High desert writer Ellen Waterston has published four poetry and three literary nonfiction titles, including, most recently, Walking the High Desert: Encounters with Rural America Along the Oregon Desert Trail, University of Washington Press, 2020. Hotel Domilocos, Moonglade Press, 2017 is her most recent collection of poetry. She adapted her verse novel, Vía Láctea, to a libretto that premiered in 2016 as a full-length opera and is slated for a second staging in 2021. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and she is twice a WILLA Award Winner in Poetry and the winner of the Obsidian Prize in Poetry. Prose titles include Where the Crooked River Rises, a collection of Waterston’s award-winning essays, and a memoir, Then There Was No Mountain. She is sought-after as a speaker and creative writing instructor. A strong champion of the literary arts, she founded and for over a decade directed The Nature of Words, a literary nonprofit. She is the founder and president of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, awarded annually to nonfiction projects concerning deserts, and founded the Writing Ranch in 2000, specializing in writing workshops and retreats. In recognition of her achievements as an author and literary arts advocacy, she received an honorary Ph.D. in Humane Letters from Oregon State University Cascades. Other awards include a WILLA and Foreword finalist in literary nonfiction, two-time WILLA Award Winner in Poetry and the winner of the Obsidian Prize in Poetry. She is based in Bend, Oregon. https://www.writingranch.com/
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Waterston Desert Writing Prize: www.waterstondesertwritingprize.org
Walking the High Desert, Encounters with Rural America along the Oregon Desert Trail, University of Washington Press, June, 2020
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