Women Writing the West® (WWW) is proud to announce the 2021 WILLA Literary Award competition Winners and Finalists, representing the best of 2020 published literature for women’s or girls’ stories set in the North American West. WWW, a nonprofit association of writers and other writing professionals writing and promoting the Women’s West, is the underwriter andContinue reading "2021 WILLA Literary Award Winners and Finalists"
2021 Summer Workshop Round-Up
Julie Zander and I thought we had prepared for everything that might rear its ugly head and come between us and success. We had a workshop leader that was proven to know her stuff when it came to pitches, Julie had 16 agents agree to review the pitches, and we had 28 WWW members whoContinue reading "2021 Summer Workshop Round-Up"
Bringing Portland to You
Water Kathy Sechrist - 2021 Conference Chair Portland, Oregon—water, water, everywhere. The city sits in a valley between two of earth’s natural treasures and lifelines. Their waters carved the land and affected both man and earth’s history. Travel east, and you pass through the gorge cleaved by the mighty Columbia River. The Gorge began forming as farContinue reading "Bringing Portland to You"
2021 DOWNING Journalism Award Finalists
Exciting News! The finalists for the 2021 DOWNING Journalism Award are as follows in alphabetical order: Wild Women of the West: Jenny Murphy by Chris Enss, Ripple Effect: Will the West Figure Out How to Share Water? by Sophia Jeremias Living Space by Susan Tweit. Congratulations to all! The winner will be announced at theContinue reading "2021 DOWNING Journalism Award Finalists"
Finalists Announced – 2021 LAURA Short Fiction Award
I’m pleased to announce The 2021 Women Writing the West LAURA Short Fiction Award finalists in no particular order: “The Pretender” by Karen Jones “Lila’s Song” by Jane Perry “Mountain Trout” by Heather Ormsby Final placements will be announced during the 2021 Women Writing the West virtual conference in October. Congratulations, ladies!Betsy Betsy Randolph2021 President-ElectTheContinue reading "Finalists Announced – 2021 LAURA Short Fiction Award"
Eliana West
Diversity-How to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone Eliana West passionately believes that young people are our future readers, and they want to see stories of people they can relate to in worlds that look like their world, with friends of different abilities, skin color, sexual orientation, and religious and cultural backgrounds. Sounds great. HowContinue reading "Eliana West"
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