Vol. 3 – 2012
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
Grub Line Rider by Anne Schroeder
Second Place
Pueblo Dancer by Leslee Breene
Third Place
At the Thirty-Fourth Latitude by Sheila MacAvoy
Honorable Mention
Elvira by Liz Duckworth
Honorable Mention
Todas Las Madres by Karen Stevenson
2012 LAURA Committee
Pam Tartaglio
WWW President
Erin S. Gray
WWW President Elect
Suzanne Lyon
WWW Past President
Women Writing the West Thanks
Melodie Johnson Howe
2012 Final Judge