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WRITING PRIZE: Youth wrote on 8The Badlands9 Continued from page 18 my thoughts in my head. Then I come back and edit and rearrange things and that often takes longer than the actual writing process.= Lehto submitted her work to the Waterston Prize and was the winning recipient of a $250 scholarship. <I am grateful that people read my piece and it is nice for it to be acknowledged,= Lehto said. Lehto will be attending the University of Oregon in the fall and plans to keep up with their writing over the summer. They run a book and literature club with their literature professor from RPA as well. <He let me create the cur- riculum for this club and I plan on really focusing on becoming an educator,= Lehto said. The Waterston Desert Writing Prize has postponed the annual award reception event due to COVID-19 but expects the event to be held September 10 (see related story below). More informa- tion can be found about all the writing prize winners this year at https://www.water stondesertwritingprize.org/. Wednesday, May 6, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon The Nugget Newspaper Crossword By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service AZ writer wins Waterston Desert Writing Prize H a n n a h H i n d l e y o f Tucson, Arizona, is the win- ner of the 2020 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. Guest judge, noted author Robert Michael Pyle, and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize Board of Directors made the selection last month. Eli Beck, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Leath Tonino, Ferrisburgh,Vermont were Prize finalists. The winner of the Prize9s inaugural student desert writing contest is Al Lehto, a senior at Redmond Proficiency Academy (see related story, page 18). Winners and finalists will be honored and offer read- ings at the annual reception and awards ceremonies at the High Desert Museum, currently scheduled for Thursday, September 10, at 6 p.m. The event was rescheduled from June due to COVID-19-related con- straints. The event will also feature <A Desert Conversation= address- ing this year9s theme of <Climate Change in the Desert.= Featured panelists include Robert Michael Pyle, author of 30 books, includ- ing <Wintergreen,= which won the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing, his first novel, <Magdalena Mountain,= and <Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide,= which has been adapted to a movie titled <The Dark Divide.= Also on the panel, envi- ronmental writer Dahr Jamail is the author of <The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption.= Jamail is a recipient of numerous honors, including the Martha Gellhorn Award for Journalism for his work in Iraq and a 2018 Izzy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Independent Media for his reporting on the Climate Crisis. A third panel mem- ber is pending. Free creative writing workshops led by the panelists precede the eve- ning9s events. Hannah Hindley9s win- ning submission, <Thin Blue Dream,= proposes a collec- tion of interconnected sto- ries that explore the Sonoran Desert9s disappearing water- ways, the fish that used to call them home, and the suc- cesses and complications that come with efforts to help restore depleted tributaries with city effluent. <It9s a strange story of ghost rivers, dead fish, and resilience in the heart of urban spaces in the desert,= Hindley stated Currently completing her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Nonfiction at the University of Arizona, Hindley is also a wilderness guide and naturalist. She will be presented with a $2,500 cash award and a residency at PLAYA in Summer Lake, Oregon, at the Prize9s sixth annual award event. Now in its sixth year, the Waterston Desert Writing Prize awards will again be held at the High Desert Museum. Dana Whitelaw, Executive Director of the M u s e u m , w i l l c o - h o s t the evening with Ellen Waterston, President of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize. The Prize honors cre- ative nonfiction that illus- trates artistic excellence, sen- sitivity to place, and desert literacy, with the desert as both subject and setting. The Prize recognizes the vital role deserts play worldwide in the ecosystem and the human narrative. For more infor- mation about the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, visit www.waterstondesertwriting prize.org , email info@water stondesertwritingprize.org or call 541-480-3933. 19 — Last Week’s Puzzle Solved — This Week’s Crossword Sponsors You still have options if you lose your job We can explain options for your 401(k), including leaving the money in your former plan, moving it to a new employer’s plan, rolling it over to an IRA, or cashing it out subject to tax consequences. 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