CURRENT Events and Workshops
Ellen Waterston reading at the launch of Via Lactea, A Woman of a Certain Age Walks the Camino
August 8-11, 2024. Lost in Place Annual Writing Intensive.
Co-sponsored by the High Desert Museum and Writing Ranch.
Registration opens June 2024 on the High Desert Museum website.
The long weekend (Thursday - Sunday) features writing workshops led by Ellen Waterston and field trips led by naturalist and High Desert Museum Curator of Wildlife Jon Nelson, and noted archaeologist Dennis Jenkins, director of the Field School for the Museum of Natural and Cultural History Museum/University of Oregon. Writers will stay at The Lodge at Summer Lake, providing convenient access to the Summer Lake Wildlife Area. For more information email the Writing Ranch.
PLan now for
“Writing Down the Baja” 2025
fourteenth annual creative writing retreat
February 15-23
Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico
When you join “Writing Down the Baja” you will enjoy seven full days of workshops and writing for the 2025 creative writing retreat. Join award-winning author Ellen Waterston for a generative week of writing that explores the intersection of poetry and prose, fiction and nonfiction and will encourage experimentation with language, format and genre. Reserve now for “Writing Down the Baja 2025” at the Serendipity oceanside boutique hotel, celebrating the 14th year of Todos Santos’ longest-running creative writing workshop. Limited to 12 participants.
Please direct all questions concerning Writing Down the Baja, as well as lodging questions, to info@writingranch.com.
Waterston Desert Writing Prize
2024 10th Anniversary Awards
September 26, 2024
High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon
Submissions for the 2024 Waterston Desert Writing Prize will be accepted by the High Desert Museum through May 1, 2024. For more details and to submit, visit the Museum’s website.
The 2024 guest judge will be actor Sam Waterston, renowned actor and brother of Prize founder Ellen Waterston. Sam Waterston will announce the 2024 winner and address attendees during the Waterston Desert Writing Prize ceremonies alongside the 2024 Prize winner and the 2024 keynote speaker, Tucker Malarkey, who will attend in person.
Lost in Place Nature Writing Retreat
August 8-11, 2024 (Tentative Date)
Details soon!