Northland Writers of Distinction
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The writers from the Northland community listed below have kindly offered their time and talents to lead student breakout sessions before and after lunch.
Marie Zhuikov
Marie Zhuikov
Marie Zhuikov is an award-winning science writer and communications project manager, specializing in environmental and medical topics. She has published hundreds of articles, publications, videos and podcasts, as well as coordinated production of many web sites. Marie’s poetry has been published in several anthologies and regional magazines. Marie also writes eco-mystic romance novels for new adults. Her first, Eye of the Wolf, was published in 2011. The sequel, Plover Landing, was published in 2014. Her first short story, "Water Witch," was published in the Going Coastal anthology in 2017. In 2022, her northern Minnesota blog-memoir Meander North was published by Nodin Press. It earned a Midwest Book Award, nature category. In 2025, she will have a magical realism short story collection published by Cornerstone Press.
Marie Zhuikov is an award-winning science writer and communications project manager, specializing in environmental and medical topics. She has published hundreds of articles, publications, videos and podcasts, as well as coordinated production of many web sites. Marie’s poetry has been published in several anthologies and regional magazines. Marie also writes eco-mystic romance novels for new adults. Her first, Eye of the Wolf, was published in 2011. The sequel, Plover Landing, was published in 2014. Her first short story, "Water Witch," was published in the Going Coastal anthology in 2017. In 2022, her northern Minnesota blog-memoir Meander North was published by Nodin Press. It earned a Midwest Book Award, nature category. In 2025, she will have a magical realism short story collection published by Cornerstone Press.
Sheila Packa
Sheila Packa
Sheila Packa is a poet and writer. She has taught creative writing and composition at Lake Superior College and she also leads poetry and creative writing workshops in community settings. She received a 2020 MSAB Arts Initiative Award for Poetry, a fellowship from the Finlandia Foundation in 2014, two Loft McKnight Awards (in poetry and in prose) a Loft Mentor Award, and fellowships and grants from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. She has four books of poetry and edited the book Migrations: Poetry & Prose for Life’s Transitions, an anthology of Lake Superior writers. She served as Duluth’s Poet Laureate in 2010-2012. Her latest book of poetry, Surface Displacements, is a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award 2023.
Sheila Packa is a poet and writer. She has taught creative writing and composition at Lake Superior College and she also leads poetry and creative writing workshops in community settings. She received a 2020 MSAB Arts Initiative Award for Poetry, a fellowship from the Finlandia Foundation in 2014, two Loft McKnight Awards (in poetry and in prose) a Loft Mentor Award, and fellowships and grants from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. She has four books of poetry and edited the book Migrations: Poetry & Prose for Life’s Transitions, an anthology of Lake Superior writers. She served as Duluth’s Poet Laureate in 2010-2012. Her latest book of poetry, Surface Displacements, is a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award 2023.
Nick Trelstad
Nick Trelstad
Nick Trelstad is a poet and English teacher from northern Minnesota. He is the author of a poetry collection titled “A Threshold We Carry,” which is currently a nominee for the 2022 Eric Hoffer Award. His poems have also been published in various literary magazines and anthologies, such as: Dillydoun Review, Scriblerus Review, The Santa Clara Review, among others. His works also appeared in the anthology Bringing Joy: A Local Literary Welcome, which won the Minnesota Author Project Award 2022.
Nick Trelstad is a poet and English teacher from northern Minnesota. He is the author of a poetry collection titled “A Threshold We Carry,” which is currently a nominee for the 2022 Eric Hoffer Award. His poems have also been published in various literary magazines and anthologies, such as: Dillydoun Review, Scriblerus Review, The Santa Clara Review, among others. His works also appeared in the anthology Bringing Joy: A Local Literary Welcome, which won the Minnesota Author Project Award 2022.
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