A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS A Haven For Readers & Writers. The Loft believes that story, verse, and writing aren’t just nice things you put on a shelf, but are instead core to a full existence. At their best, they help us connect, entertain, mourn, protest, provoke, educate, and empathize. Join us—and find or share your story.

CURRENT CLASS LIST

Loft Classes Through Jan 1. No classes will take place in Loft physical spaces now through January 1, 2022. All classes will move to live meetings in virtual spaces using Zoom, with some also using Google Classroom as a learning enhancement. "Online-flex schedule" means you can take the class on your own schedule in Wet.Ink, without

live meetings.

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Meet Agent Sharon Pelletier. Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sharon Pelletier moved to New York in 2009 and joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working for Europa Editions and Barnes & Noble. She brings experience in marketing and production as well as extensive editorial expertise to her work as an

agent.

WHO'S WHO: WORDSMITH 2020 AGENTS

HANNAH O'GRADY

Hannah O’Grady is an Assistant Editor at St. Martin’s Press, where she has worked on many bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from mysteries by Louise Penny and M. C. Beaton, to literary and upmarket fiction including Therese Anne Fowler’s Z and Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk, to historical nonfiction like Tom Clavin’s Dodge City and Wild Bill. EDITOR & PROOFREADER Hi, I'm Erin, owner of Sunshine Editorial Services. I am an editor and proofreader who helps writers refine their voice and polish their words so their stories will shine and stand out from the rest. I'm also a writer myself, so I understand how you labor to bring your unique voice to the world, and therefore do my best in my editing work to preserve and highlight it. MEET AGENT DUVALL OSTEEN Meet Agent Duvall Osteen. Duvall Osteen is a literary agent at Aragi Inc. She represents a wide range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her literary interests include writing rooted in place, especially the South; multigenerational storytelling; family drama; and literary suspense. Duvall holds a Masters of Arts in Southern

Cultural

FAMILY BOOK CLUB: INTRODUCTION AND JINXED AND UNLEASHED BY Title(s): Jinxed and Unleashed, a series by Amy McCulloch Reading level: middle grade. Synopsis: Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working for Moncha Corp., a tech company that has revolutionized people's lives—and that Lacey's father, who disappeared when she was young, worked for.Moncha became famous after introducing bakus—replacement smart devices that can do FAMILY BOOK CLUB: THE RABBIT LISTENED Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS A Haven For Readers & Writers. The Loft believes that story, verse, and writing aren’t just nice things you put on a shelf, but are instead core to a full existence. At their best, they help us connect, entertain, mourn, protest, provoke, educate, and empathize. Join us—and find or share your story.

CURRENT CLASS LIST

Loft Classes Through Jan 1. No classes will take place in Loft physical spaces now through January 1, 2022. All classes will move to live meetings in virtual spaces using Zoom, with some also using Google Classroom as a learning enhancement. "Online-flex schedule" means you can take the class on your own schedule in Wet.Ink, without

live meetings.

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Meet Agent Sharon Pelletier. Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sharon Pelletier moved to New York in 2009 and joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working for Europa Editions and Barnes & Noble. She brings experience in marketing and production as well as extensive editorial expertise to her work as an

agent.

WHO'S WHO: WORDSMITH 2020 AGENTS

HANNAH O'GRADY

Hannah O’Grady is an Assistant Editor at St. Martin’s Press, where she has worked on many bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from mysteries by Louise Penny and M. C. Beaton, to literary and upmarket fiction including Therese Anne Fowler’s Z and Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk, to historical nonfiction like Tom Clavin’s Dodge City and Wild Bill. EDITOR & PROOFREADER Hi, I'm Erin, owner of Sunshine Editorial Services. I am an editor and proofreader who helps writers refine their voice and polish their words so their stories will shine and stand out from the rest. I'm also a writer myself, so I understand how you labor to bring your unique voice to the world, and therefore do my best in my editing work to preserve and highlight it. MEET AGENT DUVALL OSTEEN Meet Agent Duvall Osteen. Duvall Osteen is a literary agent at Aragi Inc. She represents a wide range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her literary interests include writing rooted in place, especially the South; multigenerational storytelling; family drama; and literary suspense. Duvall holds a Masters of Arts in Southern

