By Carmen Peone Storytelling Out Loud Getting words on the page can be a tough gig for any writer. Especially when life is already packed with to-do lists, day jobs, and family. I fought dictating my books for years. Then I listened to several of my writer friends rave about how fast they could writeContinueContinue reading “Wintering with WWW: Carmen Peone”
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Submissions Open Soon
The LAURA Short Fiction Award opens for submission on February 1, 2026
Closing Soon
2026 submissions for The WILLA Literary Award close February 1, 2026
New Release: “Lost and Broken Things” by Linda Sandifer
Set amid the wild beauty of Idaho’s backcountry, a young shepherdess and her “brother” desperately try to fight the odds when their future collides with the past. 1929. Fourteen-year-old Lily Statton and eleven-year-old Davy think it’s going to be just another summer herding the family’s sheep in the mountains. But things take an unexpected turnContinueContinue reading “New Release: “Lost and Broken Things” by Linda Sandifer”
DOWNING Journalism Award Celebrates 10 Years
By Linda Wommack, DOWNING Journalism Award Chair As we get ready to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Women Writing the West DOWNING Journalism Award, let’s reflect on the past, the present and the future of the award. In 2016 Women Writing the West had two awards, the WILLA for literature and the LAURA forContinueContinue reading “DOWNING Journalism Award Celebrates 10 Years”
The DOWNING Journalism Award
Submissions Are Now Being Accepted. For more information or submit your entry, visit The DOWNING Journalism Award page on the WWW website.
