of the people who will steward the vital work of the Loft’s Craft Team in the coming year!

For 16 years, Jenny Dodgson helped shepherd the Loft's education department. We look back at her legacy and wish her well in her next adventure.

Discover the remarkable achievements of the Loft Literary Center's talented writers as we celebrate their recent publications, spanning captivating novels, poetic masterpieces, inspiring memoirs, and more.

These last few years have meant a lot of shifting in programming. Here is one writer's experience through the change.

You've seen the incredible line up for Wordsmith 2020—now it's time to start planning your conference experience. Use this guide to determine which literary agents may be a good fit for a pitch or consultation.

One week ago today, Minneapolis and the world witnessed the murder of George Floyd by members of the MPD. Our community and country has a long, permissive legacy of police violence and trauma aimed at the Black community. The Loft unequivocally stands with the #BlackLivesMatter

With the impending apocalypse (forgive the drama, I work in YA publishing), the Loft made the difficult call to move all of their offerings online. Teaching artists with classes ongoing or scheduled for later in the spring had the option to either cancel or reconfigure their class online.

Nothing excites me more than the thought of another summer of our Young Writers’ Program. For those unfamiliar, the Loft's Young Writers’ Program consists of week-long writing camps that take place over five weeks in the summer. While it may be my job, I also have a deep personal investment.

Coming downtown to beautiful Open Book can be a huge perk of taking Loft classes—or it can be a big pain, especially if you can only attend evening classes and have to contend with traffic. To try and be as accessible as possible, we also provide a range of online classes. Here's just a few.

My first memory of Star Wars involves the Death Star trench run on a VHS tape. One of my older brothers rented it and brought it home, but because my family could only afford a 2-head VCR and the tape was recorded in SP, it played across our small television in slurred speed.