Cultural

FAMILY BOOK CLUB: INTRODUCTION AND JINXED AND UNLEASHED BY Title(s): Jinxed and Unleashed, a series by Amy McCulloch Reading level: middle grade. Synopsis: Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working for Moncha Corp., a tech company that has revolutionized people's lives—and that Lacey's father, who disappeared when she was young, worked for.Moncha became famous after introducing bakus—replacement smart devices that can do FAMILY BOOK CLUB: THE RABBIT LISTENED Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts 2021-2022 MENTOR SERIES GUIDELINES 2021–22 LOFT MENTOR SERIES Poetry and Creative Prose Guidelines The Loft Literary Center invites poets, fiction, and nonfiction writers

to apply to the

CURRENT CLASS LIST

Loft Classes Through Jan 1. No classes will take place in Loft physical spaces now through January 1, 2022. All classes will move to live meetings in virtual spaces using Zoom, with some also using Google Classroom as a learning enhancement. "Online-flex schedule" means you can take the class on your own schedule in Wet.Ink, without

live meetings.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming Loft events are listed below. All events through September 1, 2021 are virtual. For In-person events: Advanced tickets guarantee a general admission seat and help cover the Loft's costs to host the event. Advanced tickets are non-refundable. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door 30 minutes prior to most events on a first

ABOUT CLASSES

The Loft offers classes aimed at youth all year round, with the bulk of our offerings taking place in the summer. Classes are designed for youth of all abilities and focus on developing a lifelong passion for storytelling, reading, and writing. Most classes break down SALT HOUSES AND CREATING A MAGICAL OBJECT Salt Houses by Hala Alyan is a novel that follows multiple generations of a Palestinian family. It opens during a wedding, in the perspective of Salma, who is the bride's mother. Against her own mother's advice to never do a reading for family, Salma is about to read her daughter's fortune in coffee grounds. VIDEO INTERVIEW: TEACHING ARTIST STARRLA CRAY Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts CALL FOR ARTISTS, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, THE 2021 Call for Artists The 2021 Project. City of Minneapolis, Community Planning and Economic Development The vision of the 2021 Project is to bring artists and city staff together in the early stages of planning public spaces to select more integrated, community-responsive public

art sites.

FREE SUBMISSION

A pandemic, protests, wildfires — 2020 will have its own chapter in every history book. But history is missing one thing: You. You who worked and grieved and persevered through 2020. You who married and diagnosed and graduated and protested. You who sacrificed and

survived.

MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE

Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and MEET AGENT CHRISTINA HOGREBE Christina HogrebeSeptember 3, 2020Meet Agent Christina Hogrebe. Meet Agent Christina Hogrebe. Christina Hogrebe has been with the Jane Rotrosen Agency for over 15 years and is a tireless advocate for her clients’ goals. She represents authors at every stage in their careers—from debuts to bestsellers to established authors looking

for a change.

CURRENT CLASS LIST

Loft Classes Through Jan 1. No classes will take place in Loft physical spaces now through January 1, 2022. All classes will move to live meetings in virtual spaces using Zoom, with some also using Google Classroom as a learning enhancement. "Online-flex schedule" means you can take the class on your own schedule in Wet.Ink, without

live meetings.

CALL FOR ARTISTS, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, THE 2021 Call for Artists The 2021 Project. City of Minneapolis, Community Planning and Economic Development The vision of the 2021 Project is to bring artists and city staff together in the early stages of planning public spaces to select more integrated, community-responsive public

art sites.

THE ART OF THEME AND VOICE IN FICTION AND MEMOIR Mary Carroll Moore is the award-winning author of 13 books in three genres, including the young-adult novel Qualities of Light, the nonfiction Your Book Starts Here: Create, Craft, and Sell Your First Novel, Memoir, or Nonfiction Book, and How to Master Change in Your

Life.

WHO'S WHO: WORDSMITH 2020 AGENTS

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Meet Agent Sharon Pelletier. Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sharon Pelletier moved to New York in 2009 and joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working for Europa Editions and Barnes & Noble. She brings experience in marketing and production as well as extensive editorial expertise to her work as an

agent.

FAMILY BOOK CLUB: INTRODUCTION AND JINXED AND UNLEASHED BY Title(s): Jinxed and Unleashed, a series by Amy McCulloch Reading level: middle grade. Synopsis: Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working for Moncha Corp., a tech company that has revolutionized people's lives—and that Lacey's father, who disappeared when she was young, worked for.Moncha became famous after introducing bakus—replacement smart devices that can do HOLLY DAY | THE LOFT LITERARY CENTER Holly Day has worked as a freelance writer for over 30 years, with over 7,000 published articles, poems, and short stories and 40 books and chapbooks—most recently, the nonfiction books, Music Theory for Dummies, Walking Twin Cities, Tattoo FAQ, and History Lover’s Guide to Minneapolis, and the poetry books A Wall to Protect Your Eyes (Pski’s Porch Publishing), In This Place, She Is Her FAMILY BOOK CLUB: THE RABBIT LISTENED Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts THE KISS QUOTIENT AND ANOTHER KIND OF SEX SCENE The Kiss Quotient and Another Kind of Sex Scene. The Kiss Quotient, by Helen Hoang, is a romance novel about an autistic woman, Stella, who hires a professional escort to teach her how to have sex. And it's sexy. It also uses some really great strategies in its depiction of sex. I've written about sex scenes before, and I teach a class about

them.

