The Voice is a Helix: Dual Narration and Psychic Distance in Life and Writing with Corinna Cook Details: This four-week virtual class series will consist of four 2-hour sessions. Dates: January 23, 2024-February 13, 2024 (class meets weekly on Tuesday) Time: 6-8pm AKT Location: Zoom Description: Memoir, personal essay, and life writing pulls two ways: […]
Writing for Kids 101 with Tina Tocco Details: This virtual class series will consist of two 3-hour sessions. Dates: Saturday, February 17 and 24, 2024 Time: 1-4pm AKT Location: Zoom Description: Have you always wanted to write stories for kids, but never knew where to start? This class will let you get your feet wet […]
Engaging Characters: Getting Past Simple “Likeability/Unlikeability” and Learning How Strong Writers Break the Rules with Andromeda Romano-Lax Details: This virtual class will include 2 sessions: -Saturday, March 16, 2024, 1-4pm -Saturday, March 23, 2024, 1-4pm Description: If the reader doesn’t care about the characters, little else matters. It’s the hardest lesson I continue to learn […]
Haunted by Futility or Saving the World: Writing Climate Crisis with Erica Watson Details: This two-week class series will consist of two 3-hour sessions. Dates: April 7 and April 14, 2024 (class meets weekly on Sunday) Time: 1-4pm AKT Location: Virtual (Zoom) Description: Whether climate change is the primary subject or serves as backdrop, it […]
From Plotting to Print: The Pathways to Publication with Sharon Emmerichs Date: April 16, 23, 30, and May 7 (class meets weekly on Tuesday) Time: 6:30-8:30pm Location: Virtual (Zoom) Description: So, you've written a book! You've spent hours, days, months, perhaps years crafting your story, revising, editing, and making it as perfect as it can […]
Worldbuilding in Horror with Leslie J. Anderson Date: Sunday, May 12, 2024 Time: 11am-3pm Location: Virtual (Zoom) Description: Worldbuilding is a term usually associated with fantasy or science fiction, a reality which needs to be imagined from the ground up in order to sustain a believable plot, but every piece of writing relies on worldbuilding […]
Hermit Crab Essays: Essays Housed in Strange and Unusual Forms with Summer A.H. Christiansen Date: May 22 and May 29, 2024 (weekly on Wednesdays) Time: 6:30-8:00pm Location: Virtual (Zoom) Description: Don't be fooled by how adorable the hermit crab essay sounds! This form, used in both nonfiction and fiction writing, is a term that was […]
WRITERS RETREAT AT THE SHRINE OF ST. THERESE The Shrine of St. Therese 21425 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK Thursday, June 6 - Saturday, June 8 Quieting the Mind, Opening the Senses, Freeing the Words This year’s mindful writing retreat at the beautiful Shrine of St. Therese offers an opportunity to quiet our busy minds and […]
Writing Your Story: Finding Emotional Freedom in Writing with Summer A.H. Christiansen Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Time: 6:30-8:30pm Location: Virtual (Zoom) Description:Feelings of overwhelm are common in today's hectic world. Writing is a way to calm your mind and access the truths you want to share with the world. My goal as a writer […]
Start Writing Right Now with Tina Tocco Details: This virtual class will consist of four sessions meeting, weekly on Sunday Dates: October 20 - November 10, 2024 Time: 1-3pm AKT Location: Zoom Description: Have you always wanted to try your hand at writing, but never took the leap? Maybe you’ve put down your pen for […]
Memory As Muse with Andromeda Romano-Lax Date: November 2 and 9 Time: 12-3pm Format: Virtual (Zoom) Description: Writing may be therapeutic but this class is not focused on therapy or personal psychology per se. Instead, we will be investigating memory as a way to provide material for both nonfiction or fiction writing—and we will have […]
Ode to the Un: Praising the Unnoticed, Unappreciated, and Unloved with Brittney Corrigan Date: December 9, 2024 Time: 6:00-8:00pm AKT Location: Virtual (Zoom) Description: In this workshop, participants will be encouraged to turn their attention to the humble and overlooked beings in landscapes they’ve lived in or observed. We’ll look at some unexpected odes written […]
Virtual Nonfiction Workshop Series With Erica Watson Dates: December 11, 2024; January 8, 2025; and February 12, 2025 Time: 7:00-8:30pm Location: virtual (Zoom) Description: The purpose of this workshop series is to allow participants the opportunity to give and receive feedback on their work in a facilitated space. The series will consist of three separate […]
Memoir Writing with Joselin Linder Date: Wednesdays, February 26 and March 5, 2025 | 2 weeks Time: 5:30-7:30pm AKT Format: Virtual (Zoom) Description: Memoir Writing will provide the tools you need to write a compelling book about a facet of your infinite life, over two weeks, two hours per meeting. Discover how to focus your […]
Writing Sketch Comedy with Joanna Castle Miller Date: Sundays, March 9 - April 13, 2025 | 6 weeks Time: 12:00-2:00pm AKT Format: Virtual (Zoom) Description: Ever wondered why one sketch on Saturday Night Live lives on forever and the next totally flops? How do you turn a funny idea into a successful 3-5 minute comedy […]
Intermediate Playwriting with Ryan Buen Date: Mondays, April 14 - May 12, 2025 | 5 weeks Time: 6:00-8:00pm AKT Format: Virtual (Zoom) Description: This course, designed for writers with at a least basic grasp of dramatic writing concepts, will strive to give developing playwrights opportunities to learn through both lecture and practical application. Over five […]
The Architecture of a Haunted House: A Horror Craft Intensive with Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025 Time: 12:00-2:00pm AKT Format: Virtual (Zoom) Price: $40 for Members | $50 for Non-Members Description: This fiction and literary horror intensive will look at the enduring literary legacy of the haunted house. Through thematic readings, discussions, […]
Reading and Craft Talk with Diane Wilson Date: Thursday, November 6th Location: Mountain View Branch Library Time: 2-3:30pm Address: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St, Anchorage, AK Diane Wilson is the author of five books, including her memoir Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past (2006), Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life (2011), […]
Bring in the Clowns: The Literary Uses of Humor with Rich Chiappone Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025 Time: 10am-2pm AKT Format: In Person | Kaladi Brothers Coffee Community Room, 6921 Brayton Dr, Ste 105, Anchorage, AK Price: $80 for Members | $100 for Non-Members Description: If the first objective of any writer is to […]
49 Writers presents a free class for writers of all ages who want to learn sequential storytelling. Here's the link to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNik-xFw045XqI6W6TprUf-eXe8HJNWF9mrOiMTtm7MtFv0A/viewform?usp=header
This workshop will focus on developing stories for comics, picture books and graphic novels using a myriad of new media and traditional media formats. Instructor Nathan Shafer is a new media artist and author from Alaska specializing in augmented reality and digital humanities. He received a Creative Capital award in 2020 for his expanded literature touchstone project Wintermoot, a limited series of augmented reality comic books set in an alternate history Alaska.
Here are some examples of his expanded literature work using sequential storytelling:
Goodnight Naruto Runners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6REyvDxaA
Head Touches Place: The Black Pyramid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmzpydVYvmQ