Leigh Newman The Great Alaskan In the largest state in the Union, a state built on gold rushes and oil pipelines, 90-pound king salmon and 20-pound king crabs, a lot of things come prefaced by the phrase Great Alaskan. There’s the Great Alaskan Salmon Bake and the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show and the legendary 8.6 […]
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We’re happy to report a successful Crosscurrents in Kodiak last weekend, with good attendance at all three events featuring Homer author Eva Saulitis (despite beautiful weather and whale watching opportunities). We are immensely grateful to our wonderful local partners, Kodiak College and the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, and to local author Sara Loewen for not
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We are proud to announce another Crosscurrents literary weekend, coming up April 28 and 29 in Kodiak. Thanks to support from the Alaska Humanities Forum and our amazing local partners, Kodiak College and the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, 49 Writers is bringing Eva Saulitis (Into Great Silence) to Kodiak for a series of events that
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The results are in! This year’s Write-a-thon brought in $7,732 for 49 Writers programming – a fantastic effort by a group of 28 dedicated fundraisers, many of whom joined us at Snow City Café last Friday. It was wonderful to see a good turnout from the Teen Underground Writing Society too. Altogether, 51 writers registered
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2013 Write-a-thon: TODAY’S THE DAY! So far we have raised $6,682, thanks to our 34 participants and their 183 supporters. It’s not too late to sign up: online registration is $10 and on-site registration will be $30. To register, just go to our FirstGiving webpage and click Join Now. All donations are greatly appreciated. If
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