CURRENT CLASS LIST

Loft Classes Through Jan 1. No classes will take place in Loft physical spaces now through January 1, 2022. All classes will move to live meetings in virtual spaces using Zoom, with some also using Google Classroom as a learning enhancement. "Online-flex schedule" means you can take the class on your own schedule in Wet.Ink, without

live meetings.

CALL FOR ARTISTS, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, THE 2021 Call for Artists The 2021 Project. City of Minneapolis, Community Planning and Economic Development The vision of the 2021 Project is to bring artists and city staff together in the early stages of planning public spaces to select more integrated, community-responsive public

art sites.

THE ART OF THEME AND VOICE IN FICTION AND MEMOIR Mary Carroll Moore is the award-winning author of 13 books in three genres, including the young-adult novel Qualities of Light, the nonfiction Your Book Starts Here: Create, Craft, and Sell Your First Novel, Memoir, or Nonfiction Book, and How to Master Change in Your

Life.

WHO'S WHO: WORDSMITH 2020 AGENTS

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Meet Agent Sharon Pelletier. Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sharon Pelletier moved to New York in 2009 and joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working for Europa Editions and Barnes & Noble. She brings experience in marketing and production as well as extensive editorial expertise to her work as an

agent.

FAMILY BOOK CLUB: INTRODUCTION AND JINXED AND UNLEASHED BY Title(s): Jinxed and Unleashed, a series by Amy McCulloch Reading level: middle grade. Synopsis: Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working for Moncha Corp., a tech company that has revolutionized people's lives—and that Lacey's father, who disappeared when she was young, worked for.Moncha became famous after introducing bakus—replacement smart devices that can do HOLLY DAY | THE LOFT LITERARY CENTER Holly Day has worked as a freelance writer for over 30 years, with over 7,000 published articles, poems, and short stories and 40 books and chapbooks—most recently, the nonfiction books, Music Theory for Dummies, Walking Twin Cities, Tattoo FAQ, and History Lover’s Guide to Minneapolis, and the poetry books A Wall to Protect Your Eyes (Pski’s Porch Publishing), In This Place, She Is Her FAMILY BOOK CLUB: THE RABBIT LISTENED Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts THE KISS QUOTIENT AND ANOTHER KIND OF SEX SCENE The Kiss Quotient and Another Kind of Sex Scene. The Kiss Quotient, by Helen Hoang, is a romance novel about an autistic woman, Stella, who hires a professional escort to teach her how to have sex. And it's sexy. It also uses some really great strategies in its depiction of sex. I've written about sex scenes before, and I teach a class about

them.

A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS A Haven For Readers & Writers. The Loft believes that story, verse, and writing aren’t just nice things you put on a shelf, but are instead core to a full existence. At their best, they help us connect, entertain, mourn, protest, provoke, educate, and empathize. Join us—and find or share your story.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming Loft events are listed below. All events through September 1, 2021 are virtual. For In-person events: Advanced tickets guarantee a general admission seat and help cover the Loft's costs to host the event. Advanced tickets are non-refundable. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door 30 minutes prior to most events on a first SALT HOUSES AND CREATING A MAGICAL OBJECT Salt Houses by Hala Alyan is a novel that follows multiple generations of a Palestinian family. It opens during a wedding, in the perspective of Salma, who is the bride's mother. Against her own mother's advice to never do a reading for family, Salma is about to read her daughter's fortune in coffee grounds. WRITING FUNNY STORIES Duration. 4 Week. In this class, we will learn on how to write funny short stories. We will review the key elements of stories—character, plot, point-of-view, setting—and incorporate them in our own stories. We will also examine hilarious short stories to see what techniques writers use to make them so funny. We will do silly writing THE ART OF THEME AND VOICE IN FICTION AND MEMOIR Mary Carroll Moore is the award-winning author of 13 books in three genres, including the young-adult novel Qualities of Light, the nonfiction Your Book Starts Here: Create, Craft, and Sell Your First Novel, Memoir, or Nonfiction Book, and How to Master Change in Your

Life.

MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE

Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and

MN PUBLISHERS

MN Publishers. This catalog of Minnesota literary journals, magazines, publishing houses, and services for writers is extensive, but it's possible we've missed something! If you'd like to suggest the addition of a local organization, publication, or resource addition to this list, email Savannah Brooks at sbrooks@loft.org. HOLLY DAY | THE LOFT LITERARY CENTER Holly Day has worked as a freelance writer for over 30 years, with over 7,000 published articles, poems, and short stories and 40 books and chapbooks—most recently, the nonfiction books, Music Theory for Dummies, Walking Twin Cities, Tattoo FAQ, and History Lover’s Guide to Minneapolis, and the poetry books A Wall to Protect Your Eyes (Pski’s Porch Publishing), In This Place, She Is Her FAMILY BOOK CLUB: THE RABBIT LISTENED Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts MEET AGENT CHRISTINA HOGREBE Christina HogrebeSeptember 3, 2020Meet Agent Christina Hogrebe. Meet Agent Christina Hogrebe. Christina Hogrebe has been with the Jane Rotrosen Agency for over 15 years and is a tireless advocate for her clients’ goals. She represents authors at every stage in their careers—from debuts to bestsellers to established authors looking

for a change.

A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS A Haven For Readers & Writers. The Loft believes that story, verse, and writing aren’t just nice things you put on a shelf, but are instead core to a full existence. At their best, they help us connect, entertain, mourn, protest, provoke, educate, and empathize. Join us—and find or share your story.

CURRENT CLASS LIST

Loft Classes Through Jan 1. No classes will take place in Loft physical spaces now through January 1, 2022. All classes will move to live meetings in virtual spaces using Zoom, with some also using Google Classroom as a learning enhancement. "Online-flex schedule" means you can take the class on your own schedule in Wet.Ink, without

live meetings.

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Meet Agent Sharon Pelletier. Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sharon Pelletier moved to New York in 2009 and joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working for Europa Editions and Barnes & Noble. She brings experience in marketing and production as well as extensive editorial expertise to her work as an

agent.

EDITOR & PROOFREADER Hi, I'm Erin, owner of Sunshine Editorial Services. I am an editor and proofreader who helps writers refine their voice and polish their words so their stories will shine and stand out from the rest. I'm also a writer myself, so I understand how you labor to bring your unique voice to the world, and therefore do my best in my editing work to preserve and highlight it. WHO'S WHO: WORDSMITH 2020 AGENTS

HANNAH O'GRADY

Hannah O’Grady is an Assistant Editor at St. Martin’s Press, where she has worked on many bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from mysteries by Louise Penny and M. C. Beaton, to literary and upmarket fiction including Therese Anne Fowler’s Z and Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk, to historical nonfiction like Tom Clavin’s Dodge City and Wild Bill. MEET AGENT DUVALL OSTEEN Meet Agent Duvall Osteen. Duvall Osteen is a literary agent at Aragi Inc. She represents a wide range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her literary interests include writing rooted in place, especially the South; multigenerational storytelling; family drama; and literary suspense. Duvall holds a Masters of Arts in Southern

Cultural

FAMILY BOOK CLUB: INTRODUCTION AND JINXED AND UNLEASHED BY Title(s): Jinxed and Unleashed, a series by Amy McCulloch Reading level: middle grade. Synopsis: Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working for Moncha Corp., a tech company that has revolutionized people's lives—and that Lacey's father, who disappeared when she was young, worked for.Moncha became famous after introducing bakus—replacement smart devices that can do FAMILY BOOK CLUB: THE RABBIT LISTENED Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS A Haven For Readers & Writers. The Loft believes that story, verse, and writing aren’t just nice things you put on a shelf, but are instead core to a full existence. At their best, they help us connect, entertain, mourn, protest, provoke, educate, and empathize. Join us—and find or share your story.

CURRENT CLASS LIST

Loft Classes Through Jan 1. No classes will take place in Loft physical spaces now through January 1, 2022. All classes will move to live meetings in virtual spaces using Zoom, with some also using Google Classroom as a learning enhancement. "Online-flex schedule" means you can take the class on your own schedule in Wet.Ink, without

live meetings.

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Meet Agent Sharon Pelletier. Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sharon Pelletier moved to New York in 2009 and joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working for Europa Editions and Barnes & Noble. She brings experience in marketing and production as well as extensive editorial expertise to her work as an

agent.

