 It brings prominent writers from the United States and abroad to Grand Forks.To date, the Conference has hosted over 360 authors (most genres) and artists to its literary event, including thirty-five Pulitzer Prize winners, four recipients of the Nobel Prize, and many others who have received awards from the MacArthur Foundation, National Book Foundation, National Book Critics Circle, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and more.The participants are by invite only, but all events are, and have always been, free and open to the public.