Winners and Finalists Women Writing the West® (WWW) is proud to announce the Winners and Finalists of the 2026 WILLA Literary Award, honoring exceptional literature featuring women’s and girls’ stories set in the North American West. Eligible works are set west of the Mississippi River, including Alaska, Hawaii, Canada west of Ontario, and Mexico. TheContinueContinue reading “The WILLA Literary Award for 2026”
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Why is Editing Important?
By Heidi M. Thomas I want to tell you a little secret: Nobody writes a perfect first draft. Not Shakespeare. Not Mark Twain. Not Stephen King. Nobody. (Hemingway once said: “There are no great writers, only great re-writers.”) Why hire an editor? Do you want your book to be the best that it can be?ContinueContinue reading “Why is Editing Important?”
Heidi M. Thomas Releases New Book
Women Writing the West member, Heidi M. Thomas releases her latest book, Goth-Girl to Cowgirl.
New Release ~ Rescuing Samantha by Heidi Thomas
With dreams of raising Thoroughbreds, Samantha Moser leases the Montana ranch that once belonged to her great grandmother, a trail-blazing rodeo cowgirl. After back-breaking work to fix up the abandoned, dilapidated ranch and a disastrous blizzard, her fiancé lacks the courage that runs in Samantha’s blood, and he leaves her. Struggling with shattered dreams, aContinueContinue reading “New Release ~ Rescuing Samantha by Heidi Thomas”
