Weekly Roundup of Writing Opportunities for October 9

There are still a few In Person and Online
Workshops
organized by 49 Writers that
you can sign up. Check out the details and register at the 49 Writers
website
ANCHORAGE –
IN PERSON
BURNING WITH LOVE:
HOW TO WRITE ABOUT LOVE WITHOUT BLUSHING with Alyse Knorr
November 3 from 7-10pm
Location: 161 E. 1st Ave., Door 15 (Alaska
Humanities Forum) Register here!
All genres

Price: $45 member/$55 non-member

THE
SPIRITUAL IN WRITING: ACROSS FAITH, GENRES, AND TIME with Kathleen Tarr

November
10, 12, 17, and 19 from 7:00-9:30pm
Location: 161
E. 1st Ave., Door 15 (Alaska Humanities Forum)
Price: $150 member/$170
non-member. Register 
here!
All
genres
ONLINE
CLASSES
The
following classes are asynchronous: there are no scheduled meeting times
but there will be weekly assignments and expectations, and everyone will
complete the work on their own time. Interaction will utilize text-based
formats such as discussion boards.
NO BLOGGING REQUIRED! HOW TO MATCH YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE
WITH WHO YOU REALLY ARE with Cindy Dyson
(NEW DATES!!!!!)
November 4 and 11 from 7:00-8:30pm (3 hours total)
Price: $45 members/ $55 nonmembers. Register here
FIRST
PERSON COMPLICATED–THE DUAL-VOICED NARRATOR with Andromeda Romano-Lax
November
2 to November 22
9+
hours over 3 Weeks
Online.
No scheduled meetings, asynchronous instruction
Price: $150 member/$165
non-member. Register 
here
Genres:
Fiction/Nonfiction
Alaska
Book Week
will soon be upon us scheduled for Oct.
3 -11
. We would like to invite everyone to sign up by clicking the
participation form on the right side of the website at www.alaskabookweek.com
Once you submit your form, the coordinator will be in contact with you soon.
This year, we are making more of an effort to create lists of Alaskan authors
and possible venues so that we can expand on our yearly celebration–and
provide more representation for authors and their wonderful books!
We would also
like to remind Alaska Book Week participants that we are incorporating a
YouTube campaign into our yearly celebration.
For questions
or comments, please contact the Alaska Book Week coordinator
at akbookweek@gmail.com.
We look
forward to hearing from you soon!
Alaska Women Speak is searching for a
volunteer interested in serving as the new layout editor! The position
requires a familiarity with Adobe InDesign.  If this might be you, please
contact:
alaskawomenspeak@yahoo.com
49
Writers Volunteer Seta
EVENTS
IN ANCHORAGE
Annual
Great Alaska Book Fair,
sponsored in part by The Mall at Sears and Anchorage
Public Library, will be hosted by Publication Consultants, in association with
Alaska Book Week, Saturday October 10,
from 10 AM to 6 PM. Tables will
be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. Authors are responsible
for their own sales. There will not be a central check out register. There
is a charge of $50 per table, which authors may share if they’d like. The
book fair is held the same day the mall is featuring their annual sidewalk
sale. High traffic is expected.
For
questions or to sign up please go to 
http://bit.ly/1JbAN8H.
Renowned
poet and scholar Bob Holman will begin the fall season on
October 15 at 7pm at
the Great Harvest Bread Company
with Bob
Holman Answers All Your Questions About Orality, Endangered Languages, and the
Mediaization of Poetry…  
 
Events
at the UAA Bookstore
Saturday, October 10 from 1:00pm-3:00pm at the
UAA/APU Consortium Library, room 307
Lithuanian
Poet Judita Vaiciunaite
, with Svaja Worthington and
Leslie Fried
The
art, life, and times of Lithuanian Poet Judita Vaiciunaite (1937-2001) with be
highlighted at this event with Svaja Worthington and Leslie Fried. Leslie
Fried
is the curator of the Alaska Jewish Museum in Anchorage. Her poems
have appeared in Cirque Literary Journal. Svaja Vansauskas Worthington
called Alaska home for the past 40 years. In 2013, she was named the Honorary
Consul from the State of Alaska to the Republic of Lithuania. Her
translations of 2 poems by Judita Vaiciunaite appeared in Cirque Literary
Journal Vol. 6, no. 2.
This
event is sponsored by the UAA Campus Bookstore and is held at UAA/APU
Consortium Library, in room 307. There is free parking at UAA on Saturdays
. 
Monday,
October 12
at  6:30 PM at UAA Wendy Williamson
Auditorium (Lake Otis & Providence Drive)
Beyond
Limits Community Tour with Bonner Paddock, author of One More Step
. The
Arc of Anchorage is proud to present Bonner Paddock ­–the first person
with Cerebral Palsy to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and complete the IRONMAN Kona
challenge in Hawaii, unassisted. The event is FREE and open to the public! This
event, with book signing, is sponsored by  OM Foundation, Young’s Market
Company and The Arc of Anchorage, UAA Campus Bookstore.  Event parking is
FREE in the West Lot (directly across the auditorium building.  For more
information, contact Lisa Noland at
lnoland@thearcofanchorage.org or 646-5710.


