14th Annual 49 Writers Tutka Bay Writers Retreat featuring instruction by Mieke Eerkens – Applications open! September 20-22/23, 2024, at Tutka Bay Lodge. About the Retreat Join us for a one-of-a-kind writing retreat set against the stunning backdrop of remote coastal Alaska. The Tutka Bay Writers Retreat allows writers of all genres, backgrounds, and experience […]
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13th annual 49 Writers Tutka Bay Writers Retreat featuring instruction by Amy E. Butcher – Applications open! September 15-17, 2023, at Tutka Bay Lodge. Amy Butcher is an award-winning essayist and author of Mothertrucker (Little A, 2021), a book that interrogates the realities of female fear, abusive relationships, and America’s quiet epidemic of intimate partner violence set against the
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12th annual 49 Writers Tutka Bay Writers Retreat featuring acclaimed author Luis Alberto Urrea. September 23-25, 2022 at Tutka Bay Lodge. Luis Alberto Urrea, a Guggenheim Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist, is the author of 18 books, winning numerous awards for his poetry, fiction and essays. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American
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SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | Wednesday, May 23, Danger Close Alaska with Don Rearden We’re proud to present the 2018 offering of Danger Close Alaska, the third year of joint 49 Writers and Alaska Humanities Forum programming meant to build a literary community of civilians and veterans. Everyone is welcome to attend. This year, Danger Close Alaska takes place one night
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Word went out via email a while back to those on our mailing list announcing the exciting news that Louise Erdrich will be our guest instructor this year at our 8th Annual Tutka Bay Writers Retreat. We’re awfully excited that she’s coming and have heard—and seen, as reflected in the high number of applications coming
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I love talking about writing. Poetry. Essays. Fiction. If there’s a discussion about stringing words together, I’m in! Over the years, I’ve attended all types of literary events – workshops, craft talks, university classes, institutes, reading circles. But for this Alaskan, the nirvana of all writing events is the Tutka Bay Writers Retreat. Debra Magpie
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Homer is beginning to green up, the light pouring in over the mountains and across the bay. It seems early to be thinking about September, but as every Alaskan knows, summer flies by without a glance over its shoulder. With that in mind, early registration for the Tutka Bay Writers Retreat is happening until May 1st at
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Sunrise at Tutka Bay Writers Retreat Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal.” ~A. Bronson Alcott Like a note held long in a song, a pair of eagles glides effortlessly across a crisp September sky as sixteen writers
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Best wishes of the season to all our blog followers! We hope your winter break with family and friends is both relaxing and restoring.As the year draws to a close, take a moment to put our January events on your calendar. On January 1, we open registration for our spring semester. Although spring might seem
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Happy St. Andrew’s Day to one and all! Now that the holiday season is officially under way, here are a couple of 49 Writers event to get you in a celebratory mood: On December 3, 7:00 pm, at Great Harvest Bread Company, celebrated Alaskan chef Kirsten Dixon will give a Reading & Craft Talk entitled
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