How can someone living out of state benefit by becoming a member of the Loft?
So many ways. Our publications, Speakeasy Magazine and A View from the Loft, feature craft articles, opportunities for publication and ways to connect with others on the page. We try to use our publications as spaces for writers to connect. We also have grants and contests that are open to everyone, not just Minnesota residents. Plus, knowing that ones membership dollars are helping to engender another writers work and that money is being used to keep literature a dynamic and vibrant art are good feelings anyone in the world can have by being a member of the Loft. How do you encourage writers who are residents of Minnesota? Please explain how your mentoring program works. For the last 26 years, twelve emerging writers are selected through anonymous competition to work intensively with six nationally acclaimed writers of prose and poetry. Three of the mentors spend a month working with the entire group. In addition, winners in each genre meet with their respective mentors as well as hol