EDITOR & PROOFREADER Hi, I'm Erin, owner of Sunshine Editorial Services. I am an editor and proofreader who helps writers refine their voice and polish their words so their stories will shine and stand out from the rest. I'm also a writer myself, so I understand how you labor to bring your unique voice to the world, and therefore do my best in my editing work to preserve and highlight it. WHO'S WHO: WORDSMITH 2020 AGENTS

HANNAH O'GRADY

Hannah O’Grady is an Assistant Editor at St. Martin’s Press, where she has worked on many bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from mysteries by Louise Penny and M. C. Beaton, to literary and upmarket fiction including Therese Anne Fowler’s Z and Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk, to historical nonfiction like Tom Clavin’s Dodge City and Wild Bill. MEET AGENT DUVALL OSTEEN Meet Agent Duvall Osteen. Duvall Osteen is a literary agent at Aragi Inc. She represents a wide range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her literary interests include writing rooted in place, especially the South; multigenerational storytelling; family drama; and literary suspense. Duvall holds a Masters of Arts in Southern

Cultural

FAMILY BOOK CLUB: INTRODUCTION AND JINXED AND UNLEASHED BY Title(s): Jinxed and Unleashed, a series by Amy McCulloch Reading level: middle grade. Synopsis: Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working for Moncha Corp., a tech company that has revolutionized people's lives—and that Lacey's father, who disappeared when she was young, worked for.Moncha became famous after introducing bakus—replacement smart devices that can do FAMILY BOOK CLUB: THE RABBIT LISTENED Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS A Haven For Readers & Writers. The Loft believes that story, verse, and writing aren’t just nice things you put on a shelf, but are instead core to a full existence. At their best, they help us connect, entertain, mourn, protest, provoke, educate, and empathize. Join us—and find or share your story.

CURRENT CLASS LIST

Loft Classes Through Jan 1. No classes will take place in Loft physical spaces now through January 1, 2022. All classes will move to live meetings in virtual spaces using Zoom, with some also using Google Classroom as a learning enhancement. "Online-flex schedule" means you can take the class on your own schedule in Wet.Ink, without

live meetings.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming Loft events are listed below. All events through September 1, 2021 are virtual. For In-person events: Advanced tickets guarantee a general admission seat and help cover the Loft's costs to host the event. Advanced tickets are non-refundable. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door 30 minutes prior to most events on a first

ABOUT CLASSES

The Loft offers classes aimed at youth all year round, with the bulk of our offerings taking place in the summer. Classes are designed for youth of all abilities and focus on developing a lifelong passion for storytelling, reading, and writing. Most classes break down SALT HOUSES AND CREATING A MAGICAL OBJECT Salt Houses by Hala Alyan is a novel that follows multiple generations of a Palestinian family. It opens during a wedding, in the perspective of Salma, who is the bride's mother. Against her own mother's advice to never do a reading for family, Salma is about to read her daughter's fortune in coffee grounds.

COMING WINTER 2021

The Loft offers all levels of personalized services to help you reach your goals. Our one-on-one coaching service is detailed below and is designed to help you have a video conversation with an expert to help you answer a specific question related to reading and writing. We currently have three literary agents on our roster and will be adding more in January to help with coaching around WRITING FUNNY STORIES Duration. 4 Week. In this class, we will learn on how to write funny short stories. We will review the key elements of stories—character, plot, point-of-view, setting—and incorporate them in our own stories. We will also examine hilarious short stories to see what techniques writers use to make them so funny. We will do silly writing CALL FOR ARTISTS, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, THE 2021 Call for Artists The 2021 Project. City of Minneapolis, Community Planning and Economic Development The vision of the 2021 Project is to bring artists and city staff together in the early stages of planning public spaces to select more integrated, community-responsive public

art sites.

FREE SUBMISSION

A pandemic, protests, wildfires — 2020 will have its own chapter in every history book. But history is missing one thing: You. You who worked and grieved and persevered through 2020. You who married and diagnosed and graduated and protested. You who sacrificed and

survived.

