Melanie Richards
She/Her
- Senior Community Faculty
Credentials
- Master of Fine Arts, Writing
Goddard College - Bachelor of Arts, Engl Lang/Lit Gen
University of California, Los Angeles
Recent and upcoming courses
Spring 2025
Summer 2025
Fall 2025
Awards & Honors:
Academy of American Poets Prize, Associated Writing Programs INTRO award, Loft Mentor Series Poetry, Loft Creative Nonfiction Award (twice), Gesell Award in Prose University of Minnesota, Gesell Award in Poetry University of Minnesota, Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Prize from Kalliope
Publications:
Poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction in Harvard Review, Shenandoah, 26 Minnesota Writers, 33 Minnesota Poets, Yankee, Minnesota Monthly, Passages North and elsewhere.