All winter long, I’ve been visiting the cabins at Storyknife, checking everything out, and they’ve been very dark, sleepy almost. But now, the rugs have been shaken out, fresh linens put on the beds, every part scrubbed and shined. The crew is back at Storyknife, preparing for the new season of writers that will beginContinue reading “Founder’s Fellowship Challenge”
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Giving to Women’s Organizations
Welcome to the end of February…. Good thing it’s a leap year, because we’re gonna need that extra day to get ready for all of the goodness that’s set to arise from Storyknife this year. I just got back from four days at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference that was held inContinue reading “Giving to Women’s Organizations”
The closing of the season
October is passing so quickly. It’s hard to imagine that right now in the Storyknife cabins are the last of the 2023 writers, working through our first snowfall, watching for moose, marveling at the amazing autumn sunsets. Meanwhile, our incredible team of adjudicators are carefully attending to the 985 applications Storyknife received for the 2024Continue reading “The closing of the season”
The Wonder of June at Storyknife
It’s been a cold spring outside Storyknife, but a warm spring inside. We’ve hosted twenty-two wonderful women writers so far this year. Each month unfolds with delight. The writers relax into the cycle of their time here, creating community around the exquisitely crafted meals, watching the light change over Cook Inlet, spotting sandhill cranes andContinue reading “The Wonder of June at Storyknife”
Upcoming excitement at Storyknife
So many wonderful things happening at Storyknife this summer! We’ve had twenty-eight women writers in residence so far. The cabins and Eva’s House are humming with people hard at work, dreaming new worlds and new words into existence. Each month, Storyknife partners with the 49 Writers, a statewide nonprofit devoted to Alaskan writers, to provideContinue reading “Upcoming excitement at Storyknife”
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”
Autumn at Storyknife and Applications Open
Only one month of residencies remains for the 2021 Storyknife Writers Retreat season. One more month this year for women writers to hunker down in their cabins, watch autumn winds ripple the dry grass in the meadow, and write their hearts out. One more month this year for them to gather in Eva’s House toContinue reading “Autumn at Storyknife and Applications Open”
What’s going on at Storyknife in June!
So far, the month has been gloriously full of women writing, amazing food, and budding community. June has pulled her usual weather shenanigans: brilliant sun, wind, sudden downpours, and yesterday, fog. It is difficult for me to explain to you how much it means to actually be fulfilling the mission of Storyknife. What was theContinue reading “What’s going on at Storyknife in June!”
Open the door….
Last week, I gave a little pep talk about Giving Tuesday. I asked you to think of all the women writers whose books never got published. Heck, those books, plays, poems never even got written, because the laundry needed doing, kids needed feeding. Or worse, women writers were actively prevented from becoming literate. How manyContinue reading “Open the door….”
Thankful
You. We are thankful for you. You, who care about women writers.You, who read women writers and support their work by buying their books and watching their movies and plays.You, women writers who show up to the page with your stories and sculpt them into art.You, contractors, craftsmen, and artists who are making Storyknife aContinue reading “Thankful”
Storyknife Writers Retreat 