Announcing the Sacred Advocacy Fellowship

Announcing the Sacred Advocacy Fellowship

We are proud to announce a new fellowship at the Mesa Refuge: the Toby Symington Sacred Advocacy Fellowship! This fellowship supports writers who are advocates of truth and equity—who feel a deep connection with the sacred and who apply the wisdom at the core of the...
Tannenbaum Fellow in Residence this Summer

Tannenbaum Fellow in Residence this Summer

Tannenbaum Fellow in Residence this Summer This summer, we welcomed back our third Judith Tannenbaum Teaching Artist Fellow at the Mesa Refuge: Duane Horton. Duane is a queer, Black educator and writer who teaches fantasy and science fiction writing for LGBTQ+...
This Week, Meet Our Founder, Peter Barnes

This Week, Meet Our Founder, Peter Barnes

Our planet, our democracy and our society are all teetering on edges. In such a world, we more than ever need refuges for sanity and hope, retreats from which ideas and words can ripple out and change the world.

This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Lisa Morehouse

This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Lisa Morehouse

Spring Campaign for Writers at the Edge This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Lisa Morehouse “The folks at Mesa Refuge took a chance on me. When I applied for the residency, I was early in my career as a public radio journalist. The team didn’t balk at the idea of a radio...
This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Alex Park

This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Alex Park

Spring Campaign for Writers at the Edge This week, meet Mesa Refuge Alum Alex Park “When I applied to the Mesa Refuge, it had only just occurred to me that I was writing a book. In those early days of the project, I was elated at times, just knowing that I’d found...