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Wednesday, May 8, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon SELL YOUR HOME FASTER! Waterston prize announces winner Nathaniel Brodie of Portland is the winner of the 2019 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. His winning submission, <Borderlands,= is an essay to be included in a literary nonfiction travelogue that will explore the tensions between rigid man-made bor- ders and ever-changing bor- ders in the natural transition zones of the biologically and culturally diverse landscapes known as the Sky Islands or Madrean Archipelago. Borderlands will weave together the stories of the Apache Wars, the current migrant crises, rewilding schemes, the Rosemonte Copper Mine, and the threat- ened freedom of movement of endangered species such as jaguar, ocelot, and Sonoran pronghorn. Brodie will read from his winning submission at the Prize9s annual award event, Wednesday, June 26, at the High Desert Museum. The event is free and open to the public but reservations are necessary. Two writers were named finalists. Summer Hess, Wenatchee, Washington, was recognized for her sub- mission, <Terrae Incognitae Atacama,= a project to con- tinue her research and writing about Chile9s Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world, and its people. Hess9 literary study will examine people and places, and how the remain- ing Atacemenos and their exploited landscape can be supported. Michael Kula, Tacoma, Washington, was named a 39 finalist for his submission, <A Track Alone in the Sand.= He plans to complete field- work in northern Sudan along the Sahara/Nubian desert to develop a creative nonfiction account of the bicycle travels of Kazimierz Nowak from 1931 to 1936 across the des- erts of Africa, as seen through environmental, historical, and cultural lenses. <A Desert Conversation,= preceding the award portion of the evening, seeks to increase the general public9s awareness of the role deserts play in the natural world and in human endeavors. The 2019 program for A Desert Conversation fea- tures Western historian, author and teacher Patty Limerick, Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford, award-winning des- ert writer Bruce Berger, and moderator Ellen Waterston. Three free creative writ- ing workshops will be offered in the afternoon of June 26, also at the High Desert Museum. Workshop lead- ers will be mystery novel- ist James Anderson, Kim Stafford, and poet and author Ellen Waterston. Enrollment is limited and online signup will be available soon on the Museum9s website. To commemorate its fifth year, the Prize is curating an anthology of work from all past and present winners and finalists. The anthology will be available at the June 26 event. For more information about the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, visit www. waterstondesertwritingprize. org. The most important step in a successful marketing campaign is a broker who knows your market. 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