Archives: Teachers/Speakers

Cara Stoddard holds an MFA from the University of Idaho and a BA from the College of Wooster. Their work has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Terrain, and Ninth Letter,

Derek Scheips is a multi-genre writer and veteran university and higher education instructor with versatile skills and broad experience in publishing, creative writing and marketing. Past teaching/coaching roles include those

Piper Lane is a writer, teacher, and fisherman from Homer, Alaska. She holds an MFA from UW Seattle. Both a Hugo House fellow alum and a Hedgebrook alum, her work

Melody Wilson's work appears in The Shore, Quartet, and Briar Cliff Review. New work will appear in Sugar House Review, Re Dactions, Nimrod and The Fiddlehead. She received the 2021

I am a nonbinary writer and musician from Chicago. I have an MFA in Poetry from Columbia College Chicago. I was the recipient of the 2022 Elieen Lannan Academy of

Felice Picano is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, fiction, memoirs, nonfiction, and plays. His work has been translated into many languages and several of his titles

Naomi Price-Lazarus (she/her) is a sexuality educator, event facilitator, dance party host, and ultimate frisbee player and coach. She is passionate about creating space for youth and adults to explore and

Elaine Castillo is the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel, America is Not the Heart (Viking, 2018), named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The