HOLLY DAY | THE LOFT LITERARY CENTER Holly Day has worked as a freelance writer for over 30 years, with over 7,000 published articles, poems, and short stories and 40 books and chapbooks—most recently, the nonfiction books, Music Theory for Dummies, Walking Twin Cities, Tattoo FAQ, and History Lover’s Guide to Minneapolis, and the poetry books A Wall to Protect Your Eyes (Pski’s Porch Publishing), In This Place, She Is Her A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS A Haven For Readers & Writers. The Loft believes that story, verse, and writing aren’t just nice things you put on a shelf, but are instead core to a full existence. At their best, they help us connect, entertain, mourn, protest, provoke, educate, and empathize. Join us—and find or share your story.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming Loft events are listed below. All events through September 1, 2021 are virtual. For In-person events: Advanced tickets guarantee a general admission seat and help cover the Loft's costs to host the event. Advanced tickets are non-refundable. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door 30 minutes prior to most events on a first

CURRENT CLASS LIST

If you have questions, feel free to call us at 612-379-8999 or edu@loft.org. **All class times are listed in Central Time**. Select Genre. Basics Children's and Young Adult Literature Creative Nonfiction Creative Process Fiction For Readers Multigenre Play- and Screenwriting Poetry Publishing and Career .

MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE

Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and

WORDPLAY SCHEDULE

Virtual Wordplay Schedule. The Loft's Virtual Wordplay, presented by St. Catherine University and Star Tribune, took place May 2-8, 2021. You can still access the archived events until June 1, 2021. We’re excited to present all Wordplay events free of charge.

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community EDITOR & PROOFREADER Hi, I'm Erin, owner of Sunshine Editorial Services. I am an editor and proofreader who helps writers refine their voice and polish their words so their stories will shine and stand out from the rest. I'm also a writer myself, so I understand how you labor to bring your unique voice to the world, and therefore do my best in my editing work to preserve and highlight it.

HANNAH O'GRADY

Hannah O’Grady is an Assistant Editor at St. Martin’s Press, where she has worked on many bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from mysteries by Louise Penny and M. C. Beaton, to literary and upmarket fiction including Therese Anne Fowler’s Z and Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk, to historical nonfiction like Tom Clavin’s Dodge City and Wild Bill. MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Meet Agent Sharon Pelletier. Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sharon Pelletier moved to New York in 2009 and joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working for Europa Editions and Barnes & Noble. She brings experience in marketing and production as well as extensive editorial expertise to her work as an

agent.

MEET AGENT DUVALL OSTEEN Meet Agent Duvall Osteen. Duvall Osteen is a literary agent at Aragi Inc. She represents a wide range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her literary interests include writing rooted in place, especially the South; multigenerational storytelling; family drama; and literary suspense. Duvall holds a Masters of Arts in Southern

Cultural

A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS A Haven For Readers & Writers. The Loft believes that story, verse, and writing aren’t just nice things you put on a shelf, but are instead core to a full existence. At their best, they help us connect, entertain, mourn, protest, provoke, educate, and empathize. Join us—and find or share your story.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming Loft events are listed below. All events through September 1, 2021 are virtual. For In-person events: Advanced tickets guarantee a general admission seat and help cover the Loft's costs to host the event. Advanced tickets are non-refundable. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door 30 minutes prior to most events on a first

CURRENT CLASS LIST

If you have questions, feel free to call us at 612-379-8999 or edu@loft.org. **All class times are listed in Central Time**. Select Genre. Basics Children's and Young Adult Literature Creative Nonfiction Creative Process Fiction For Readers Multigenre Play- and Screenwriting Poetry Publishing and Career .

MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE

Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and

WORDPLAY SCHEDULE

Virtual Wordplay Schedule. The Loft's Virtual Wordplay, presented by St. Catherine University and Star Tribune, took place May 2-8, 2021. You can still access the archived events until June 1, 2021. We’re excited to present all Wordplay events free of charge.

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community EDITOR & PROOFREADER Hi, I'm Erin, owner of Sunshine Editorial Services. I am an editor and proofreader who helps writers refine their voice and polish their words so their stories will shine and stand out from the rest. I'm also a writer myself, so I understand how you labor to bring your unique voice to the world, and therefore do my best in my editing work to preserve and highlight it.

HANNAH O'GRADY

Hannah O’Grady is an Assistant Editor at St. Martin’s Press, where she has worked on many bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from mysteries by Louise Penny and M. C. Beaton, to literary and upmarket fiction including Therese Anne Fowler’s Z and Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk, to historical nonfiction like Tom Clavin’s Dodge City and Wild Bill. MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Meet Agent Sharon Pelletier. Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sharon Pelletier moved to New York in 2009 and joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working for Europa Editions and Barnes & Noble. She brings experience in marketing and production as well as extensive editorial expertise to her work as an

agent.

