Vol. 7 – 2016
The LAURA Short Fiction Awards, named in honor of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are sponsored by Women Writing the West (WWW) and open to its members. WWW is proud to publish the winners in the LAURA Journal.
Women Writing the West is a nonprofit organization of writers and other professionals writing and promoting the Women’s West. Membership is open to all interested persons worldwide.
Table of Contents
First Place
The Marks We Leave by Patricia Bailey
Second Place
The Good Sport by Amy Hale Auker
Third Place (tie)
A Girl Named Egg by Beverly Lionberger Hodgins
Third Place (tie)
Bees to Flowers by K. Lyn Wurth
Honorable Mention
Cecile and the River by Vicki Holmsten
2016 LAURA Committee
Doris Baker
WWW President
Linda Jacobs
WWW President Elect
Anne Schroeder
WWW Past President
Women Writing the West Thanks
Anne Hillerman
2016 Final Judge