Weekly Roundup of Writing Opportunities for April 15

2016
Class Schedule
There
is still time to register for a great class offered next week in Juneau.
Information
about our classes and workshops, description, details, and registration on
our 
website.
 Feel free to contact us at 49writers@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Juneau
Set
Your Fiction on Fire taught by Kim Heacox
April
18, 6-9pm
EVENTS
IN ANCHORAGE
Poetry Parley
Wednesday, April 20 at
7:30 pm at the Writer’s Block
April
is National Poetry Month and Poetry Parley participants will feature local
poets, Peter Porco and Judith Stoll reading their own work.  Following
this, with others, they will present the work of poets
from China’s T’ang Dynasty. This is a free event at The Writer’s
Block,
3956
Spenard Road, Anchorage, AK.
 
For
more information, email
poetryparley@gmail.com 
Savor
the Rising Words Poetry Broadside Sale and Reading
Support
Poetry in Alaska! Buy a Broadside!
All
of the poets and artists featured in the exhibit have donated their work as a
fundraiser for 49 Writers, an organization that supports writing in Alaska
through programs and educational opportunities across the state. Each
piece is for sale for $35.00 and may be purchased by contacting Barbara at
301-5362.
Attend
the Reading
Several
of the featured poets will be reading their work at the Great Harvest Bread
Company on Tuesday, April 19, from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. The program is
free, the public is welcome, and refreshments will be served. Please join us!
Events
at the UAA Bookstore
Saturday, April 16 from 1:00pm-3:00pm
Author Kim Heacox presents
Jimmy Bluefeather
Kim
Heacox’ first novel, Jimmy Bluefeather,
has received wide acclaim and is the 2015 National Outdoor Book Award winner.
According
to Carl Safina, (58 Books Recommended by Ted Speakers),   “This
brilliant first novel contains hundreds of sentences that read like sheer
poetry. The writing is incredibly beautiful. Almost every paragraph gifts us
some stunning turn of phrase that made me stop and savor not only the words but
also the wisdom.”
Kim
Heacox is also the author of numerous books including John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire and Rhythm of the Wild
Everyone
is encouraged to come and hear the best of Alaska literature from a great
Alaskan author.
There
is free parking at UAA on Saturdays.
Tuesday, April 19 from 5:00pm-7:00pm
Miranda
Forner presents Can I Do This, an
Experiment in Independence
Miranda
Forner presents Can I Do This, a collection of essays covering her experiences
becoming an independent, single mother in Alaska.  She is a Cub Scout Den
Leader and has recently graduated UAA with a major in English and a minor in
creative Writing. 
There
is free parking for this event in the South Lot, Sports Complex NW Lot, West
Campus Central Lot, and Sports Campus West Lot. 
Wednesday, April 20 from 5:00pm-7:00pm
Deirdre
Bryan presents The 1916 Easter Uprising
In
a call for the formation of the Irish Republic and independence from the United
Kingdom almost 500 people were killed in the Easter Rising of 1916.  At
this event, historian Deirdre Bryan discusses the importance of the 1916 Easter
Uprising and its significance today.
Deirdre
Bryan has lived in Ireland, England and the US.  She received her PhD in
Irish History from Boston College and currently teaches in the History
Department at UAA.
As
a historical researcher in Ireland, Deirdre Bryan has contributed more than 70
articles to the Dictionary of Irish Biography (2009, Cambridge University
Press) and conducted historical research on behalf of the Irish government,
public and private organizations and individuals.
There
is free parking for this event in the South Lot, Sports Complex NW Lot, West
Campus Central Lot , Sports Campus West Lot. 
Saturday,
April 23 from 1:00pm-3:00pm
Celebrating
Shakespeare: Four Hundred Years On
English
professors Toby Widdicombe and Sharon Emmerichs, UAA students and staff share
favorite sonnets.
This
literary tribute to Shakespeare commemorates the 400 year anniversary of his
death on April 23, 1616.  
Everyone
is encouraged to come.
There
is free parking at UAA on Saturdays.
Thursday,
April 21 from 5:00pm-7:00pm
Cecilia
“Pudge” Kleinkauf presents Rookie No More:  Flyfishing Novice from a
Pro
The
book, Rookie No More is a lifesaver for novice fly fishers who are
struggling with unanswered questions about various aspects of flyfishing. 
Cecilia
“Pudge” Kleinkauf has been an Alaskan since 1969.   Her
company, Women’s Flyfishing, has taught women how to fly fish and has taken
them on guided trips throughout Alaska to find the best fishing for salmon,
trout, char, Arctic grayling, and other species.  Her website
http://www.womensflyfishing.net  is a leading resource for fly fishing enthusiasts.
There
is free parking for this event in the South Lot, Sports Complex NW Lot, West Campus
Central Lot, and Sports Campus West Lot. 
Local
Library Events
Anchorage
Public Library’s Teen Writing Society
needs our help!
Loussac
Library’s Teen Writing Society (TWS) is a club for teen writers. They are
looking for reliable adults to lead their meetings and provide writing prompts
or other activities. 49 Writers member Lynn Lovegreen has volunteered to lead
the April meetings and help find leaders for the future.
One
idea is to have different adult writers volunteer to take each month, so the
teens benefit from seeing different writing types and styles. Or, if someone
would like to help longer-term, that is another possibility. At this point,
meetings are 6-7:30 pm on the second and fourth Wednesdays, but there is some
room for flexibility. 
Please
contact Lynn Lovegreen at
lynnlovegreen@gmail.com or teen librarian Jon P. Ebron at EbronJP@ci.anchorage.ak.us if you are interested or would like more
information.
Book
Signings
EVENTS
AROUND ALASKA
SOUTHCENTRAL,
MAT-SU, KENAI PENINSULA
The Copper Basin will welcome State Writer Laureate Frank Soos to our
communities at the end of April. Frank will meet with a local bookclub and
students at Kenny Lake and Glennallen Schools. Local writers are invited to
Writers’ Workshops at the Kenny Lake
Library on Thursday, April 28, from 1 to 4 pm
and at the Copper Basin Senior Citizen log cabin in
Glennallen on Friday, April 29
from
1 to 4
. Frank will present a program,
“An Alaska
Writers Sampler
,” at the Kenny Lake
Community Hall on Thursday evening, April 28, at 6 pm
. The public is also
invited to a reading of Frank Soos’
work on Friday night, April 29, at the
Carriage House in Gakona.
Local musicians will chime in for the reading
event, and snacks and coffee and tea will be provided. Come join us! For more
information, contact Mary Odden 822-3727 or
fiddletunes@hotmail.com
As
part of the
Machetanz Arts Festival at the
Mat-Su College

