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We are so excited to be launching our third annual Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant cycle! These $500 grants are for people with firsthand wildland fire experience to tell the story of fire in creative ways. Applications open April 1-16: shorturl.at/swyIL

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Introducing the last of our 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winners, Kate Averett (IG: @kateave)! Kate was selected in the writing category and is one of our US winners. Find out more about her project at wildfire-experience.org

@k8hutton Here is a great personal account written/read to us by a former Missoula Smokejumper we interviewed in 2015. He was part of an actual experimental water bombing project in 1947: vimeo.com/180338235. 😆He's in his 90s now and still calls us every year to share fire stories.

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Riva Duncan (IG: @firechik)! Riva was selected in the writing category and is one of our US winners. Her project is: One Foot in the Office. Learn more about Riva's project at Wildfire-Experience.org.

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Leum Elvins (IG: @leumelvins)! Leum was selected in the videography category and is one of our Canadian winners. His project title is: Life after Fire. Find out more at wildfire-experience.org

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant winner Warren Frey (IG:@firerescuetasmania)! Warren was selected in the photography category and is one of our international winners in Australia. His project is "Women of Fire" Learn more at wildfire-experience.org

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Martin Greenwood (IG: @martincgreenwood)! Martin was selected in the videography category and is one of our international winners in Australia. Here is one of his past videos: youtu.be/rOIHQO73zuU.

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Julian Hockley (IG: @jhockley1)! Julian was selected in the photography/Writing category and is one of our Canadian winners. His project is titled: The Glue. Learn more at wildfire-experience.org

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Jonathan Kirshner (IG: @meatandpotatoes)! Jonathan was selected in the photography category & is from the US. Project title: Wildfire Culture in a Dynamic Environment. Learn more at wildfire-experience.org

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Iain McMillan (@iain.gm)! Iain was selected in the photography category and is one of our Canadian winners. His project title is: Understanding Smokejumping. Learn more at wildfire-experience.org.

We are honoured to receive this award for our short film on Indigenous fire management!

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Jake Murie (IG: @ jake.murie). Jake was selected in the photography category and is one of our US winners. His project is titled, 2020: A Fire Season. Find out more at wildfire-experience.org

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Joshua Neufeld/Gathering Voices Society (@gatheringvoicessociety)! Joshua Neufeld/Gathering Voices Society was selected in the videography category and is one of our Canadian winners. vimeo.com/377626207

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner António Carlos da Cruz Patrão! António was selected in the videography category and is one of our international winners in Portugal. His project is called, "Açor Fire Voices." vimeo.com/420867341?ref=…

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Patrick Ryan (@patrickryanimages)! Patrick was selected in the photography category & is one of our international winners in S. Africa. His project title is: The Line. Learn more at Wildfire-Experience.org

Learn more about Justin's project at Wildfire-Experience.org.

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner Justin Sullivan (IG: @justin_sullivanza)! Justin was selected in the Photography/Videography category and is one of our international winners in South Africa. His project topic is Ongoing Wildfire Awareness.

“I do it for the human culture as well as for the agriculture, to bring together food production work with social gathering, ritualized or repeated activity, memory construct, and a plain old good time with friends..” atlasobscura.com/articles/why-d…

Introducing 2020 Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant Winner, Blake Toth (IG: @blaketoth & @veteransinfire)! Blake was selected in the Photography/Writing category & is one of our US winners - his project is about Veterans In Fire. Learn more at Wildfire-Experience.org.