By supporting such a significant gathering in the literary arts of over 170 people that has now earned national and state recognition, you and others too numerous to list here have expanded the community's role as a major center of the literary arts in Alaska. You heightened the role of the arts in our local economy and helped strengthen our growing community of local writers and its ties to a more global community by helping provide an opportunity for students, professional writers, literary enthusiasts and aspiring writers to meet with one another and numerous authors to improve their writing skills as well as share the process and art of writing.

Carol Swartz, director

Kachemak Bay Campus