Shelley Getten

Shelley Getten was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. When she was ten, she and her family moved to a farm in the neighboring town of Sauk Rapids. The family farm was eventually sold as the site of the new Sauk Rapids/Rice High School.

Getten's wrk first appeared in Sidewalks, Gypsy Cab, Poetry Motel, Black Hat Poetry Calendar, Rag Mag and Minnesota Monthly Magazine among others. She coordinated reading events for Our Stories of Miscarriage, Healing with Words (of which she was a contributor) and Grounds For Peace (of which she was an editor) Her chapbook, Agates, was published in 2005 by Finishing Line Press and given a second press run in 2015.

Recent appearances include The Talking Stick, Spillway and Martin Lake Review.

Getten received an Honorable Mention Award in the Rainer Maria Rilke International Poetry Competition and was a first-place winner in the Lake Superior Writers annual competition for poetry. Her poems have been anthologized and transformed into interpretive dance and chamber music. They have been included in ekphrastic gallery events and radio programming.

Getten has spent the last twelve summers teaching art and writing at Summerblue Theatre Arts Camp in Two Harbors and also teaches printmaking workshops at the Duluth Folk School. She thoroughly enjoys sharing the magic of bringing a poem or artwork to life.

Shelley currently resides with her life partner, Brien, in Two Harbors, Minnesota near the North Shore of Lake Superior. She continues to write and create visual art in her Getten Creative studio, just steps from her log cabin home on the Knife River.