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Makers and Machines<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Coming in Spring 2025, the 56th Annual UND Writers Conference, held on campus and online. Watch for details as the date approaches, but mark your calendar now!<\/p>\n

March 19-21, 2025<\/h2>\n

The 56th Annual UND Writers Conference, “Makers & Machines,” features works by nationally and internationally recognized creative writers, whose work explores how we make and create art against the backdrops of traditional and new technologies alike.<\/p>\n

Books by this year’s Writers Conference authors will be available for purchase at the conference, sold by\u00a0the UND Bookstore<\/a>. Books will also be available for checkout by UND faculty, staff, and students at\u00a0the Chester Fritz Library<\/a>, and by community members at\u00a0the Grand Forks Public Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Featured authors<\/a> will include Lisa Ko, Kristen Radtke, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Kenzie Allen, and KT Duffy.<\/p>\n

Conference Information<\/a><\/p>\n

About the Writers Conference<\/h2>\n

Founded in 1970 and held every year since, the UND Writers Conference is a three-day event featuring six to eight authors annually ranging from\u00a0Gwendolyn Brooks and August Wilson to Tommy Orange and Colson Whitehead. The UND Writers Conference is committed to community outreach, engagement, and finding ways to increase audience access to literature.<\/p>\n

Its mission is to\u00a0provide\u00a0a forum for those in North Dakota and the Upper Plains to discuss how the arts impact our everyday lives. It focuses on the work of the invited authors, poets and artisans, as well as their extemporaneous interaction with attendees. All Conference events are free and open to the public with recordings uploaded to its digital collection, creating\u00a0an open access opportunity for a rigorous exploration of the literary arts, not otherwise available, to all.<\/p>\n

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