Evolving the prevailing narrative

Last week I was at the Artist Communities Alliance Evolving Programs Conference. I was also working in the evening to send out all of the 2025 application notifications for Storyknife. (If you applied and didn’t receive an email from me, please just send me a note and we’ll see where your notification went astray.) ItContinue reading “Evolving the prevailing narrative”

Live from Storyknife October

Join us on Thursday, October 17 at 6pm Alaska time for Live from Storyknife featuring September’s writers in residence. The session will be live on Zoom and the recording will be posted on this page after the reading. Alisha Acquaye is a Black queer writer, workshop facilitator and self portrait artist born and raised inContinue reading “Live from Storyknife October”

Exciting News!

$50,000 challenge grant  A coalition of long-time supporters of Storyknife has offered a challenge. If we can raise $50,000 by December 31st, they will donate an additional $50,000 in funds. Help Storyknife unlock this challenge and make a difference in the lives of women writers. According to Women and Girls Philanthropy Index, women’s and girls’Continue reading “Exciting News!”

Welcoming in autumn at Storyknife

This week, the sandhill cranes have been making their test flights over Storyknife. First, we hear them far in the distance and then great squadrons mass over the water and fly toward the south. Any day now, we’ll see them leave for the winter and an important threshold for the autumn will be crossed. InContinue reading “Welcoming in autumn at Storyknife”

Live from Storyknife September

Join us on Thursday, September 19 at 6pm Alaska time for Live from Storyknife featuring September’s writers in residence. The session will be live on Zoom and the recording will be posted on this page after the reading Arumandhira is a queer Blasian poet, musician, and creative marketer born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia (now survivingContinue reading “Live from Storyknife September”

All that August Brings

Hello from Storyknife! The fireweed is blossoming closer to the top which every Alaskan will tell you means that autumn is coming soon. At Storyknife we have a few other indicators (other than the waning daylight). The first and most time-sensitive reminder that August waits for no one – the 2025 application period is openContinue reading “All that August Brings”

Live from Storyknife August

DATE CHANGE!Join us on Wednesday, August 21 at 6pm Alaska time for Live from Storyknife featuring August’s writers in residence. The session will be live on Zoom and the recording will be posted on this page after the reading. Rachel Blume is a mom and writer from the Texas Gulf Coast pursuing her MFA inContinue reading “Live from Storyknife August”

July at Storyknife

It’s mid-July at Storyknife. This means that everything is very very green and the fireweed is fixing to bloom at any moment. It also means that we’re very very busy. First of all, the application period is open for the 2025 residency season. In a separate email, I’ll explain how the adjudication process works whichContinue reading “July at Storyknife”

Live from Storyknife July

Join us on Thursday, July 18 at 6pm Alaska time for Live from Storyknife featuring July’s writers in residence. The session will be live on Zoom and the recording will be posted on this page after the reading. A Chicanx writer and educator, Dr. Victoria Bañales is the founder and editor of Journal X, a social justiceContinue reading “Live from Storyknife July”

New Publications by Alums!

Jasmine An: “Epithalamion for the Yellow Woman (For Myself),” Michigan Quarterly Review, Issue 62.4, Fall 2023 (online here December 2023). Heather Aruffo: “Adalimumab”, Alaska Quarterly Review, Vol 40 1&2, 2024. Melissa Bennett: “Sema,”  Oregon Humanities, January 19, 2024. https://oregonhumanities.org/rll/beyond-the-margins/sema/ Sandra Beasley: “To Catch a Sunset,” The American Scholar, Summer 2024, June 3, 2024. Jan Beatty: “Nothing is a Body,” The Atlantic, MayContinue reading “New Publications by Alums!”