The 2013 Contributions to Literacy in Alaska (CLIA) Awards were presented on July 16 as part of Tuesday’s Northern Renaissance Arts & Sciences Readings event. This year’s recipients are Alaska’s first Pulitzer Prize finalist, a village literacy advocate, and a Fairbanks historian. Honorees are novelist Eowyn Ivey of Chickaloon, author of The Snow Child; Brevig […]
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We have reached that lull in the year where most work is going on behind the scenes: grant writing and reporting; planning for the fall literary season and for Alaska Book Week in October; preparation for our upcoming program and communications survey. Remember that we are still looking for proposals for fall classes – deadline
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This is your final reminder about the Early Bird deadline for Tutka Bay Writers Retreat – after Tuesday, May 15, rates will go up for members and non-members alike. Register now to take advantage of this opportunity to study and discuss the art of writing with our retreat leader, visiting author Pam Houston. Remember too that
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Thanks to all who turned out for our first 2012 Synergies, “Poemgrass: a Poet and a Banjo,” with special thanks to poet Peggy Shumaker and musician Robin Child as well as volunteer coordinators Jeremy Pataky and Susanna Mishler. Coming up: statewide Resolve to Write events, when we gather to share our writing resolve for the
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Eskimo Bob Our thanks to 49 Writers member Lila Vogt for this report on “Alaska Native Writers: Looking Back, Looking Forward”, with Dr. Maria Sháa Tláa Williams, Dr. Jeane Breinig, Jack Dalton and Eskimo Bob. The UAA Campus Bookstore was the setting for a spirited panel discussion on November 2, 2011 to celebrate the 10th
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49 Writers, 49 Reasons to become our Executive Director. But time’s running out: applications are due November 22. For a full job description and information on how to apply, go to http://www.49writingcenter.org and look for the downloadable .pdf document toward the bottom of the home page. Wherever we go, we hear about young writers – kids and
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This year, 49 Writers is one of two winners of the Contributions to Literacy in Alaska (CLIA) award, selected from among applications sent in from across the state. “Our selection committee was most impressed with the broad range of resources 49 Writers has pulled together for established and aspiring writers,” says CLIA Awards Chair Carol
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In comings and goings this week, we thank James McLain for his great posts on screenwriting as our featured author for June, and we welcome poet Susanna Mishler as our featured author for July. We also welcome our lovely and oh-so-helpful summer intern, Kayla Beth Moore, all the way from Tennessee. And then there’s travel
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Festivities are in order! Yes, a lovely Monday holiday beckons. But there’s also this great news: 49 Writers/49 Alaska Writing Center is this year’s recipient of the “Contributions to Literacy Award” presented by the Alaska Center for the Book. Carol Sturgelewski called to deliver this wonderful news, noting in particular the impact of this blog,
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The Alaska Center for the Book has been promoting literacy in Alaska for nearly 20 years. What has the organization learned over the years about which projects work and which don’t? Specifically, I’m thinking of projects like the Writing Rendezvous that have gone by the wayside. Alaska Center for the Book, affiliated with the Library
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