Terry Tempest Williams Fellowship for Land and Justice

The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time…

The Terry Tempest Williams Fellowship for Land and Justice was established in 2016 to honor one of our best-known alums. Terry requested that the fellowship focus on both land and justice, supporting the work of  an outstanding writer focusing on our relationship with the natural world. The fellowship is supported by Marion Weber, an anonymous donor and other generous donors.

Terry Tempest Williams was one of the first three writers in residence when the Mesa Refuge opened its doors in 1998. She is a well-known author, conservationist and activist, whose writing is deeply influenced by the American West and particularly the State of Utah where she was born. She has been called a “citizen writer,” who speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance towards life.

In 1991, Williams published a memoir called Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Her writings on ecological and social issues have appeared in the New Yorker, The New York Times and Orion magazine, among others. Her most recent book, The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks was published in 2017 to honor the National Park Services’ centennial year.