The nonprofit organization New Mexico Writers is now offering a scholarship for aspiring New Mexico authors in communities all over the state. Writers from a wide variety of genres including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, and play/screenwriting are encouraged to apply. The funds may be used to support the recipient’s work: research, equipment, travel, writing program […] Read More
New Mexico students in grades 6 through 12 are invited to enter the Aldo Leopold Writing Contest to celebrate Leopold’s land ethic and win a cash prize. The deadline is 11:59pm on Thursday, February 7, and the awards ceremony will be at the first annual Leopold Lecture on Sunday, April 23 at the National Hispanic […] Read More
AUTHOR: LILLIAN GALLOWAY Summer reading for children and teens is a long-held tradition at the Silver City Public Library, but did you know that summer 2015 is the third time that the library is offering summer reading for adults? This is a great opportunity to read works by the presenters who […] Read More
The 2013 Aldo Leopold Writing Contest for New Mexico students grades 6-12 will focus on the topic, “Why is it important to know where your food and energy comes from?” The Bosque School and the Aldo Leopold Centennial Celebration are co-sponsoring the contest. See their announcement here. View and download the entry form: Aldo Leopold […] Read More
We have received exciting news: High Desert Haiku 2013 is now registering poets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/295469 This poetry competition will occur on April 25-27, 2013. Here’s how the organizers describe it: “We will accept 32 registrants for this competition. The tournament is currently structured to be double elimination so you will have at least two opportunities to […] Read More
We respectfully acknowledge that the entirety of southwestern New Mexico is the traditional territory, since time immemorial, of the Chis-Nde, also known as the people of the Chiricahua Apache Nation. The Chiricahua Apache Nation is recognized as a sovereign Native Nation by the United States in the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Friendship of 1 July 1852 (10 Stat. 979) (Treaty of Santa Fe ratified 23 March 1853 and proclaimed by President Franklin Pierce 25 March 1853).