Tuesday, 
October 13
from 1:00pm-2:00pm at the UAA Engineering
and Industry Building, Express Café, 2nd floor
Tea
and Conversation with Katherine Donahue
author
of  Steaming to the North: The First Summer Cruise of the US Revenue
Cutter Bear, Alaska and Chukotka, Siberia , 1886
Come
welcome guest speaker, author and anthropologist Katherine Donohue at this
informal gathering
Tuesday, October
13
from 5:00pm-7:00pm at the UAA/ APU
Consortium Library, room 307.
Author
Katherine Donahue presents 
Steaming to the North: The First Summer Cruise of the US Revenue
Cutter Bear, Alaska and Chukotka, Siberia , 1886
The
life of Alaska Natives, whalemen
,
and photographs of the last
sail-and-steam whaling ship, the Bear, are highlighted at this event. Katherine
Donahue is professor of Anthropology at Plymouth State University in New
Hampshire. Steaming to the North is published by University of Alaska
Press.
Free
parking for this event in the Library Lot, Library NE Lot , and the East
Garage.
Saturday,
October 17
from 1:00pm-3:00pm at the UAA/APU
Consortium Library, room 307
Professor
Sudarsan Rangarajan presents  French Poets from A Gray Barn Rising.
At this event, French
poets from A Gray Barn Rising—including Francis Ponge and  Robert Desnos
–will be highlighted with Sudarsan Rangarajan.  Sudarsan Rangarajan is
professor of French and Coordinator of the French Program Department of
Languages at UAA.  His areas of interest include twentieth century French
and Québécois literatures, and critical theory. His book, Critical Essays on
Michel Butor’s L’Emploi du Temps
, was published by Peter Lang in 2012.
There
is free parking at UAA on Saturdays
.
All UAA Campus
Bookstore events are informal, free and open to the public. UAA Campus Bookstore podcasts are posted in iTunes or
iTunes U –just search UAA or UAA Campus Bookstore
.    
Local
Library Events
Book
Signings
EVENTS
AROUND ALASKA
SOUTHCENTRAL,
MAT-SU, KENAI PENINSULA
The
next installation of 
The Living Room: Stories for Grownups, will be held Friday, Oct. 9 in the back room at Jitters coffee house in Eagle River. You
will hear stories and poems from people in the community who love all things
literary. The program starts at 7 pm
and is free, with refreshments served afterwards. Come mingle with other
writers and readers. See our Facebook page at: The Living Room. Sign
up to read or just come and listen. For more info, call Monica Devine at
444-4633
SOUTHEAST
Read
Local: An Alaska Book Week Celebration
With local
authors Ernestine Hayes, Carrie Enge, Aleria Jensen and a special announcement
by Alaska Writer Laureate, Frank Soos.
October 10th,
7pm 
at
Coppa (917 Glacier Ave)
 Featuring:
·        
A reception for Ernestine Hayes, author Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native
Memoir
the 2015-16 UAS One Campus, One Book selection.
·        
Author readings by Ernestine Hayes (Blonde Indian), Carrie Enge (Crab
Bait
), Aleria Jensen (“A Soldier’s Station”, 2015 Poems in Place Selection)
and Joan Kane* (Cormorant Hunter’s Wife, Hyperboreal)
·        
Special announcement by Alaska Writer Laureate- Frank Soos, of the title of the
book for the upcoming statewide reading program, Alaska Reads.
·        
Coffee, ice-cream and pastries available for purchase.
·        
Sponsored by UAS One Campus One Book, 49 Writers, Alaska Center for the Book,
Alaska State Library, Anchorage Public Library, the Alaska Quarterly
Review. 
*
Kane and Soos will participate via Google Hangouts.
For
more information visit www.uas.alaska.edu/ocob
INTERIOR
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WRITERS
Looking
for a writer in Juneau who could commit to cover 2-3 days each week
(Monday-Friday) from 4-5:30pm during November’s NaNoWriMo to help give kids
time to write, support and maybe even give some motivation and ideas. The
writer will partner with Jennifer Walker who will be covering the other 2-3
days each week. To meet and plan, please contact her at
paterjen@gmail.com.
The
blog/website 
agingalaskans.info is seeking
fiction and non-fiction submissions to publish as blog postings, newsletter
items, and possibly in other venues such as an electronic compilation of items
from the website. All interested writers are strongly advised to review the
website in detail to get a feel for website which focuses on issues of concern
to Alaskans in their 50s and older. We are interested in:
    short stories
    essays
    book reviews
    poetry
    memoirs
Here
are a few details and caveats.
    We are volunteers, so we
cannot pay for submissions. Ask again when we are rich and famous 🙂
    Subject matter must broadly
fit the theme “aging in Alaska” involving and/or clearly targeting
persons in their 50s and older.
    Submit whatever mix and
number of items you want, but they must not total more than 1,000 words. 
    Do not submit anything else
until we invite you in writing to do so.
    Submissions may have been
published elsewhere (please indicate where), but you must indicate truthfully that
you have all relevant rights to publish the article. We may ask for
documentation.
    Please include a short, one
paragraph bio, and a digital photo of yourself that we will post with your
work.
   
