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Dr. Penny Hamilton is featured in an article in AgeView Press. Read about her life and career HERE.

Clifton's debut novel, 'In the Ghost's Shadow' has won a Bronze medal for the Romance - Fantasy/Science Fiction Category in the 2026 Readers Favorite Book Awards!

Here's a link to the award listing: https://readersfavorite.com/2026-award-contest-winners.htm#in-the-ghosts-shadow

And a link to My Readers Favorite Review Page that also has a link to the Amazon listing: https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/in-the-ghosts-shadow

The WILLA Literary Award, named in honor of Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Willa Cather, recognizes the best in literature, featuring women’s or girls’ stories set in the North American West, that are published each year.

Congratulations to Skye Griffith and their editor Geoff Habiger!

Congratulations to Petra who placed First Runner-up in the 2026 Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition in the ESSAY category. She also was shortlisted in Short Fiction category.

Women Writing the West has awarded the 2026 WILLA Literary Award in Mystery/Thriller to CAL member Skye Griffith for Bone Hash. Skye will receive the award at the organization’s annual convention.

Congratulations to Penny Hamilton! Colorado 150th/Grand County 150th local history book is now a National winner. Quite a bit of military history was included: General Eisenhower, World War I Spruce airplane division, Women’s Land Army of World War II and so much more. Of course, Emily Warner Field, Doc Susie and our wonderful RR history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahx93XHkDjA

Here is the page devoted to our Grand County history book.
https://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/images-of-america-grand-county

Two books were selected to represent Colorado at this year’s National Book Festival’s Great Reads from Great Places! They are Four Corners Voices: Stories, Poetry, Essays by Chuck Greaves, Lisa C. Taylor, Mark Stevens and Adela’s Mariachi Band by Denise Vega.

Silver Charm by M.J. Evans; widow, widower, widowest by Aaron M. Simmons; 2183 by Laurel McHargue; Fire at the Track by M.J. Evans; A Twist of the Lens by Elizabeth Devecchi; The $1300 Alphabet by Benjamin Weilert; and Fire, Friendship & Fear by Nancy Oswald.