Women Writing the West®
2021 WILLA Literary Award WINNERS and FINALISTS CONTEMPORARY FICTION

WINNER: Hanging Falls: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima (Crooked Lane Books)

The WILLA Literary Award Celebrating the Diversity of the Women’s West Women Writing the West (WWW) will begin to accept entries for the 2022 WILLA Literary Award, honoring books originally published in 2021 that feature women’s or girls’ stories set in the North American West, beginning November 1, 2021. The deadline for submission is February 1, 2022. WWW membership is open to all persons worldwide; membership is not a requirement for eligibility in The WILLA Literary Award competition. For more information about The WILLA Literary Award, Women Writing the West, or its Annual Conference, please send an inquiry to WWW Administrator, Alice Trego, at [email protected], or visit the WWW website at www.WomenWritingtheWest.org.