There is a lot of good writing out on the web—and a lot of great writing happening here in Alaska. We hope you enjoy the following links:
Alaska Quarterly Review is one of America's premiere literary magazines and a source of powerful, new voices. It is published twice a year by the University of Alaska Anchorage. Recent work from AQR has been selected for The Best American Essays, The Best American Poetry, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, The Pushcart Prize: The Best of the Small Presses and The Beacon Best: Creative Writing by Women and Men of All Colors.
http://aqr.uaa.alaska.edu/
Ice-Floe: International Poetry of the Far North. Poems by writers living above 60 degrees N—including Russia, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Alaska, Sweden, Greenland, and Arctic Canada. This unique perspective on northern culture is published twice-yearly, on the summer and winter solstice.
www.icefloepress.org
LitSite Alaska is a Web community promoting literacy, cultural diversity, and well-being throughout Alaska. A gathering place for families, communities and teachers, LitSite Alaska features narratives illustrating many cultural aspects of life in Alaska. As an on-line learning tool, LitSite Alaska showcases a living archive of lesson plans used in Alaskan classrooms and an extensive collection of excellent peer work by Alaskan students.
http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/
Poetry Daily: New poems every day from the nation's top literary journals and presses.
http://www.poems.com
Writing Rendezvous: This statewide gathering has grown into the largest writers' conference of its kind in Alaska. In partnership with the University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Creative Writing and Literary Arts, the conference hosts distinguished authors from the Lower 48 -- as well as Alaska authors -- who share their talent and wisdom with aspiring writers. The workshop format offers inspiration for and lessons on the craft of writing. Writing Rendezvous takes place in spring of each year in Anchorage.
http://www.alaskacenterforthebook.org