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Behind the Scenes at the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference by Erin Hollowell

April 10, 2024 / By 49 Writers

The Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference was established in 2002. That’s twenty-two years of writers gathering on the shores of Kachemak Bay to learn from each other and form a community that includes members from all across Alaska and the lower-48. Like many long-established events, the conference is trying to evolve to meet the changing needs […]

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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference In Person This May! by Erin Hollowell

March 16, 2022 / By 49 Writers

On May 14-17, the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference returns as an in-person event at the Kachemak Bay Campus. This is our 20th conference, and we’re excited to bring together the amazing Alaska writing community. The 2022 keynote speaker is Jericho Brown, 2020 Pulitzer Prize winning poet, winner of the American book award, and finalist for

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Active Voice: Writers Respond | Erin Coughlin Hollowell

August 31, 2017 / By 49 Writers

As summer turns to winter in Alaska, with a brief interlude long enough to weigh three-quarter ton pumpkins in Palmer that some might call fall, we are excited to announce the return of the blog series Active Voice: Writers Respond, a forum for Alaska writers to respond to current events and controversies on the national

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2017 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Awards

May 15, 2017 / By 49 Writers

Anchorage, AK – Rasmuson Foundation has named artist Gertrude Svarny of Unalaska its 2017 Distinguished Artist. The award recognizes one Alaska artist annually for a lifetime of creative excellence and contributions to arts and culture in the State. It is accompanied by a $40,000 award that she can use to further immerse herself in the exploration

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The View from Here

April 25, 2016 / By 49 Writers

. Family. Community. Support. 49 Writers, where Alaska’s writers gather. It has been a privilege to be among you, to speak to you each Monday and to help create opportunities for learning and communing. Thank you for your warm support. Thank you for being amazing writers, and more importantly, thank you for being amazing people.

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Springtime: Beginnings and Change

April 18, 2016 / By 49 Writers

We Alaskans tune into weather, seasons, subtle shifts in light, and most recently, the dramatic arrival of Spring. Change is in the air – you can smell, see, and feel it. What will you do with your extra hours of light? Here at 49 Writers, summer is a time to plan, reflect on our past

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Heading off to AWP and Remembering Jim Harrison

March 28, 2016 / By 49 Writers

I am heading to the Associated of Writers and Writing Programs conference this week. It’s in Los Angeles this year which doesn’t bode well for this Alaska acclimated girl, but we’ll see. The conference is the largest annual meeting of writers, teachers, editors, and publishers. I think this year is my fifth or sixth time

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Flinging Your Words into the World

March 21, 2016 / By 49 Writers

Publishing is one of those topics that brings out strident opinions. When I’m asked advice about where and how to publish, I always turn the question around. I ask: Who do you want to read your work? Are you thinking you want to earn money from it? How much? Is prestige important to you? How

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Pushing Against Fences

March 14, 2016 / By 49 Writers

Wendell Berry wrote, “The impeded stream is the one that sings,” and I have to admit the first time I read that I thought it was a bunch of hooey. After all, one of the things that lead me to write poetry in the first place was the fact that I could ignore grammar and

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Savor the Rising Words! Second Annual Poetry Broadside Invitational

March 7, 2016 / By 49 Writers

This April, Great Harvest Bread Company is sponsoring a second poetry broadside invitational in honor of National Poetry Month. Broadsides are a traditional form that pairs the written word with a visual presentation. Broadly defined, a poetry broadside combines the words of a poem with visual imagery. Though often printed on a letterpress or in

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