Opportunities/Resources

Many people come to AlaskaWriters seeking writers for projects. I'll share the requests here.

Create your home on the Web in 6 Steps with AlaskaWriter LLC

August 23, 2009

AlaskaWriters.com offers Web site templates designed for writers who need a web site designed for writers, but who don’t have the time or money to mess with web design. The sites can be easily updated, by you, anytime you want. A Web site membership or associate membership with AlaskaWriters.com helps writers promote and celebrate their services, stories and books, starting at less than $100 annually. (Compare to $25 and up per month just to get the typical privately owned site hosted.) Already have a site, but want to benefit from our link and promotion? Become a supporting member starting at $60/year.  Follow the link to get started now…

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Where to look for grant-writing resources in Alaska

August 02, 2009

Recent queries from AlaskaWriters correspondents have included an intriguing and quite earnest-sounding call from an Elvis (or Delvis?), seeking a grant-writer to help him secure funds via a nonprofit to send food, clothing and shoes to orphans and the underprivileged in Cameroon. This isn’t the first time I’ve gotten this kind of request.

I wasn’t able to give him a name, but I could provide some suggestions for grant-writing resources in Alaska. With no specific endorsement implied, here are the resources I shared with him…

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Anthology editor seeks “literary snapshots of Alaska”

July 17, 2009

Think you can squeeze Alaska into a nutshell? Anthology editor Michael Engelhard is seeking short prose submissions he calls “micro-narratives”—as well as photos— for an upcoming anthology: Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska. His call for submissions follows…

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Sonya Senkowsky
Author, Alaska Then & Now