Dustin Nelson Writing Portfolio
- If You've Been Waiting to See the Northern Lights, Now's Your Time (Thrillist)
- Cannabis Lounges Could Be the Next Big Hotel Perk (Thrillist)
- Litt Pinball Bar Just Leveled Up (Racket)
- All the Stargazing Events You Can't Miss in 2023 (Thrillist)
- The Most Exciting New Theme Park Openings in 2023 (Thrillist)
- Disney’s New Star Wars Hotel Will Transport You to a Galaxy Far, Far Away (Thrillist)
- What It's Like to Fly from the U.S. to Europe on Play, Iceland's New Budget Airline (Thrillist)
- March Xness essay on The Mountain Goats covering "The Sign" (March Xness)
- Best Comic Books & Graphic Novels of 2021 (Thrillist)
- What Does it Mean When a Brewery Unionizes? (Thrillist)
- Ice, Beer, Blood: Three Days of Pond Hockey's 'Field of Dreams' (Rolling Stone)
- This Small Midwestern Town Is the Mini-Portland of Your Dreams (Thrillist)
- Eric Lindros on Hockey Hall of Fame Induction, Career Controversies (Rolling Stone)
- The Best Minnesota Breweries and the Beers You Should Drink Right Now (Thrillist)
- Quinnipiac’s big moves thanks to ‘marginal gains’ (Sports Illustrated)
- Jincy Dunne makes her return to the ice with Ohio State debut (Sports Illustrated)
- What to Do if You Buy a Haunted House (Thrillist)
- Now Is Your Best Chance to See the Northern Lights for Nearly a Decade (Thrillist)
- Desbiens taking pursuit of national title, Olympic spot one game at a time (Sports Illustrated)
- Everything You Need to Know to Be a Guinness Expert (Thrillist)
Past publications include: Senior Writer at Thrillist from 2015-2023. Freelance stories in Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Racket, The Hockey News, City Pages, The Walker Art Center's Walker Reader, Men's Journal, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, March Xness, Minnesota Hockey Magazine, Thought Catalog, Bookslut, Rotowire, Tiny Mix Tapes, Nudge Magazine, Prefix Magazine, and elsewhere.