on June 4 and 5, writing workshops will be offered.
To
learn more about the classes and to register:
http://register.asapconnected.com/Courses.aspx?CourseGroupID=14213
Saturday, June 4
How
Shall I Begin?: Starting Your Piece with a Bang taught by Alyse Knorr
Finding
Yourself in a Poem taught by Julie LeMay
The
Sphere of Writing taught by Don Rearden
Sunday, June 5
Capturing
Character The Mechanics of Writing Great Characters in Fiction and Non-Fiction
taught by Martha Amore
Playing
with Description taught by Lynn Lovegreen
Walking
the Line taught by Susanna Mishler
There
is also a panel discussion at the end of each day, featuring the writers who’ve
taught during that day.
SOUTHEAST
Woosh Kinaadeiyí Spoken Word
Workshop
Sunday,
April 17th, 1-4pm, at Kindred Post (145 South Franklin)
The
second Spoken Word Workshop of the
season is right around the corner! 
Based
on participant feedback, this month’s workshop (taught by 
Christy NaMee EriksenDee DeRego, and Austin Naawéiyaa Tagaban) will be especially focused towards PERFORMANCE. So if you’ve been wanting a little more guidance or
practice on getting your work off the page, this will be a great workshop for
you. 
While we’ll be doing a little
bit of writing, we also encourage you to bring work that’s already written
that you may want to practice for the stage. 
As
always we’re committed to providing a supportive, inclusive environment for
all, so no matter who you are or where you are at in your spoken word/poetry
experience, we hope you will join us.
Please
email us to RSVP if you can! (It saves your spot and also helps us plan!) You
are encouraged to pay $10-$25 as you can.  
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WRITERS
Seeking Writers and
Photographers for New Alaska Foodie Magazine
Edible
Alaska, a new magazine focused on food culture and practices in Alaska, will
hit the newsstands in June. Currently they are getting ready to launch
our
website
with lots of new content. Thus,
they are looking for writers, photographers, recipe writers, and local chefs (who
want to be a resource to them). 
Article
pitches should fall (loosely) into the categories: eat, drink, and food for
thought.  Web articles will be between 250-400 words and will pay about
$50 per piece and an additional $25 for an accompanying photograph.  The
rate is somewhat negotiable for more experienced writers/photographers and for
longer pieces. 
They
are looking for original recipes that can include your standard recipe and
a “how-to” video. They are not looking for the usual story about
Midnight Sun Brewery or well-known restaurant reviews.  They are looking
to expand what people know and think about food (and food culture) in Alaska as
well as really create an archive of food practices throughout the state (both
urban and rural).
Please
email your pitch to bree@edibleak.com with the subject line: Edible Article
Pitch.  Please include in your pitch sample writing clips, if you have
any. 
The
magazine is particularly interested in recruiting writers from outside of
Anchorage and writers who live in rural/bush areas of the state.  Don’t
let a lack of writing experience deter you from pitching a story, they are
interested in cultivating new writers who have great stories to share.”
CONFERENCES,
AWARDS, RETREATS & RESIDENCIES
The
fifteenth 
Kachemak
Bay Writers’ Conference
 will
be held on 
June 10-14 in Homer. This year’s keynote
is Pulitzer Prize winning, National Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, who will
be joined by Miriam Altshuler (agent), Dan Beachy-Quick, Richard
Chiappone, Jennine Capó Crucet, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Forrest Gander, Lee
Goodman, Richard Hoffman, Erin Coughlin Hollowell, Sarah Leavitt, Nancy
Lord, Jane Rosenman (editor), Peggy Shumaker, Sherry Simpson, Frank Soos,
