Nature Writing
Forthcoming Essays
Nonfiction: “Perch Fishing & the Boys” Summer 2026
Camp Hiawatha: A Literary Journal ~ Words for the Wild – Print Journal Contest https://vilasavenue.com/camphiawatha/
Published Essays
Nature Writing: “Attributed to the Snakes: An Eco-memoir” March 13, 2026
Morrow Point Magazine: “Creatures of the Night” – Pariahs and What is Hidden
Editors: Tali Himmel Rothstein, Isabel Grey, and Roxanne Skelley
https://morrowpoint.org/2026/03/13/attributed-to-the-snakes-an-eco-memoir/
Article: “A Crane Conversation” and Poem “Migration’s Trilogy”
Bosque Watch: Friends of Bosque del Apache January 2026
National Wildlife Refuge in San Antonio, New Mexico 87832
Editor and Donor Care Manager: Trisha Sánchez
“Nochebuena” December 24, 2025
Mocking Owl Roost – An Art and Literary Magazine https://www.mockingowlroost.com
https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/nochebuena-revelation/
“Site Fidelity as to Querencia, Beach Glass as to Sand” November 2025
Crab Creek Review: Seattle, WA. www.crabcreekreview.org
“Sisyphus and the Piping Plover” November 14, 2025
Hindsight: Changing Skies Journal. Boulder: University of Colorado. Vol. IV. 2025.
Additional Lyric Essays
“My Green View at Vista Verde Trailhead” September 1, 2025
Tales from America's National Parks and Trails. Campfire Stories:
Santa Fe & Taos Edition 2025. www.campfirestoriesbook.com/santa-fe-taos
“Pounding Nails” August 11, 2025
WORDPEACE Journal https://wordpeace.co
10.2 Summer 2025 Issue on “Community and Survival.” Publisher and Founding Editor Lee Desrosiers.
Nonfiction Editor Monica Barron.
https://wordpeace.co/shelli-rottschafer-2/
Calf Canyon Fire: An Autohistoria March 31, 2025
New Mexico Wild www.nmwild.org
https://www.nmwild.org/2025/03/31/calf-canyon-fire-an-autohistoria/
“Fire’s Seasonal Grace” March 19, 2025
Green Fire Times: The Built Environment / Energy March /April Issue, Pp 26-27.
https://www.greenfiretimes.com/_files/ugd/1efec1_4d4b700c1e0742d6a9257a91f9b632d5.pdf
“A Souvenir for Later” December 19, 2025
A Personal Essay published in the “Dispatch” of New Mexico Wild www.nmwild.org
“Sharing Breath in The Spanish Peaks” November 7, 2024
The Green Fire Times Santa Fe, NM. (Pp. 31-32), Nov/Dec Issue https://www.greenfiretimes.com/_files/ugd/1efec1_2fa5e0ca46424c389d786d8dc9ec7caf.pdf
Creative Nonfiction: “Taos: Where the Mountains Meet the Gorge” Sept. 17, 2021
The Manito Trail Blog
Creative Nonfiction: “Thinking Like a Mountain” February 23, 2019
Wanderlust: Journal of Travel Essays
https://wanderlust-journal.com/2019/02/23/thinking-like-a-mountain/