Nov 4, 2024 | Press Releases
Ya aaní káa yaa nas.áx̱ kei nas.áx̱(On this land their stories are sounding off) 15th annual conference to feature more workshops The 15th annual North Words Writers Symposium will welcome Alaskan novelist Eowyn Ivey as its 2025 keynote author. Ivey’s debut novel, The...
Jan 17, 2024 | Press Releases
Ya aaní káa yaa nas.áx̱ kei nas.áx̱(On this land their stories are sounding off) Organizers announce scholarship for Alaska university student The 14th annual North Words Writers Symposium will welcome keynote author JamieFord, the bestselling author of Hotel on the...
Feb 14, 2022 | Press Releases
Lḵoot Ḵwáan has du aaní káx̱ woosh kanax̱ gax̱tuda.áat. Tlax̱ ḵúnáx̱ chʼáakw áwe wé tlʼátk káa yéi has wootee. Yeedát tsú yéi has yatee, ḵa chʼa tleix̱ a káa yéi has gug̱watée. Yá tlʼátk káa áwé has du sh kalneekxʼí kei nas.áx̱. Yá tlʼátk, yá nadaayi héen, ḵa yá Aas...
Aug 23, 2021 | Press Releases
In good conscience, we could not move ahead with the conference starting just 10 days from now. The Delta variant has not made a big dent in Skagway, where we are 85% vaccinated and masking up, but it is here, and worse, it is everywhere on the way here and not...
Mar 15, 2021 | Press Releases
UDATED 3/31/21 The dates for the 12th annual North Words Writers Symposium in Skagway will be Sept. 3-5, 2021. The move from its usual late May dates to Labor Day weekend will enable North Words to be in-person this year. “Our aim is to have a COVID-safe conference...