and David Stevenson. For more information and to register go to
the 
website
Registration now open to the
2016 
Tutka
Bay Writers Retreat,
 which will take place on September 9-11, 2016 at
the Tutka Bay L
odge.
Faculty instructor award-winning writer Debra Magpie Earling will lead fiction
writers in an in-depth writing workshop. T
here will be much in-class writing, and the overall
atmosphere will stick close to supportiveness, collegiality, and constructive
improvement. The engaged student will emerge with improved techniques for
further work. Early registration fee is $600 for members and $650 for
nonmembers. For more information or to register, go to: 
http://www.49writingcenter.org/Retreats%26Events/retreats.php.
Storyknife
Writers Retrea
t is open for submissions for its inaugural Storyknife Fellow. We
just can’t wait for all six proposed cabin and main house to be built, so the
Board of Directors of Storyknife is beginning with a single Storyknife Fellow
who will live in the beautifully appointed cabin on the property. Women writers
(over 21) can apply for a 2 week to 4 week residency during the month of
September 2016. The successful candidate(s) will receive a $250 per week
stipend at the end of their residency. This money can be used to cover the
costs of travel, food, and a rental car if the resident is from out of the
drivable area. The resident will need to purchase and prepare their own meals,
with the exception of a welcome dinner and a farewell dinner, at the beginning
and end of their stay. More information about the residency at 
https://storyknife.org
and apply at 
https://storyknifewritersretreat.submittable.com/submit.
The
sixth annual 
North Words Writers Symposium will be held May 25-28 in
Skagway. Novelist/essayist/editor and storyteller supreme Brian Doyle of
Portland, Oregon (Mink RiverThe PloverMartin
Marten,
 and the forthcoming Chicago) will be the 2016
keynote author. He will be joined by Alaskan authors Kim Heacox, Eowyn Ivey,
Heather Lende, Lynn Schooler, John Straley, and Emily Wall. For more
information and to register go to 
http://nwwriterss.com/
360
North
 will
start the 2015-16 season of Writers’ Showcase. All Alaska writers are invited
to submit fiction and nonfiction pieces. Stories are read before a live studio
audience by professional actors, and later broadcast throughout Alaska on
statewide public TV and radio. Stories should be about 10 minutes long when
read aloud. Profanity will need to be edited for broadcast.
SUBMISSION
DEADLINE
            
RECORDING DATE
April
25, 2016
                                  
June 2, 2016
Submit
to arts [at] ktoo [dot] org.
For
questions contact Scott Burton
Arts, Culture and Music Producer at 907.463.6473
Alaska
magazine
 is
seeking pitches from new and established writers. We are a publication for
Alaska enthusiasts and need a wide variety of articles. The best section to
break into the magazine is KtoB (formerly Ketchikan to Barrow), and includes
everything from cool job profiles to End of the Trail obituaries to a short
write up about an Alaska-made product. We’d also like to see queries about
culture, history, nature, interviews with Alaskans and feature articles ideas.
Review recent hard copy issues of Alaska magazine and visit 
www.alaskamagazine.com for
more about us, and then send short, descriptive pitches to freelance
contributing editor Susan Sommer at 
sbsommer@mtaonline.net.
13
Chairs Literary Journal
, a new literary journal publishing short stories and poetry
from new and emerging authors, seeks submissions and volunteers. They are
currently composing their flagship issue, straight out of JBER, AK. To learn
more, and to submit, email info@13chairs.com or 
visit 13chairs.com.
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