WRITING PRIZE:
Youth wrote on
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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.
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