Telling Tiny Tales: Flash Fictions and Mini Memoirs with Rich Chiappone & Justin Herrmann [Mar 13, 20, 27]

Telling Tiny Tales: Flash Fictions and Mini Memoirs Join us in a hands-on writing workshop exploring the fastest growing sub-genre in creative writing today. Flash fiction and non-fiction stories. We'll write short, shorter, and shortest pieces. Write your own life, or make one up and see how much of it you can cram into exercises […]

Patterns & Sequences: A Poetry Workshop with Nicole Stellon O’Donnell [Mar 27, Apr 3, Apr 10]

Are poems solitary, sprouting alone on their single page? Or are they best cultivated in relation to the drafts coming up alongside them? How do connected sequences work on the reader and work for the writer? In this workshop, we’ll explore how writers can leverage patterns and sequences to strengthen their writing practice. Together we […]

Tom Sexton [Reading & Conversation]

Author Bio Tom Sexton was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. He pursued undergraduate studies at Northern Essex Community College and earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Salem State College before moving to Alaska in 1970. Here, he pursued graduate studies at the University of Alaska, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts […]

The Bend Towards Asia with Tom Sexton

In this three-hour class, acclaimed Alaskan poet Tom Sexton will explore the influence of classical Chinese poets on 20th century American poets. Class will be via Zoom. Link provided soon. Tom Sexton was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. He first came to Alaska as a soldier at Fort Richardson, where he served for two […]

WRITING THE PILOT EPISODE With Bryan Fierro [April 10, 17, 24 & May 1]

This four-meeting virtual course will explore the pilot episode for the television series. A deep dive into the crucial elements that make some of your favorite series' pilots successful: Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Sopranos, Arrested Development among others. Don't forget the writing! We will write and workshop the first ten pages of your original pilot […]

$140 – $165

Ernestine Hayes [Reading & Conversation]

 ERNESTINE HAYES was born and raised in Juneau, then spent 25 years in California before returning to Juneau in her early 40s. After her return, she graduated from UAS, earned an MFA in creative writing and literary arts from UAA, and became a professor at UAS, where she continues to teach today. She is the […]

Tutka Bay Author Reading: Elena Passarello

FALL 2021 ELENA PASSARELLO READINGS This year’s featured instructor for the annual Tutka Bay Writers Retreat will present a free virtual reading the evening before the retreat from the Homer Spit! Thursday, September 9 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Bio: Elena Passarello’s essays have recently appeared in National Geographic, Paris Review, and Best American Science and Nature Writing. […]

Free

Tutka Bay Writers Retreat – 2021

Tutka Bay Lodge

11th annual 49 writers Tutka Bay writers retreat. Featuring acclaimed author Elena Passarello. September 10-12, 2021 at Tutka Bay Lodge. Elena Passarello’s essays have recently appeared in National Geographic, Paris Review, and Best American Science and Nature Writing. She is the author of two award-winning collections, Let Me Clear My Throat and Animals Strike Curious […]

Reading and Conversation Series: Hank Lentfer

READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: HANK LEFTNER Thursday, September 16 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Bio: Hank Lentfer flunked kindergarten his first time through. When his book, Raven’s Witness: The Life of Richard K Nelson, won the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival, his older sister called to say she still […]

Free

Reading and Conversation Series: Emily Wall

READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: EMILY WALL Thursday, October 21, 2021 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Bio: Emily lives in Juneau, Alaska. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Alaska Southeast. She's been teaching creative writing workshops there for over 20 years and deeply enjoys her work. One of her greatest […]

Free

Reading and Conversation Series: John Luther Adams

READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Bio: For John Luther Adams, music is a lifelong search for home—an invitation to slow down, pay attention, and remember our place within the larger community of life on earth. Living for almost 40 years in northern Alaska, […]

Free

Reading and Conversation Series: Anne Coray

READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: ANNE CORAY Thursday, December 16 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Bio: Anne Coray’s novel, Lost Mountain, was published with West Margin Press. She is also the author of three poetry collections and co-editor of the anthology Crosscurrents North. The recipient of fellowships from the Alaska State Council on the Arts […]

Free

Intentions: Setting a Creative Path for the New Year with Heather Lende

Intentions: Setting a Creative Path for the New Year with Heather Lende Thursday, January 13 6 PM - 7 PM via Zoom Let’s jump start our creative process for 2022 with an informal workshop on writing practice, discipline and inspiration. It’s been a tough year, so let’s make the next one a little better. Bio: […]

The Joys and Challenges of Fictionalizing Alaska: (Or How NOT to Alienate All Your Friends in Your Home Town) with Rich Chiappone

THE JOYS AND CHALLENGES OF FICTIONALIZING ALASKA (OR HOW NOT TO ALIENATE ALL YOUR FRIENDS IN YOUR HOME TOWN) WITH RICH CHIAPPONE Friday, January 21 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM via Zoom Bio: Rich Chiappone is the author of three collections of stories and/or essays published in national magazines including Alaska Magazine, Gray's Sporting […]

Reading and Conversation Series: Seth Kantner

READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: SETH KANTNER Thursday, February 17 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Bio: Seth Kantner was born and raised in northern Alaska and has worked as a trapper, wilderness guide, wildlife photographer, gardening teacher, and adjunct professor. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Orion, and Smithsonian. […]

Inspiration Series: Dana Stabenow

49 Writers Inspiration Series: Dana Stabenow Tuesday, March 15 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Inspirations 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. Dana Stabenow was born in Anchorage and raised on 75-foot fish […]

Reading and Conversation Series: Joan Nockels Wilson

READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: JOAN NOCKELS WILSON Thursday, March 17 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Bio: Joan Nockels Wilson is a writer and a Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska. Joan has served the State of Alaska in both a civil and criminal capacity for more than half of her […]