“Lasting Promise” is an emotionally charged and rich frontier romance that relates a story of love, trust, and resilience. Gus Quaid and Tori Barrett, had faced hardships in different ways and now, against the harsh landscape of the American plains, they must learn to trust each other. Beyond storytelling, it is a literary journey thatContinue reading "New Release: “Lasting Promise” by Susanna Lane"
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 forContinue 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.
Wintering with WWW: Lynn Downey
By Lynn Downey Works in Progress: Finding Women's Lives in the Archives Archives are not just collections of paper, photographs, and artifacts; not to me, at least. I’ve been an archivist and a historian for nearly forty years, and I never fail to find great stories in those files and boxes. One theme I’ve beenContinue reading "Wintering with WWW: Lynn Downey"
Submissions Open Soon
For more information, visit The DOWNING Journalism Award page on the WWW website.
Why I Volunteer for WWW
Women Writing the West has been around for 31 years, but I became a member just five years ago. The COVID lockdown gave me the impetus to finish my first book manuscript. I attended a Women in Publishing webinar and an agent said we should join writers’ organizations in our genre. Mine is history. IContinue reading "Why I Volunteer for WWW"
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