WINTER WORDS 2023 Celebrate the winter writing season, enjoy afternoon tea, win fabulous door prizes, and support 49 Writers! Join us for the annual Winter Words fundraising event, which this year features Jessica Cherry, co-editor, and Corinna Cook, Roman Dial, and Bill Sherwonit, contributors, to Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska, which was […]
NEXT STEPS SERIES: WRITING FOR AN AUDIENCE A 49 Writers Fundraiser Series Next Steps is a series of professional development classes for writers ready to share their work with a wider audience. 100% of proceeds benefit 49 Writers. Join 49 Writers board members for a series of classes to get your work out into the […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: ANNIE WENSTRUP Thursday, March 16 2023 | 6 - 7 PM via Zoom Bio: Annie Wenstrup lives in Fairbanks, AK. A 2022 Stonecoast graduate, she is also a Smithsonian Arctic Studies Fellow, an Inaugural Indigenous Nations Poetry Fellow, and a Storyknife Fireweed Fellow. Her work can be found or is forthcoming […]
Write to the Light: A Workshop on the Art and Craft of Opinion Writing with Kim Heacox Mondays, March 20 & 27, 2023 7 - 8:30 PM AKDT Via Zoom $55 Members Only This class takes place on more than one date (March 20 & 27) but must be registered for as a single class. […]
49 Writers Inspiration Series: Caroline Van Hemert Thursday, March 30 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Inspiration is a 49 Writers series in which Writer Laureate Heather Lende will interview some of Alaska’s premier writers about their work, process, and the writing life. Caroline Van Hemert is an Alaskan author, adventurer, and wildlife […]
Self-Portrait Poems: Writing the Self as Art A FREE Poetry Workshop Series with Annie Wenstrup Saturdays, March 18, 25 & April 1, 2023 IN-PERSON 10 AM - 11 AM AKDT Morris Thompson Cultural Center, Fairbanks Self-portrait poems lend themselves to subversive acts. They play with the distance between the form’s overt promise of revelation and […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: HEATHER ARUFFO Thursday, April 20 2023 | 6-7 PM Via Zoom Bio: Heather Aruffo is a writer based in Fairbanks. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In 2021, she was awarded the Pen/Robert J Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Her work has appeared […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: KIM HEACOX Monday, April 24 2023 | 7-8 PM Via Zoom Bio: Kim Heacox is best known for two of his books, The Only Kayak, a memoir (2005, 2020), and Jimmy Bluefeather, a novel (2015), both winners of the National Outdoor Book Award. And for his opinion pieces in The Guardian, […]
LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE April 25 | 7 PM – 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom Live from Storyknife is a monthly reading series featuring the guest residents of the Storyknife Writers Retreat. Kia Corthron’s plays have premiered throughout the U.S. and in London. Her debut novel won the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and was […]
Anthropomorphia: Writers Giving Voice to Earth with Mary Odden *This event is open to members and non-members* Saturday, May 6, 2023 IN-PERSON 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM & 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Z.J. Loussac Library, Anchorage Member Price: $105.00 Non-Member Price: $126.00 An exploration of how recent naturalists/writers express empathy with nature from inside […]
WRITERS RETREAT AT THE SHRINE OF ST. THERESE The Shrine of St. Therese 21425 Glacier Highway Juneau, Alaska 5PM Thursday, May 18 - 11AM Sunday, May 21 $400 Members-only The Practice of Place: Reconnecting with Our Inner & Outer Landscapes through Mindful Walking & Writing With guest poet, author, publisher, writing instructor and American Book […]
LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE May 23 | 7 PM – 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom Live from Storyknife is a monthly reading series featuring the guest residents of the Storyknife Writers Retreat. Amber Blaeser-Wardzala is an Anishinaabe writer, beader, and fencer from White Earth Nation in Minnesota. A current MFA Candidate at Arizona State University, her […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: GERRI BRIGHTWELL Thursday, May 25 2023 | 6-7 PM via Zoom Bio: Gerri Brightwell is a British writer who lives in Alaska. She is the author of the novels Dead of Winter (Salt, 2016), The Dark Lantern (Crown, 2008), and Cold Country (Duckworth, 2003). Her short work has appeared in many […]
LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE June 20 | 7 PM – 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom Live from Storyknife is a monthly reading series featuring the guest residents of the Storyknife Writers Retreat. Kat Chow is the author of Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir, named a New York Times Notable Book of 2021. She was a reporter at NPR. […]
LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE July 18 | 7 PM – 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom Live from Storyknife is a monthly reading series featuring the guest residents of the Storyknife Writers Retreat. As a survivor of the Columbine High School shooting, Krista Hanley (she/her) has turned her trauma into authentic advocacy. Her creative nonfiction writing has […]
LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE August 22 | 7 PM – 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom Live from Storyknife is a monthly reading series featuring the guest residents of the Storyknife Writers Retreat. Leah Altman (Oglala Lakota) is a Native American transracial adoptee and was raised in the Portland area. She has written for several local and national publications, […]
49 Writers Presents: A Reading Featuring Amy E. Butcher, Instructor for the 2023 Tutka Bay Writers Retreat This year’s featured instructor for the annual Tutka Bay Writers Retreat will present a reading in Anchorage before the retreat. This event is free and open to the public. Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 […]
49 Writers Presents: A Reading Featuring Amy E. Butcher, Instructor for the 2023 Tutka Bay Writers Retreat This year’s featured instructor for the annual Tutka Bay Writers Retreat will present a reading in Homer the evening before the retreat. This event is free and open to the public. Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 6:00 PM […]
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 […]
LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE September 19 | 7-8PM AKDT via Zoom Live from Storyknife if a monthly reading series featuring the guest residents of the Storyknife Writers Retreat. Please join us to hear outstanding work by the September residents: Christina Berke is a California-based writer and educator with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Her […]