MEET AGENT DUVALL OSTEEN Meet Agent Duvall Osteen. Duvall Osteen is a literary agent at Aragi Inc. She represents a wide range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her literary interests include writing rooted in place, especially the South; multigenerational storytelling; family drama; and literary suspense. Duvall holds a Masters of Arts in Southern

Cultural

ABOUT CLASSES

Throughout the year, the Loft offers hundreds of in-person, online, and youth classes in standard genres like poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as offerings in numerous other offerings including creativity, the business side of writing, and genre

specifics

ABOUT US | THE LOFT LITERARY CENTER Incorporated on August 22, 1975, the Loft started in the loft space above Marly Rusoff's bookstore. We started as a grassroots gathering space for poets and writers to share their work and improve their craft. Over the years, we have grown to become one of the nation’s leading independent literary centers. Annually, the Loft offers

hundreds

LOFT WRITING GROUPS

When: Fourth Monday monthly, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Facilitator: Philip Lund, loftpeacewriters@gmail.com. This group is comprised of writers who consciously explore the nature of peace, and through our activities aim to renew and maintain a sense of hope for the future. By sharing our writing and discussing the works of writers who inspire

and move

POETRY AS REFUGE

Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts

MN PUBLISHERS

MN Publishers. This catalog of Minnesota literary journals, magazines, publishing houses, and services for writers is extensive, but it's possible we've missed something! If you'd like to suggest the addition of a local organization, publication, or resource addition to this list, email Savannah Brooks at sbrooks@loft.org.

MARY CARROLL MOORE

Mary Carroll Moore is the award-winning author of 13 books in three genres, including the young-adult novel Qualities of Light, the nonfiction Your Book Starts Here: Create, Craft, and Sell Your First Novel, Memoir, or Nonfiction Book, and How to Master Change in Your Life.. She is also a writing coach, and a former editor for publishing

houses.

WHO'S WHO: WORDSMITH 2020 AGENTS Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts FAMILY BOOK CLUB: INTRODUCTION AND JINXED AND UNLEASHED BY Title(s): Jinxed and Unleashed, a series by Amy McCulloch Reading level: middle grade. Synopsis: Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working for Moncha Corp., a tech company that has revolutionized people's lives—and that Lacey's father, who disappeared when she was young, worked for.Moncha became famous after introducing bakus—replacement smart devices that can do

LAURA USSELMAN

Laura Usselman is a literary agent at Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, representing adult fiction and nonfiction. Before joining SKLA, Laura earned her MFA in Fiction at Virginia Tech, where she taught composition and creative writing, and worked at Cambridge

University Press.

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A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS A Haven For Readers & Writers. The Loft believes that story, verse, and writing aren’t just nice things you put on a shelf, but are instead core to a full existence. At their best, they help us connect, entertain, mourn, protest, provoke, educate, and empathize. Join us—and find or share your story.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming Loft events are listed below. All events through September 1, 2021 are virtual. For In-person events: Advanced tickets guarantee a general admission seat and help cover the Loft's costs to host the event. Advanced tickets are non-refundable. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door 30 minutes prior to most events on a first

CURRENT CLASS LIST

If you have questions, feel free to call us at 612-379-8999 or edu@loft.org. **All class times are listed in Central Time**. Select Genre. Basics Children's and Young Adult Literature Creative Nonfiction Creative Process Fiction For Readers Multigenre Play- and Screenwriting Poetry Publishing and Career .

MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE

Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and

WORDPLAY SCHEDULE

Virtual Wordplay Schedule. The Loft's Virtual Wordplay, presented by St. Catherine University and Star Tribune, took place May 2-8, 2021. You can still access the archived events until June 1, 2021. We’re excited to present all Wordplay events free of charge.

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community EDITOR & PROOFREADER Hi, I'm Erin, owner of Sunshine Editorial Services. I am an editor and proofreader who helps writers refine their voice and polish their words so their stories will shine and stand out from the rest. I'm also a writer myself, so I understand how you labor to bring your unique voice to the world, and therefore do my best in my editing work to preserve and highlight it.

HANNAH O'GRADY

Hannah O’Grady is an Assistant Editor at St. Martin’s Press, where she has worked on many bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from mysteries by Louise Penny and M. C. Beaton, to literary and upmarket fiction including Therese Anne Fowler’s Z and Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk, to historical nonfiction like Tom Clavin’s Dodge City and Wild Bill. MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Meet Agent Sharon Pelletier. Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sharon Pelletier moved to New York in 2009 and joined Dystel, Goderich & Bourret in 2013 after working for Europa Editions and Barnes & Noble. She brings experience in marketing and production as well as extensive editorial expertise to her work as an

agent.

MEET AGENT DUVALL OSTEEN Meet Agent Duvall Osteen. Duvall Osteen is a literary agent at Aragi Inc. She represents a wide range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her literary interests include writing rooted in place, especially the South; multigenerational storytelling; family drama; and literary suspense. Duvall holds a Masters of Arts in Southern

Cultural

A HAVEN FOR READERS & WRITERS Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and

CURRENT CLASS LIST

Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and

UPCOMING EVENTS

Upcoming Loft events are listed below. All events through September 1, 2021 are virtual. For In-person events: Advanced tickets guarantee a

general admission

MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE

Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and

JOE BAUMANN

Joe Baumann's fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Electric Spec, On Spec, Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hawai'i Review, Eleven Eleven, and many others.He is the author of Ivory Children, published in 2013 by Red Bird Chapbooks.He possesses a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at St. Charles Community

WORDPLAY SCHEDULE

9 am CT | A Ryan Companies Youth Event. Join beloved children's authors and heroes in their own right as they tell true stories about women who have persisted. With Meg Medina on Sonia Sotomayor, Sayantani DasGupta on Virginia Apgar, Michelle Knudsen on Nellie Bly, as well as Chelsea Clinton, these stories will help cultivate and inspire the young people in your life to persist.

HANNAH O'GRADY

Hannah O’Grady is an Assistant Editor at St. Martin’s Press, where she has worked on many bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from mysteries by Louise Penny and M. C. Beaton, to literary and upmarket fiction including Therese Anne Fowler’s Z and Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk, to historical nonfiction like Tom Clavin’s Dodge City and Wild Bill. EDITOR & PROOFREADER Hi, I'm Erin, owner of Sunshine Editorial Services. I am an editor and proofreader who helps writers refine their voice and polish their words so their stories will shine and stand out from the rest. I'm also a writer myself, so I understand how you labor to bring your unique voice to the world, and therefore do my best in my editing work to preserve and highlight it. MEET AGENT SHARON PELLETIER Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts MEET AGENT DUVALL OSTEEN Duvall Osteen is a literary agent at Aragi Inc. She represents a wide range of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her literary interests include writing rooted in place, especially the South; multigenerational storytelling; family drama; and literary suspense.

ABOUT CLASSES

Throughout the year, the Loft offers hundreds of in-person, online, and youth classes in standard genres like poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as offerings in numerous other offerings including creativity, the business side of writing, and genre

specifics

ABOUT US | THE LOFT LITERARY CENTER Impact. Each year the Loft engages more than 5,000 beginning, intermediate, and advanced writers in learning opportunities, hosts more than 250 authors in readings and dialogues that draw more than 15,000 people, connects with more than 200,000 unique visitors through digital resources on our website, collaborates with at least 30 local and national organizations to enrich the literary

LOFT WRITING GROUPS

When: Fourth Monday monthly, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Facilitator: Philip Lund, loftpeacewriters@gmail.com. This group is comprised of writers who consciously explore the nature of peace, and through our activities aim to renew and maintain a sense of hope for the future. By sharing our writing and discussing the works of writers who inspire

and move

WRITING FUNNY STORIES Duration. 4 Week. In this class, we will learn on how to write funny short stories. We will review the key elements of stories—character, plot, point-of-view, setting—and incorporate them in our own stories. We will also examine hilarious short stories to see what techniques writers use to make them so funny. We will do silly writing

POETRY AS REFUGE

Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts CALL FOR ARTISTS, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, THE 2021 Call for Artists The 2021 Project. City of Minneapolis, Community Planning and Economic Development The vision of the 2021 Project is to bring artists and city staff together in the early stages of planning public spaces to select more integrated, community-responsive public

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MN PUBLISHERS

MN Publishers. This catalog of Minnesota literary journals, magazines, publishing houses, and services for writers is extensive, but it's possible we've missed something! If you'd like to suggest the addition of a local organization, publication, or resource addition to this list, email Savannah Brooks at sbrooks@loft.org. WHO'S WHO: WORDSMITH 2020 AGENTS Major support for Loft activities is provided by Loft members, Amazon.com, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Target Foundation, and the voters of Minnesota, through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts FAMILY BOOK CLUB: INTRODUCTION AND JINXED AND UNLEASHED BY Title(s): Jinxed and Unleashed, a series by Amy McCulloch Reading level: middle grade. Synopsis: Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working for Moncha Corp., a tech company that has revolutionized people's lives—and that Lacey's father, who disappeared when she was young, worked for.Moncha became famous after introducing bakus—replacement smart devices that can do

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