Join us for the 2nd Annual Prairie Songs!

Join us for Missoula’s biggest environmental writing event of the year. The 2nd annual Prairie Songs at the Top Hat Lounge will showcase some of the best writers in the West, along with acoustic music from members of the Wartime Blues. An event organized by Camas Environmental Literary Magazine. 

More about the Readers: 

-- David James Duncan: The River W, The Brother’s K. Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Award, New York Times Notable Book Recipient. 

-- William DeBuys – Pulitizer-Prize nominated writer from New Mexico. Author of several books, including his newest, The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures. 

-- Annick Smith – Long-standing name in Montana literary community. Her work has been featured in Outside, National Geographic Explorer, Audobon, etc. Partnered with William Kittredge. 

-- Bryce Andrews – Winner of 2015 Barnes and Noble Discover Award. Rancher and writer and EVST alum. 

-- Amy Ratto-Parks – Winner of Merriam-Frontier Award, nominated for 2006 Pushcart Prize, professor at the University of Montana. 

-- Melissa Mylchreest - Prominent local writer. 2014 poetry collection Waking the Bones won the Dorothy Brunsman Award. Published in High Country News, High Desert Journal, and many others. EVST and MFA alum.