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Tenakee Writers Retreat

August 9-14, 2025
with Heather Lende

Write in Tenakee Springs Alaska with the 2020=-2024 Alaska Writer Laureate and much loved author of 'If You Lived Here I'd Know You Name', 'Take Good Care Of The Garden And The Dogs', 

 

You will have an all-inclusive experience in this remote island town with under 200 residents. Tenakee Springs is located in the heart of the Tongass National Rainforest, along Alaska's pristine Inside Passage and off the normal cruise ship routes. This is a perfect location for creative writing, community retreat experiences and refreshment in the wilderness.

Travel from Juneau, Alaska to Tenakee Springs, Alaska by float plane or state ferry! 


Limited to 12 Writers. 

We offer a 20% discount for members of 49 Writers. 

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Upcoming Events

  • Weekly Writing Circle
    Weekly Writing Circle
    Join the Weekly Writing Group!
    Mon, Mar 10
    Zoom
    RESTARTS Wednesday Oct. 1! Join Tongass Mist's Ruth Underhill weekly. One RSVP = same link ea. week! 5PM-6PM Alaska Standard Time to for generative writing prompts, write for about 40 minutes together and then spend the last few minutes to share any realizations about your writing process. Welcome!
  • Commit to the Page; A 10 Month Manuscript Revision and Publishing Quest
    Commit to the Page; A 10 Month Manuscript Revision and Publishing Quest
    Sat, Jul 05
    Zoom
    Have you been writing for years? Is your dream to publish? Would you appreciate support in your revision from a caring and competent teacher? We are communal creatures and hope to offer you joy, success and new craft tools through this community! Meets for 10 Months. Also, Sundays; Ruth Underhill!
  • Commit to the Page; A 10 Month Manuscript Revision and Publishing Quest
    Commit to the Page; A 10 Month Manuscript Revision and Publishing Quest
    Sun, Jul 06
    Zoom
    Have you been writing for years? Is your dream to publish? Would you appreciate support in your revision from a caring and competent teacher? We are communal creatures and hope to offer you joy, success and new craft tools through this community! Meets for 10 Months. Also, Saturdays; Sarah Leamy!
  • Embrace the Journey with Kristin Knight Pace
    Embrace the Journey with Kristin Knight Pace
    26 days to the event
    Sun, Oct 19
    Zoom
    Embrace the Journey with Kristin Knight Pace, a 2-hour conversation about the process of revision and editing toward a publishable piece of writing. Most of us don’t get it right on the first try! Learn from one of Alaska's favorite published authors about her firsthand experiences revision.
  • Embodied Writing: A First Draft Practice
    Embodied Writing: A First Draft Practice
    Embodied Writing is Writing Which Connects Us
    27 days to the event
    Mon, Oct 20
    Zoom
    Write what is most true to you and relatable to your readers. Journal and write first drafts of creative nonfiction into the realities of your body. This workshop is perfect for anyone who wish to take their writing to the next level of connection with themselves and their readers. All are welcome!
  • Your Poetic Heart
    Your Poetic Heart
    41 days to the event
    Mon, Nov 03
    Zoomy Zoom!
    This workshop is for poets of all levels.  This workshop is also for non-poets.  This workshop is also for any humans  This workshop is also for dogs who can write.  
  • Commit to the Page; A 10 Month Manuscript Revision and Publishing Quest  (1)
    Commit to the Page; A 10 Month Manuscript Revision and Publishing Quest  (1)
    4 tickets left
    102 days to the event
    Sat, Jan 03
    Zoom
    Have you been writing for years? Is your dream to publish? Would you appreciate support in your revision from a caring and competent teacher? We are communal creatures and hope to offer you joy, success and new craft tools through this community! Meets for 10 Months. Also, Saturdays; Sarah Leamy!
  • Weaving Worlds
    Weaving Worlds
    116 days to the event
    Sat, Jan 17
    Zoom
    Weaving Worlds with Kristin Knight Pace, a 2-hour conversation about weaving nature writing into our personal journeys. Winter is a time for retreat and deep introspection. As Rebecca Solnit wrote, “There are subjects you can better understand through analogy, context and..."
  • Sitka Writers Retreat with John Roedel
    Sitka Writers Retreat with John Roedel
    221 days to the event
    Sat, May 02
