February is a changeable month in Homer, Alaska. Some years, very cold and snowy. Other years, mud and freeze/thaw cycle. It’s a hard month to predict. This year, everyone is feeling the raw winds of change. At Storyknife, the winter storms come roaring off Cook Inlet and slam into the little cabins and Eva’s House.Continue reading “The Bitter Winds”
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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!”
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”
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”
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!”
Storyknife Writers Retreat Announces New Partnership
Storyknife Writers Retreat, a nonprofit founded in 2016 and located in Homer, Alaska, hosts residencies for women writers from Alaska, across the United States, and internationally. Storyknife’s mission is to give women writers the time and space to explore their craft without distraction, seeking especially to elevate the work of women from historically excluded communities.Continue reading “Storyknife Writers Retreat Announces New Partnership”
A special message from Storyknife’s Founder Dana Stabenow
Here’s to 2024, a new year of wonderful writers having the time and space to make the world better with their words! Thank you to all of our supporters, our wonderful community of alums, our board, and the staff of Storyknife!
August means that autumn is coming…
The fireweed says that summer is drawing to a close at Storyknife. There are two and a half weeks left to apply for residency at Storyknife. Do you need two or four weeks to devote to your writing? Got a manuscript that needs polishing? A novel idea that you just can’t get your head around?Continue reading “August means that autumn is coming…”
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