Please register to join us on Zoom on Thursday, June 18 at 6pm Alaska Time for June’s Live from Storyknife event. Participants will read from their current work. A recording of the event will be available from this page afterwards. Kai Coggin is the Inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Hot Springs, AR, andContinue reading “Live from Storyknife June 2026”
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Literary Arts Fund Grant Announcement
Storyknife is proud to announce that we’re a 2026 general operating grant recipient of the Literary Arts Fund. The Literary Arts Fund announced today $7.7 million in inaugural unrestricted general operating grants to 40 literary arts organizations and publishers spanning 19 states, from Alaska to Florida, that help champion writers and reading, and the essentialContinue reading “Literary Arts Fund Grant Announcement”
Live from Storyknife May 2026
Please register to join us on Zoom on Thursday, May 21 at 6pm Alaska Time for May’s Live from Storyknife event. Participants will read from their current work. A recording of the event will be available from this page afterwards. Marianne Manzler is a Filipina-American writer, educator, and editor from Cincinnati. Her memoir explores beginningsContinue reading “Live from Storyknife May 2026”
Live from Storyknife April 2026
Yvette DeChavez was born and raised in San Antonio and earned a PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin. Her writing can be found in American Short Fiction, Colorado Review, Passages North, and elsewhere. She is this year’s Rona Jaffe Fellow for Storyknife. Beste Filiz was born in Istanbul, Türkiye. She became a child asylumContinue reading “Live from Storyknife April 2026”
And they’re off! Storyknife Residency Season is Open!
We couldn’t wait for April to shout about our excitement! Sure, it’s a lot warmer at the end of March than the beginning (still below freezing at night though), but what we’re really excited about is that the writers are coming back. Tomorrow starts the residency season and we can’t wait to welcome the writersContinue reading “And they’re off! Storyknife Residency Season is Open!”
Preparing for the 2026 Writers in Residence!
Homer has been in the grip of an unusually long cold snap—longer than I can remember. While I see others sharing photos of blooming daffodils, we’re still navigating ice and frozen gravel. Even so, Maura, Katie, and I are hard at work preparing Storyknife for the first writers arriving on April 1st. Each year, weContinue reading “Preparing for the 2026 Writers in Residence!”
Thank you!
This morning I woke up to the aurora borealis in the morning sky. It was a stunning show, green, white, and red curtains billowing over the stars. It made me grateful to live in Alaska and to be able to share this place with so many women writers. And grateful to all of the peopleContinue reading “Thank you!”
Honoring Nancy Nordhoff
Last week, a bright light left the world. Nancy Nordhoff, one of Hedgebrook’s founders and amazing visionary and philanthropist passed away surrounded by her wife Lynn Hays and her family and friends. Storyknife is one of the seeds that Nancy helped to nourish. Her friendship and mentorship of Storyknife’s founder Dana Stabenow is one ofContinue reading “Honoring Nancy Nordhoff”
Welcome in the Light!
The last days of 2025 are here. I’d like to take a moment to thank you for your support in all its many forms this year. Some of you have sent lovely emails, some have shared Storyknife’s social media posts, and some have had the ability to send a donation. Because of your generosity StoryknifeContinue reading “Welcome in the Light!”
Happy Holidays! 🌟
Dear Community of Storyknife, Yesterday was the winter solstice, a time that every Alaskan knows deeply in their bones as the return of the light. Of course, it isn’t instant; the nights will continue stretch long and the days will be short, but each day we’ll gain a little more sunshine. This season of yearContinue reading “Happy Holidays! 🌟”
Storyknife Writers Retreat 