On Monday, November 16, gather at The Speakeasy at Capo’s Deli with local authors and readers to celebrate great stories, shop signed books, and raise a glass! Join us for a bookish party celebrating the fantastic women writers of the DMV and Storyknife Writers Retreat! Based in Homer, Alaska, Storyknife gives women writers the time,Continue reading “DC Women Writers & Storyknife: Reading, Book Market & Mixer – on November 16”
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Live from Storyknife October 2026
Melanie S. Hatter is the author of Malawi’s Sisters; The Color of My Soul; and Let No One Weep for Me, Stories of Love and Loss. Her forthcoming novel All the Pain We Endure will be released by 1455 Press in November 2026. Natasha Somji’s (she/her) work centers around the infinite ways we are grievingContinue reading “Live from Storyknife October 2026”
Ten Years at Storyknife!
Ten years ago, the very first writer was halfway through her stay at Storyknife. Kim Steutermann Rogers was cozy in the Fredrica Cabin, right next to founder Dana Stabenow’s home. Kim was the perfect person to be Storyknife’s first writer in residence: kind, lovely, outgoing, and completely comfortable being on her own in a littleContinue reading “Ten Years at Storyknife!”
Live from Storyknife September 2026
Please register to join us on Zoom on Thursday, September 17 at 6pm Alaska Time for September’s Live from Storyknife event. Participants will read from their current work. A recording of the event will be available from this page afterwards. Maureen Bhutong Boyd holds an MFA from Pacific University. Her nonfiction is an Editor’s Pick forContinue reading “Live from Storyknife September 2026”
Opportunities to hear the August writers in residence read
Please register to join us on Zoom on Thursday, August 20 at 6pm Alaska Time for August’s Live from Storyknife event. Participants will read from their current work. A recording of the event will be available from this page afterwards. Rhoni’s Blankenhorn’s poems have appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Slowdown, AsianContinue reading “Opportunities to hear the August writers in residence read”
Storyknife Application and Residency Information Session
Both sessions now full! Please check back on this page or the How to Apply page for recordings of the sessions after they take place. Join us for the second session on Monday, July 27, from 10:00–11:30am AKDT (11:00am PDT, 12:00pm MST, 1:00pm CST, and 2:00pm EST), join us on Zoom for an information sessionContinue reading “Storyknife Application and Residency Information Session”
Live from Storyknife July 2026
Please register to join us on Zoom on Thursday, July 16 at 6pm Alaska Time for July’s Live from Storyknife event. Participants will read from their current work. A recording of the event will be available from this page afterwards. Laura Maria Censabella’s play Carla Cooks The War won the Saroyan/Paul Human Rights Playwriting Prize.Continue reading “Live from Storyknife July 2026”
Live from Storyknife June 2026
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”
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”
