I also noticed that the kids from the Little House on the Prairie TV series were getting together for this cast reunion.
When I saw this mentioned recently, I was reminded of Women Writing the West’s short fiction contest named in honor of the “Little House” series author, Laura Ingalls Wilder.
This year, The LAURA Short Fiction Award is approaching its April 30 deadline. If there’s a past, present or futuristic short story in your desk that’s in need of polishing, dust it off and consider entering your prose.
The LAURA, now in its 15th year, was spearheaded by Past President Kathleen Ernst. The award recognizes Women Writing the West members, their short stories featuring a female protagonist, and set in the West (anywhere on the North American continent west of the Mississippi River, including Alaska and Hawaii, Canada west of Ontario, and Mexico).
Learn more about this WWW member benefit on the web page.
See who previous member Winners and Finalists are and read the 2024 stories in The LAURA Journal.
Don’t forget to click on previous years in the LAURA Archives at the bottom of this web page. Reading these short stories will give you a flavor for the fine short-story writing that have been authored by WWW members and has garnered them The LAURA Short Fiction Award.
— Alice
WWW 2025 Administrator
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