The Desert High
Cool things, made in the high desert.
T-minus to issue 01
Issue 01 launches January 2027
Launching January 2027 from Alamogordo, New Mexico
A quarterly magazine about the people building cool things in southern New Mexico: makers, artists, engineers, small businesses and neighbors doing the work.
It's the high desert. And it's the high you get watching your neighbors build something incredible.
Why the name
This is the town that sent rockets up and lives beside the world's largest gypsum dunefield. Big ideas aren't new here.
The Desert High is about the people carrying that forward: the ones in garages, studios, shops and labs across the Tularosa Basin, making things worth talking about.
Anatomy of an issue
Every issue, cover to cover
- 01
Builder profiles
Three to five in-depth features on the people behind the work.
- 02
Project spotlights
Art, tech, science and business made in the basin.
- 03
Community news
What's changing around Otero County and why it matters.
- 04
The big idea
A themed piece each issue, from the space age to the next one.
- 05
Calendar
Events worth showing up for this season.
- 06
Classifieds
Neighbors looking for help, gear, collaborators and customers.
Four times a year
The flight schedule
Issue 01 mission plan
From pitch to print
- Nov 1Pitches and drafts due
- Nov 15Revisions
- Dec 20Final pages to print
- JanuaryIssue 01 launches
Who we want to feature
If you make it here, we want to hear about it
No resume required. Just something cool you built, started or fixed.
Contribute
Pitch a story
Know someone doing cool things, or want to write, shoot or draw for us? Pitches for issue one are open now.
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