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"Bread for all and Roses, too!" —from a speech given by suffrage activist Helen Todd.

 

 

Soapstone's Bread and Roses Award

ELLEN WATERSTON will be given the Soapstone Bread and Roses Award on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2024.

The Soapstone Bread and Roses Award honors a woman whose work has sustained the writing community. Ellen Waterston is being honored for her work creating a vibrant literary life east of the Cascades; she created unique and important events; focused attention on the literature of the High Desert, mentored numerous writers, while writing poetry and nonfiction works that have become an essential part of the literature of Oregon and the West.

The award includes $1500, a bouquet of roses, and a luncheon with the Soapstone Board.

You can download a PDF with full information about Ellen Waterston

Previous recipients

2023: Eleanor Berry
PDF with full information about the 2023 awardee.
Interview with Eleanor Berry by Amy Leona Havin, Artswatch, March 22, 2023

2022: Carla Perry
PDF with full information about the 2022 awardee.
Interview with Carla Perry by Amy Leona Havin, Artswatch, March 9, 2022

One Woman, One Vote and Maureen Michelson
PDF with full information about the 2021 awardee.
Interview with Maureen Michelson by Amy Leona Havin, Artswatch, March 4, 2021

2020: Leanne Grabel
PDF with full information about the 2020 awardee.
Interview with Leanne Grabel with Bob Hicks, Artswatch, February 20, 2020

2019: Barbara LaMorticella
PDF with full information about the 2019 awardee.
Interview with Barbara LaMorticella by Bob Hicks, Artswatch, March 2, 2019