Pop Up Writing Workshop: Visiting Artist Ryan Berg

Join us for a special pop-up writing workshop with award-winning author and educator Ryan Berg, offering an inspiring opportunity for writers of all levels to explore voice, story, and connection through the written word.

Event Details: ✍️ Pop-Up Writing Workshop: Creating A Personal Narrative 📅 Saturday, October 18, 2025
🕙 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, 24 N Main Ave, NYM
🎟️ Free & Open to All

Ryan Berg is the author of No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, and Other Transgressions, winner of a Minnesota Book Award and the NCCD Media for a Just Society Award, and named a Top 10 LGBTQ Book of 2016 by the American Library Association. His powerful essays and stories have appeared in Ploughshares, Slate, The Advocate, Salon, The Rumpus, The Sun, and Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride.

A seasoned educator and literary artist, Berg teaches with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, The Loft Literary Center, and The Shipman Agency’s Workroom, and has received fellowships and residencies from MacDowell, Yaddo, and the Minnesota State Arts Board, among others.

Whether you’re a practiced writer or just beginning your creative journey, this session offers a welcoming space to spark ideas, hone your craft, and be inspired by one of Minnesota’s most accomplished literary voices.

👉 Free and open to all! Registration is not required; however, we invite you to RSVP by calling 218-385-3339 to help with planning.

This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.