Storytelling by the River
Storytelling by the River will be held Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 6:30pm.
Grab your camp chair or blanket and sit alongside the fire outside of Recapture Lodge where we will gather to listen to readings by 2026 Ellen Meloy for Desert Writers Award Winner, Morgan Sjogren along with a host of other local and regional writers.
Please note: Due to damage sustained during flash flooding in June 2024, we can no longer gather in our usual spot along the banks of the San Juan River. A big THANK YOU to the Recapture Lodge for accommodating us in a beautiful setting alongside a roaring fire.
Morgan Sjogren 2026 Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers Award Winner
Morgan Sjogren is an award-winning author and journalist. An intrepid explorer, she writes about Western lands and water through a lens of history, culture, science, and adventure. Her latest book, Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon won the 2025 Utah Book Award and Library of Congress “Great Reads” Utah selection.
She is the winner of the 2026 Ellen Meloy Fund Desert Writer’s Award and the 2024 Entrada Institute Writer-in-Residence. These awards support her forthcoming books Riverside: Becoming a Citizen of the Colorado River Watershed (Torrey House Press, 2027) and Desert Maverick: The Life of Archaeologist Ann Axtell Morris (Lyons Press, 2028).
Sjogren’s stories and photographs are published in Adventure Journal, Archaeology Southwest, Arizona Highways, bioGraphic, Patagonia, Reasons to be Cheerful, and Sierra Magazine. Her reporting received a 2022 Water Desk Grant and a 2024 BYU Charles Redd Center Independent Research and Creative Works Award.
Sjogren is the co-founder of Glen Canyon Backcountry Club hiking and backpacking tours. She is based in Southern Utah’s canyon country and migrates seasonally throughout the Colorado River watershed.
Read more on Wild Words (Substack) and Instagram @morgan.sjogren. For speaking and book event inquiries visit MorganSjogren.com.
