Last week, I completed a faculty writing residency at the Carolyn Moore Writers House in Tigard, Oregon. To learn more about the residency, which is the first and only program of its kind to be hosted by a community college in the United States, please click here.
On Friday, March 7th, I will join the Washington Oregon Cascadia Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) as an author presenter. The topic of this year’s Author’s Plenary will be “Intersections and Constellations: On Being Human Now and in the Future” and our conversation will explore humanity, hope, and resilience in the face of climate change. For more information, click here.
In the fall of 2024, I was selected by Linfield University for the Atticus Hotel Artist in Residency program (AH, AiR). Last week I completed my writing residency at Atticus Hotel in McMinnville, Oregon. To learn more about the program, please click here.
My lyric essay, “Build and Carry (Ages 1-18)”, recently appeared in Seneca Review‘s Spring 2024 issue. To learn more about the essays, poetry, and artwork featured in Seneca Review‘s newest issue, please click here.
On April 26th, I will discuss climate fiction and read from my novella From the Caves at Portland Community College. The session will address how creative writing can help us confront difficult topics, discover our thinking, and convey complex emotions. Participants are invited to bring their own climate fiction or environment-focused prose or poetry for an open mic sharing. Click here to learn more.
This Thursday, I am traveling to Seattle to be a guest author at Norwescon 46, a science fiction and fantasy convention. On Friday, March 29th, I will join two panels to discuss world building in fiction writing, and on Saturday, March 30th, I will join a literary panel titled “Uncertain Eco-Futures.” I am also scheduled read from my novella From the Caves. To view my full schedule, please click here.
The first chapter of my novella, From the Caves, recently appeared at Swordfights & Spaceflights. To preview From the Caves, which won the Red Hen Press Novella Award and the INDIES Book of the Year Award for Literature, please click here.
My novella From the Caves was recently a subscriber pick for David Long’s Small Press Report, which includes a roundup of favorite books published by small presses. To read the complete list, please click here.
Thea Prieto 
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