2025 Finalists
I am pleased to announce this year’s Finalists for the DOWNING Journalism Award. There were a record number of entries this year resulting in a tie. As a result we have four Finalists this year! They are (in alphabetical order):
Jane Little Botkin – “Writing An ‘Honest’ Biography” Roundup Magazine
Lynn Downey – “Work, Worry, Interest and Fun: The Life of Mary Shawver, Dude Ranching’s Grande Dame” Roundup Magazine
Carolyn Grattan Eichin – “The Leg Shows Invade the West” The Tombstone Epitaph
Susan J. Tweit – “Designing Women” Pasatiempo/New Mexican
The Winner will be announced during the Women Writing the West Conference.
Congratulations to All.
The DOWNING Journalism Award Chair,
Linda Wommack
Registration for the 2025 WWW Virtual Conference is open.
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