Awards

2010 Creative Writing Fellowships from the Wyoming Arts Council in Poetry

Lori be attending the Casper College Literary Conference in Casper Oct 8 -10 and reading her work there with the other winners, Sam Renken of Laramie and David Zoby of Casper. The judge for the fellowships was Greg Pape, a poet and professor at the University of Montana in Missoula, and he will also be reading. For more details, see http://www.wyomingarts.blogspot.com

2008 Wyoming State Historical Society Publication Awards (First Place)
"Amelia's Autogiro Adventures," published in the March 2008 issue of Aviation History magazine.
"Estelle Reel: Early Educator and Politician"
"Wyoming's Capitol Building Expanded as the State's Population Grew"
"USS Wyoming Brine-Busters Master the World's Waves," published in the WREN (Wyoming Rural Electric News) magazine in 2007 and 2008.

2008 Western Writers of America Spur Finalist in Best Western Short Fiction "The Wild-Eyed Witness," published in LOST TRAILS (Pinnacle, 2007).

2007 Wyoming State Historical Society Publication Award for two articles:

2004 Maggie Award, Best Consumer Series, Western Publications Association,“Historic Trails” series, 2003, WREN magazine. Kris Wendtland, Editor; Necel Golden, layout design.

2004 Western Writers of America Spur Finalist, short nonfiction. “Cattle Kate: Homesteader or Cattle Thief?” in the book, Wild Women of the Old West, edited by Glenda Riley and Richard Etulain, Fulcrum, 2003.

2004 and 2003: President’s Award, Western Writers of America, for service to the organization.

2003 Art Affair Short Story Competition, Third Place. “Death Track.” (Story appears in Lori’s newest book, Pecker’s Revenge and Other Stories from the Frontier’s Edge, (University of New Mexico Press, 2005).

2003 Wyoming State Historical Society Publications Award. “Discovering Her Strength: The Remarkable Transformation of Nellie Tayloe Ross,” Annals of Wyoming.

2001 APEX (Awards for Publication Excellence), Communications Concepts. “Tracking Railroad History,” first in a series of articles on U. S. railroad history, WREN magazine.

2001 Wyoming State Historical Society Publications Award. “Pardons and Petticoats.” (Article comparing/contrasting pardon records of Governors Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming and Miriam Ferguson of Texas.) WOLA Journal.


	Awards
	RECENT WRITING AWARDS--Lori Van Pelt 2010 Creative Writing Fellowships from the Wyoming Arts Council in Poetry Lori be attending the Casper College Literary Conference in Casper Oct 8 -10 and reading her work there with the other winners, Sam Renken of Laramie and David Zoby of Casper. The judge for the fellowships was Greg Pape, a poet and professor at the University of Montana in Missoula, and he will also be reading. For more details, see http://www.wyomingarts.blogspot.com 2008 Wyoming State Historical Society Publication Awards (First Place) "Amelia's Autogiro Adventures," published in the March 2008 issue of Aviation History magazine. "Estelle Reel: Early Educator and Politician" "Wyoming's Capitol Building Expanded as the State's Population Grew" "USS Wyoming Brine-Busters Master the World's Waves," published in the WREN (Wyoming Rural Electric News) magazine in 2007 and 2008. 2008 Western Writers of America Spur Finalist in Best Western Short Fiction "The Wild-Eyed Witness," published in LOST TRAILS (Pinnacle, 2007). 2007 Wyoming State Historical Society Publication Award for two articles: "Nellie Tayloe Ross: Nation's First Woman Governor Proves Her Mettle in Wyoming," and "Amelia Earhart Once Winged Her Way Across Wyoming." Both published in the WREN (Wyoming Rural Electric News) Magazine in 2006. 2006 Spur Award for Best Short Fiction by Western Writers of America: The title story in Pecker's Revenge and Other Stories from the Frontier's Edge . *Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit:* One of three books in the nation named to the New York Public Library's "Best Books for the Teen Age 2006." 2004 Maggie Award, Best Consumer Series, Western Publications Association,“Historic Trails” series, 2003, WREN magazine. Kris Wendtland, Editor; Necel Golden, layout design. 2004 Western Writers of America Spur Finalist, short nonfiction. “Cattle Kate: Homesteader or Cattle Thief?” in the book, Wild Women of the Old West, edited by Glenda Riley and Richard Etulain, Fulcrum, 2003. 2004 and 2003: President’s Award, Western Writers of America, for service to the organization. 2003 Art Affair Short Story Competition, Third Place. “Death Track.” (Story appears in Lori’s newest book, Pecker’s Revenge and Other Stories from the Frontier’s Edge, (University of New Mexico Press, 2005). 2003 Wyoming State Historical Society Publications Award. “Discovering Her Strength: The Remarkable Transformation of Nellie Tayloe Ross,” Annals of Wyoming. 2001 APEX (Awards for Publication Excellence), Communications Concepts. “Tracking Railroad History,” first in a series of articles on U. S. railroad history, WREN magazine. 2001 Wyoming State Historical Society Publications Award. “Pardons and Petticoats.” (Article comparing/contrasting pardon records of Governors Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming and Miriam Ferguson of Texas.) WOLA Journal.
	Contact Lori at lpvanpelt@yahoo.com