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!”
Category Archives: Chatter
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”
Doubly Resolved
At the end of March, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference brought together close to 14,000 writers in Los Angeles. On that first Thursday evening, close to 80 people gathered to listen to Storyknife alums read from their work and I sat in their midst. Yes, the venue was a little louder thanContinue reading “Doubly Resolved”
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”
Looking forward joyfully. Looking behind joyfully.
Dear Storyknife Community, As the year closes out and the daylight starts to increase, it gives those of us behind the scenes at Storyknife great pleasure to look back joyfully and look forward joyfully. We are so grateful to the 48 amazing women writers who were in residence at Storyknife in 2022. Our lives haveContinue reading “Looking forward joyfully. Looking behind joyfully.”
Summer comes to Storyknife
It is high summer at Storyknife. We’ve hosted three cohorts of women writers, offering the time and space to devote to their writing. That means twenty-one women have slept deeply, watched sunsets, gathered together for dinner conversations and walks, and spent numerous hours putting words on the pages. It also means that there are fourContinue reading “Summer comes to Storyknife”
A Valentine’s Day Surprise!
It’s February at Storyknife and that means snow. Yep, 3 to 5 inches of snow in the forecast today. In fact, we’ve been pretty much snowed in since October 28th when the last bunch of 2021 residents left. It’s almost as if Mother Nature closed the doors and tucked in a fluffy, cold blanket aroundContinue reading “A Valentine’s Day Surprise!”
Share Your Story
Here we are, almost half-way through October. At Storyknife, that means first frost and lots of curious moose. 2020 hasn’t been the year any of us thought it would be. I thought that I’d be telling you of about all of the amazing writers who have been sitting at the desk in the Peggy CabinContinue reading “Share Your Story”
The End of Summer
There’s a new movie adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women coming out in December. (I’ll wait here if you want to go watch the trailer.) Little Women is one of the first books that I read that was written by a woman about women and girls. I loved the book. I took it outContinue reading “The End of Summer”
Eva’s House
Last year Peggy Shumaker and Joe Usibelli came to us and said they wanted to name Storyknife’s main house for Eva Saulitis, teacher, poet and their friend, who died earlier that year. For every dollar donated toward the main house they would match it with two of theirs. This month we received a donation fromContinue reading “Eva’s House”
Storyknife Writers Retreat 