Alissa Johnson is a nationally published and award winning writer whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal and Dirt Rag Magazine among other publications. She is an associate editor at the Crested Butte News and is a regular contributor to Wilderness News. Her writing has won awards from FundsforWriters and the Colorado Press Association, and she holds an MFA in Creative and Professional Writing from Western Connecticut State University (WCSU). She has taught at WCSU, Western State Colorado University, and the annual writing conference, Writing the Rockies.
