Contributed imageCMarie Fuhrman

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WALLOWA COUNTY — Fishtrap is inviting writers to “pick your wilderness writing adventure” by registering now for its Outpost workshops planned for 2022.

There are two — the first, in June, is on the Zumwalt Prairie, and the second is in Hells Canyon in September. Fishtrap describes these workshops as “time to explore a remote, natural environment as a way to find solitude, connect to the landscape in a meaningful way, and write about your experience.”

Registration for each week-long experience includes writing instruction, meals and camping. Visit www.fishtrap.org/outpost for full details.

Outpost on the Zumwalt Prairie

June 20-25, 2022

CMarie Fuhrman is the instructor for the June experience, which takes place on The Nature Conservancy Zumwalt Prairie Preserve — a 33,000-acre grassland in rural Wallowa County. The theme is “I Come Into the Peace of Wild Things.” Registration is is $1,195.

Fuhrman is the author of “Camped Beneath the Dam: Poems” and co-editor of “Native Voices.” She has published poetry and nonfiction in multiple journals including Emergence Magazine, Yellow Medicine Review, Cutthroat — a Journal of the Arts, Whitefish Review and Poetry Northwest, as well as several anthologies. She teaches in the low residency MFA Program at Western Colorado University and is the 2021-2023 Idaho Writer in Residence. She lives in the mountains of west-central Idaho. Learn more at www.cmariefuhrman.com.

Outpost on the Snake River in Hells Canyon

Sept. 3-8, 2022

Joe Wilkins is the instructor for the September experience, which includes rafting through Hells Canyon with Winding Waters River Expeditions. The theme is “Lessons Along the River: Attention, Language, Story.” Registration is is $1,995.

Wilkins is the author of “Fall Back Down When I Die,” a novel praised as “remarkable and unforgettable” in a starred review at Booklist. A finalist for the First Novel Award from the Center for Fiction and the Pacific Northwest Book Award, “Fall Back Down When I Die” won the 2020 High Plains Book Award. Wilkins is also the author of a memoir, “The Mountain and the Fathers,” winner of a 2014 GLCA New Writers Award, and four collections of poetry, including “Thieve” and “When We Were Birds,” winner of the Oregon Book Award. Born and raised in Eastern Montana, Wilkins lives with his family in the foothills of the Coast Range of Oregon, where he directs the creative writing program at Linfield University. Find out more by visiting www.joewilkins.org.