Teton County Resident Miga Rossetti Wins AlpinFilm 2026 Six-Word Love Letter Campaign

JACKSON, Wyo. — Teton County resident Miga Rossetti has been named the winner of the 2026 Six-Word Love Letter campaign, a storytelling project featured at AlpinFilm, presented by the Teton Climbers’ Coalition.

Her entry, posted on a photo of the striking Arizona sandstone formation The Wave, reads: “I dream I can belong here.”

Rossetti will receive $1,000 for her entry.

As part of that focus, AlpinFilm invited the community to participate in the Six-Word Love Letters project—a simple, shared way to speak up for the places that move us. Participants were asked to distill their connection to a landscape into just six words and share them via postcards, text messages, or Instagram using the hashtags #LoveTheLand and #NotForSale.

The project was born from the input of Matt Daly, Executive Director of the Jackson Hole Writers, one of many Valley residents who helped shape this year’s festival.

As described on the Teton Climbers’ Coalition website:
A six-word love letter is exactly what it sounds like: six words that capture how you feel about a place you care about. It can be quiet or bold. Personal or playful. Poetic or plain. What matters is that it’s yours.

Daly was asked to judge the project from entries submitted across multiple platforms. Here are his words on the selection of the winner and the thought process behind his choices:

Winner

“I dream I can belong here.”
— Miga Rossetti (Instagram)

Commentary:
“I loved how this one resists sentimentality, expresses vulnerability, and is aspirational. I also love the plain and simple language. Nothing fancy needed to make a powerful expression of love that invites us to reflect on what it means to belong in a place.”

Honorable Mentions

For Lyricism
Commentary: These entries use sound and rhythm to draw readers into place, showing how language itself can connect us to public lands.

• “Life force of valley snaking along.” — Susan Mick (texted postcard)
• “Gliding through trees, watching, watched.” — Author unknown (texted postcard)
• “Beneath stone, a window, mother madrone.” — Author unknown (postcard, WOC mailbox)

For Vulnerability
Commentary: Plain language and emotional honesty invite readers to feel the consequences—and commitments—of loving a place.

• “Grandad’s ashes are in Snake River.” — Author unknown (postcard, WOC mailbox)
• “Sky meets earth, I become small.” — Morgan William Graham (Instagram)

For Uniqueness
Commentary: A surprising turn can open new ways of seeing, leaning on imagination more than analysis.

• “The faraway near joy, upwards now.” — Author unknown (texted postcard)

For Humor
Commentary: As noted during AlpinFilm’s Storytelling as Stewardship workshop, humor can help us engage difficult ideas—and sometimes laugh along the way.

“Men disappoint me. Wilderness never does.” — Author unknown (texted postcard)

AlpinFilm and the Teton Climbers’ Coalition thank everyone who took part in the Six-Word Love Letters project and helped amplify a shared message: the lands we love need our voices.

A full list of entries is as follows:

“Outside it’s mine and yours.”
(Cloud Peak) “My first project. So much love.”
“Pray for snow! Pretty, pretty please.”
“Small in big places. Earth. Universe.”
“Beacon to all for all seasons.”
“String Lake is the BEST place.”
“The Teton Range feeds my soul.”
“Forever wild. Forever free. Forever beautiful!”
“And to love is to know.”
“Yosemite, there’s no one like you.”
“Looking takes your BREATH away.”
“Not to conquer, but to admire.”
“Yellowstone ecosystem makes family memoirs forever.”
“Teewinot. Not at the top yet.”
“Silent shout from the mountaintops: hello.”
“Men disappoint me. Wilderness never does.”
“My escape. My relief. My home.”
“Wild winds whisper wings and wonder.”
“Grandad’s ashes are in Snake River.”
“Clouds, storm, sun, make my day!”
“Thank you for showing me patterns.”
“An embrace so familiar and freeing.”
“The wonder makes the soul swirl.”
“Beneath stone, a window, mother madrone.”
“So small amidst your stone sentinals.”
“The faraway near joy, upwards now.”
“Gliding through trees, watching, watched, embraced.”
“The road up and the road down are one and the same.”
“Desert silence. Rushing river. Perfect match.”
“Not fun today, but rewarding tomorrow.”
“Deep water. Granite islands. Smooth sailing.”
“Roots with real connection shape us.”
“It kinda helps not having money.”
“Your wild beauty illuminates my soul.”
“This land loved me into existence.”
“Coming home takes my breath away.”
“Love life, water, mountains, and folks.”
“Wildflowers whisper, ‘Lend me your heart.'”
“High alpine’s ‘natural intelligence’ rekindles humanity.”
“Reflected ripple, memory builder, soul filler.”
“You nurtured me from the cradle.”
“The only way out is through.”
“Circles and angles blow me away.”
“Gros Ventre to grow and venture.”
“I dream I can belong here.”
“Granite, sandstone, flower, snow, profound love.”
“Sky meets earth, I become small.”
“You sustain and inspire my soul.”
“Once you’re gone, you’re gone forever.”
“Once free, then stolen, now protected.”
“Nature cradles hearts, whispering peace, joy.”
“How can I reciprocate what you give?”
“I feel God in your presence.”
“My backyard trail astonishes me gorgeously.”
“Glory on Tuesday. My soul grounded.”
“Life force of valley snaking along.”
“We are nature. Nature is us.”
“Our best friends have stone faces.”
“Forever part. The community of life.” 
“Bodies breathes.Mind expands. Soul soars.”
“My favorite meditation. I find inspiration.”
“Vast, rich, homeland, threatened, extreme, gorgeous.”
“Dark. Headlamps. Cold. Climbing. Sunrise.”
“Mama Nature calls all the shots.”
“Amazing and wild, spectacular to roam.”
“Thanks for the warm, loving embrace.”
“Your generosity overflows with majestic moments.”
“Mountains wake me up, humble me.”
“Cold keeps ancient promises we’re breaking.”
“Couple rocks, Tetons rise, meadows roll.”
“It’s my peace and my solace.”
“Public lands rock. Yah dig it?”
“Love to ski, climb with you.”
“Pristine air, magical waters, peaceful mind.”
“I find home between the peaks.”
“Where mountains, silence, and I belong.”
“Your presence towering above us, Yosemite.”
“The great meadow fills me up.”
“Great on my soul, abundance of all.”
“To love is to set free.”
“Mountains, rivers helped raise my kids.”
“Earth sky water trees: my needs.”
“I love rocks. They tolerate me.”

“The deepest friendship with the mountains.”
“High alpine days keep me grateful.”
“Unforgettable, amazing, flowing, frothing, swirling joy.”
“We are mountains. Mountains are we.”
“Rock strong. Perfect water. Fresh mind.”
“Remote, wild beauty. Breathtaking. Windswept. Ragged.”
“Big Hole Mountains: dreamy muse, paradise.”
“Keep the sea plastic free forever.”
“The only way out is through.”
“I love the beautiful, majestic mountains.”
“Thank you for everything you’ve done.”
“Eyes pouring like falls roaring farewell.”

“Thank you for giving me life.”