As we head into the holiday season, we’re excited to share two wonderful ways you can find meaningful gifts for the readers and writers in your life and support Storyknife. ✨ Browse our Storyknife Book List on Bookshop.orgWe’ve curated a special Storyknife book list filled with powerful reads by the women writers who’ve had residenciesContinue reading “Give a Gift from Storyknife This Holiday Season (for yourself is okay, too) 🎁📚”
Author Archives: Erin at Storyknife
Last Week Reminded Me Why Storyknife Exists
This note will break all the rules of the end-of-year fundraising. It’ll be too long and too personal. But as we enter into a season that is centered on gratitude, I find myself wanting to tell you about how that manifests for me and Storyknife. This past week, the person who holds the highest officeContinue reading “Last Week Reminded Me Why Storyknife Exists”
With Gratitude: Storyknife Founder Steps Into a New Chapter
Storyknife Writers Retreat announces that Dana Stabenow is transitioning from Board President to take on a leadership role on the Storyknife Endowment Committee. Dana is the founder of Storyknife Writers Retreat, established in 2014 and one of only two women’s writing retreats in the United States. At the end of the 2025 and after fiveContinue reading “With Gratitude: Storyknife Founder Steps Into a New Chapter”
2025 Writers in Residence at Storyknife – Celebration!
Fifty women writers spent two to four weeks at Storyknife this year, and we sure do miss each one of them! They came from as far away as Toronto, Ontario and as close as Haines, Alaska (which is not very close if you drive like Shannon did). 28% wrote fiction, 26% wrote creative non-fiction, 26%Continue reading “2025 Writers in Residence at Storyknife – Celebration!”
Yoga Nidra for Creativity Class
On October 23, 5:30-6:30pm at Dharmic Spruce Studio (1044 E End Rd) This is an IN PERSON ONLY class. Free to those registered. Registration below. Nidra, which translates as “sleep,” is a guided mindfulness practice meant to induce a state of deep relaxation, a space between sleeping and waking. Our session will involve some gentleContinue reading “Yoga Nidra for Creativity Class”
Coffee Table on KBBI
Listen to the Coffee Table discussion held on August 20th with members of the Storyknife cohort and Executive Director Erin Hollowell. Alisa Alering is the author of the novel “Smothermoss,” (Tin House, 2024) a Shirley Jackson Award finalist that the New York Times Book Review calls “deliciously weird…a compulsive journey through a wild, unknowable landscape andContinue reading “Coffee Table on KBBI”
Live from Storyknife September 2025
‘Pemi Aguda is from Lagos, Nigeria. Her debut collection of stories, Ghostroots, was a finalist for the National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Jennifer Dickinson, a graduate of Hollins University, is a book coach and writing teacher for women. Her fiction has appeared in The Florida Review, Isele Magazine, and elsewhere. Her nonfiction hasContinue reading “Live from Storyknife September 2025”
Live from Storyknife August 2025
Alisa Alering is the author of the novel “Smothermoss,” (Tin House, 2024) a Shirley Jackson Award finalist that the New York Times Book Review calls “deliciously weird…a compulsive journey through a wild, unknowable landscape and the wilder hearts of young girls.” A former librarian and science and technology reporter, they grew up in the AppalachianContinue reading “Live from Storyknife August 2025”
Live from Storyknife July 2025
Caprice Gray is a lifelong New Yorker. She has a a Master of Science from Harvard University and an MFA in Writing from NYU, where she was a Goldwater Fellow. Her work explores themes of Otherness, alienation, and belonging. She has been longlisted for the 2023 First Pages Prize and 2024 Granum Prize, and hails from traditionalContinue reading “Live from Storyknife July 2025”
Live from Storyknife June 2025
Join us on Thursday, June 19 at 6pm Alaska time for Live from Storyknife featuring June’s writers in residence. The session will be live on Zoom and the recording will be posted on this page after the reading. Abegunde is a memory keeper, poet, and ancestral priest. While at Storyknife she is drafting a healingContinue reading “Live from Storyknife June 2025”
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