    Sitka
    Beloved writer, comic, and teacher John Roedel is our headlining guest at this writers retreat. All are welcome to write. Do you enjoy journaling, writing poetry, publishing in your local newspaper, publishing in literary journals, only publishing for the top five publishers, self publishing? Join!
  • Juneau Writers Retreat with Kristin Knight Pace
    Juneau Writers Retreat with Kristin Knight Pace
    352 days to the event
    Thu, Sep 10
    Juneau
    Join Kristin Knight Pace for three days in beautiful Juneau, Alaska September 2026 at the Shrine of St. Therese. All- Inclusive or Local attendance options available. Write with us!
  • Tongass Mist Pies! in Tenakee Springs, Alaska
    Tongass Mist Pies! in Tenakee Springs, Alaska
    Date and time is TBD
    Tenakee Springs
    Tongass Mist Writing is doing business as Tongass Mist Pies this summer in Tenakee Springs, Alaska! Visit us at the Tenakee Springs Bakery for homemade pies and other good food and company. Register here to be added to our mailing list and get updates about our local and online creative writing!
  • Retreat Attendee Chat
    Retreat Attendee Chat
    Date and time is TBD
    Zoom or Phone
    This is an invitation for retreat attendees. Chat with Tongass Mist Writing's Ruth Underhill about the Sitka Writers Retreat itinerary, packing list, special considerations, travel plans to and from Sitka and make sure you are comfortably prepared for your writing adventure with us this May!
  • C’est La Vie: A Diary & Life Writing Series, The Three P's
    C’est La Vie: A Diary & Life Writing Series, The Three P's
    Tue, Sep 02
    Zoom!
    4 weeks in May. We keep our own diaries, sharing selected entries within a supportive and community-focused space. Each week we focus on different aspects of the diary habit.
  •  Poetics of Sensorium with Basmah Sakrani
     Poetics of Sensorium with Basmah Sakrani
    Sat, Aug 30
    Zoom
    Join Basmah Sakrani! Explore sensory creative writing where we dive deep into the five senses and learn how to use them to craft immersive scenes and unforgettable stories.
  • C’est La Vie: A Diary & Life Writing Series, This Is Not Fiction
    C’est La Vie: A Diary & Life Writing Series, This Is Not Fiction
    Tue, Aug 26
    Zoom!
    4 weeks in May. We keep our own diaries, sharing selected entries within a supportive and community-focused space. Each week we focus on different aspects of the diary habit.
  • In Tenakee, Manuscript Revision with Heather Lende, A Group Conversation
    In Tenakee, Manuscript Revision with Heather Lende, A Group Conversation
    Mon, Aug 25
    Tenakee Springs
    This Manuscript Revision opportunity IN TENAKEE with Heather Lende follows her Micro and Macro Revision Classes with Tongass Mist Writing. Space is limited to only 6 writers who attended the micro and macro revision classes with Heather Lende. Writing Samples will be shared with group.
  • In Tenakee, Micro Revision with Heather Lende
    In Tenakee, Micro Revision with Heather Lende
    Sat, Aug 23
    On Zoom! (Link Will Be Emailed To You)
    We are pleased to offer this micro revision class with Heather Lende for writers IN Tenakee Springs, Alaska. This class will include perspectives on the process of revision on the small scale in your writing. It can be tough to know where to start! Heather's website: https://www.heatherlende.com/
  • In Tenakee, Macro Revision with Heather Lende
    In Tenakee, Macro Revision with Heather Lende
    Sat, Aug 23
    Tenakee Springs
    We are pleased to offer this macrorevision class with Heather Lende IN Tenakee Springs, Alaska. This is not on Zoom.This class will include perspectives on the process of revision on the large scale in your writing. What happens when big pieces shift? Heather's website: https://www.heatherlende.com/
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Molly Barari Ed. D, M.F.A., Rapid City, SD 

As a writer and writing instructor, I have attended numerous online workshops to practice my craft. The workshops I've taken with Tongass Mist are the best of the best - with quality content, insightful discussions, and ample time for writing and reflection. I appreciate that a variety of genres are covered, from memoir to fiction to poetry, and the workshops offer unique takes on these genres. The Tongass Mist writing workshops are the workshops I most prefer to take, and they are the ones I recommend to my students. 
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