Please send submissions to: ldweiss@agingalaskans.info  and expect a response within weeks.
CONFERENCES,
AWARDS, RETREATS & RESIDENCIES
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
October 15,
2015                                November
13, 2015
January 18,
2016                                February
25, 2016
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
The
2016 Governor’s Awards
 ceremony will be held in Juneau on Thursday,
January 28th
. We will also continue the tradition of scheduling CHAMP Day
(Culture, Humanities, Arts & Museums Partners), a legislative fly-in day,
on Wednesday, January 27th. Please start brainstorming ideas
for nominees and consider submitting a nomination! The nomination process will
open in August. This year’s Arts categories will be: Margaret Nick
Cooke Award for Alaska Native Arts & Languages, Business Leadership, Arts
Advocacy and Individual Artist. A list of previous awardees can be found
at 
https://education.alaska.gov/aksca/pdf/Past_Recipients_GAAH.pdf.
2016
Statewide Arts and Culture Conference
 will take place in Anchorage, Thursday, April 28th through Saturday,
April 30th
. We are in the process of exploring compelling themes, topics
and national speakers for the convening. Like our last conference, we will be
engaging Alaskan artists in the planning and production of the event. Be on the
lookout for the opportunity to apply to be a conference Partner Artist, which
will open in the fall. If you have any ideas to share with us, please send them
our way by emailing 
aksca.info@alaska.gov
Poetry
Out Loud
 registration
deadline for schools is October 15, 2015
Click here to
hear from the 2015 National Poetry Out Loud Champion from Alaska, Maeva
Ordaz. 
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.
Alaska Women Speak is now accepting
submissions for the Winter 2015 issue.  The upcoming theme is
“Talking over Coffee (or Tea).”  Submissions are due November
15th.
Write to Publish, in partnership with the
Timberline Review and Cirque, offer a flash fiction contest and a Pacific
Northwest poetry contest this year. Submissions
open September 8 and close October 30, 2015. Entries for the
Pacific Northwest poetry contest may be original, unpublished works up to 40
lines and should be centered on a Pacific Northwest theme. Entries for the
flash fiction contest must be 700 words or fewer, original, unpublished, and
double spaced. Winners will be notified the first week of December and will win
a cash prize of $100, a reading at the conference and publication in Timberline
Review for poetry and Cirque for flash fiction.
The
contest fee is $10, and only one story or poem may be submitted per person, per
contest. Please send submissions via email to
w2p@ooliganpress.pdx.edu with “Flash Fiction Contest Submission” or “PNW
Poetry Contest Submission” as the subject line.
For
more detailed information about the contests, the conference, or to purchase
tickets, visit
http://ooligan.pdx.edu/writetopublish/.
Alderworks Alaska
Writers
and Artists Retreat
will be accepting residency applications
November 15,
2015 – January15, 2016
. For more information visit http://alderworksalaska.com
The Alaska Quarterly
Review

will
publish Sparks: A Conversation in
Poems and Paintings
in its entirety in the May 2016 issue. You
can see, in order, each of Peggy Shumaker’s poems and each of 
Kesler Woodward‘s paintings from their
year-long collaboration.  
Your
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people receive these newsletters. Many of them are members of 49 Writers,
knowing that their membership helps support all of the workshops, author tours,
CrossCurrents events, readings, blog posts, and craft talks. Won’t you join
them by becoming a member? October is our annual membership and donation
campaign; we hope you’ll consider becoming an active part of the 49 Writers
family.
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news or events you’d like to see listed here? Email details to 49roundup (at)
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