Literary Works

"A Science and an Art" | Flyway Journal of Writing and Environment | contest finalist | Spring 2018 https://flywayjournal.org/non-fiction/a-science-and-an-art/

"Ephrata, WA" | Orion Magazine's "Place Where You Live" Section | May 2015  https://orionmagazine.org/article/ephrata-washington/

"Kindling" | Sweet Literary Magazine | Nominated for a Pushcart Prize | Sept 2017  https://sweetlit.com/issue-10-1/essay-lisa-laughlin/

"Listen to the Silence" | Belmont Story Review | Issue No. 1 https://issuu.com/belmontstoryreview/docs/bsrtext/2?ff&experiment=previewReaderTestMode,new-bff-links-purchased,new-bff-overlay

"Body and Field" | High Desert Journal | Oct 2017  https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eba1f61b311ac0566822d5c/t/5f98fe83a7b60175a59e363f/1603862149755/Lisa+Laughlin%2C+Body+and+Field+_+highdesertjournal.pdf

Selected Out There Outdoors Articles

"Backcountry Biking for All" | A tour of north Idaho's Hiawatha Trail | Aug/Sept 2023  https://outthereoutdoors.com/backcountry-biking-for-all/

"Proof of Life: From Brain Tumor to 50k" | Based on an interview with a trail runner | Jan/Feb 2018  https://outthereoutdoors.com/proof-of-life-from-brain-tumor-to-50k/

"Barefooting the Spokane: The Short-Lived, Spokane River Water Ski Craze" | July 2018  https://outthereoutdoors.com/barefooting-the-spokane-the-short-lived-spokane-river-water-ski-craze/

"The Benefits of Companion Gardening" | June 2021  https://outthereoutdoors.com/benefits-of-companion-gardening/

"Spokane's Trolley Trail Preserves a Piece of Local History" | July 2019 | https://outthereoutdoors.com/spokanes-trolley-trail-preserves-a-piece-of-local-history/

"Lessons from a Triple Crown Hiker" | Feb 2018 | https://outthereoutdoors.com/lessons-from-a-triple-crown-hiker/

"Hazen Audel Brings Light to Indigenous Lifestyles" | Feb 2018 | https://outthereoutdoors.com/hazen-audel-brings-light-to-indigenous-lifestyles/

Copy Writing Projects for DOMA

The Search for the Perfect Coffee: https://www.domacoffee.com/blogs/blog/the-search

Start With Coffee: Fly Fisher Guide: https://www.domacoffee.com/pages/fly-fishing-guide

Limited Oxygen Coffee Processing: https://www.domacoffee.com/blogs/blog/limited-oxygen-processing

Start With Coffee: Therapeutic Sailing: https://www.domacoffee.com/pages/dogsmile-adventures

Interview with Summer Lovin' '23 artist: https://www.domacoffee.com/blogs/blog/summer-lovin-2023

The Zion Forever Project: https://www.domacoffee.com/pages/zion-forever-project

Start With Coffee: The Texas Chef: https://www.domacoffee.com/pages/locos

Selected Editor's Letters for Out There Outdoors

"Learning the Lexicon of the Places We Love" | July/Aug 2024 https://outthereoutdoors.com/learning-the-lexicon-of-the-places-we-love/

"An Enlightening Backcountry Encounter" | May/June 2024 https://outthereoutdoors.com/an-enlightening-backcountry-encounter/

"A Case for Reading the Weather" | March/Apr 2024 https://outthereoutdoors.com/a-case-for-reading-the-weather/

"For the Love of a Place" | Sept/Oct 2023 https://outthereoutdoors.com/for-the-love-of-a-place/

"Learning on the Trail" | July/Aug 2023 https://outthereoutdoors.com/learning-on-the-trail/

"Jumping into Summer" | May/ June 2023 https://outthereoutdoors.com/jumping-in-to-summer/

"Illumination for the Long Run" | March/Apr 2023  https://outthereoutdoors.com/spokanes-trolley-trail-preserves-a-piece-of-local-history/