Member Awards and Achievements Rebecca Lawton awarded Waterston Desert Writing Prize September 15, 2015 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email Rebecca Lawton won the 2015 Waterston Desert Writing Prize for her nonfiction work-in-progress, “The Oasis This Time,” which will focus on California fan palm oases and their role as barometers of the effects of falling groundwater levels in communities around the American West.