Helicon West was the first place I ever shared my work publicly—the first place I ever performed. It was the first place I was a featured writer, performing with the USU creative writing contest and the USU slam poetry and flash prose teams, around 2014. . . . it helped me bond with other creative writers. I met and made many of my dearest friends through Helicon West, USU, and the larger Logan writing community. Coming back as a solo featured writer at Helicon West meant so much to me. Helicon West is where I started to figure myself out as a writer, to get feedback and encouragement, outside of a classroom.
Read the full interview here and watch Millie’s Helicon West reading here!
Millie Tullis 
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