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Sitka Writers Retreat
May 29 - June 2, 2025
featuring Amy Butcher & Brendan Jones
Join award-winning authors Amy Butcher and Brendan Jones for an intimate writing retreat in the picturesque island town of Sitka, Alaska to deepen your writing while exploring and experiencing a culturally rich community set against one of the world's last remaining pristine temperate rainforests.
Limited spots available.
We offer a 20% discount for members of 49 Writers.
Upcoming Events
Mon, Mar 10ZoomJoin Tongass Mist Writing's Ruth Underhill EVERY MONDAY. One RSVP = same link ea. week! 11am- Noon 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!
3 days to the eventMon, Jun 09Zoomy Zoom!This poetry reading and conversation with JOHN ROEDEL is for everyone. This is for non-poets. This is also for any humans This workshop is also for dogs who can write.
6 days to the eventThu, Jun 12On Zoom! (Link Will Be Emailed To You)We are pleased to offer this macro revision class with Heather Lende for writers across Alaska and beyond! This class will include perspectives on the process of large scale revisions in your writing. What happens when big pieces shift? Heather's website: https://www.heatherlende.com/
8 days to the eventSat, Jun 14Covid Classroom: Zoom!Five years into the pandemic, what can we learn from the fiction written about COVID?- 11 days to the eventTue, Jun 17On Zoom! (Link Will Be Emailed To You)We are pleased to offer this micro revision class with Heather Lende for writers all across Alaska and beyond! 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/
- 15 days to the eventSat, Jun 21ZoomJoin Ruth Underhill in June for this generative and publishing-focused class for two Saturdays each month. Gain confidence and tools to publish! We will spend Week 1 writing & revising. We will spend Week 2 submitting our writing together to various journals, publications and contests!
- 18 days to the eventTue, Jun 24ZoomThis Manuscript Revision opportunity with Heather Lende follows her Micro and Macro Revision Classes with Tongass Mist Writing. Space is limited to 12 writers who attended the micro and macro revision classes with Heather Lende. Writing Samples will be shared with group.
- 22 days to the eventSat, Jun 28ZoomJoin Ruth Underhill this June, for this generative and publishing-focused class for two Saturdays each month. Gain confidence and tools to publish! We will spend Week 1 writing & revising. We will spend Week 2 submitting our writing together to various journals, publications and contests!
- 29 days to the eventSat, Jul 05ZoomHave 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!
29 days to the eventSat, Jul 05ZoomHave 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!- 41 days to the eventThu, Jul 17Zoom!!On finding your core of creativity and how to tap into the spring within! Writers will leave with shared stories and new ideas on the concepts listed in the full class description.
57 days to the eventSat, Aug 02ZoomJoin this opportunity to 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.
60 days to the eventTue, Aug 05Zoom!This life is elastic, impossibly elastic," writes the poet Maggie Smith. So what does it look like to write through, or in spite of, darkness? We'll take a look at the advice of some writers contemplating that right now. 2 hrs, Generative.
60 days to the eventTue, Aug 05Zoom!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.- 64 days to the eventSat, Aug 09Tenakee SpringsWrite with Heather Lende in beautiful remote Tenakee Springs, Alaska. You will have meals, classes and wilderness excursions with Heather during your time in Tenakee. All-inclusive with meals, private lodging and bicycles provided! Fun Fact: Cars are not allowed in Tenakee Springs, Alaska!
- 67 days to the eventTue, Aug 12Zoom!Writing Intimacy and Sex: This multi-genre class will explore writing about sex and intimacy. In what ways can we embrace the sensuality of our prose, poetry. Can we plunge into the depths of our psyches and stories by writing about topics like sex, sexuality, bodies and intimacy?
- 69 days to the eventThu, Aug 14Zoom!!On finding your core of creativity and how to tap into the spring within! Writers will leave with shared stories and new ideas on the concepts listed in the full class description.
- 74 days to the eventTue, Aug 19Covid Classroom: Zoom!Fiction about Global Shifts: How do writers react to events that move the world? What can we learn from fiction about COVID, September 11th, and Occupy Wall Street? What about Trump Panic Fiction? We'll examine stories, as well as interviews and prompts, to glean lessons about how writers process
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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