Selected 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/

"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

"A Sort of Trespass" | Sweet: A Literary Confection | Issue 9.1 https://sweetlit.com/issue-9-1/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

"An Absence of Yellow" | River Teeth's Beautiful Things | a micro essay | Nov. 2016 https://riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-things/an-absence-of-yellow/

"Ice Breaker" | Hippocampus Magazine | Mar. 2016 https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2016/03/ice-breaker-by-lisa-laughlin/

Selected Editor's Letters for Out There Outdoors

"Learning to Race for Good" | Spring 2026 https://outthereoutdoors.com/learning-to-race-for-good/

"The Five-Second Trail Wave" | Summer 2025 https://outthereoutdoors.com/the-five-second-trail-wave/

"Find Your Flow" | Nov/Dec 2025 https://outthereoutdoors.com/find-your-flow/

"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/

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

"Illumination for the Long Run" | March/Apr 2023 https://outthereoutdoors.com/illumination-for-the-long-run/

Selected Out There Outdoors Articles

"PFAS Chemicals Discovered in the Spokane River" | Fall 2025 https://outthereoutdoors.com/pfas-contamination-in-the-spokane-river/

"Reflections on a River" | May 2024 https://outthereoutdoors.com/reflections-on-a-river/

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

"On Walking a Toddler on the Trail" | Jan/Feb 2022 https://outthereoutdoors.com/on-walking-a-toddler-in-the-woods/

"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/

Find the full collection of my articles here: https://outthereoutdoors.com/?s=lisa+laughlin

Selected Reviews

Book Review: "Raised by Ferns" by Maya Jewell Zeller | March 2026 at North American Review https://northamericanreview.org/open-space/2026/lisa-laughlin/review-raised-ferns-maya-jewell-zeller

Gear Review: SaltStick Electrolyte Tabs | Winter 2025 https://outthereoutdoors.com/saltstick-electrolyte-tabs/

Gear Shop Review: Solnix, Spokane Wash. | Winter 2025 https://outthereoutdoors.com/solnix-spokane-outdoor-gear-shop-community/

Guide Book Review: "Glacier National Park" by Jean Arthur | Summer 2025 https://outthereoutdoors.com/glacier-national-park-by-jean-arthur/

Gear Review: Tailwind Chocolate Recovery Mix | Spring 2024 https://outthereoutdoors.com/tailwind-chocolate-recovery-mix/

Book Review: "World of Wonders" | Mar/April 2024 https://outthereoutdoors.com/world-of-wonders-by-aimee-nezhukumatathil/

Articles and Profiles for DOMA Coffee

Profile on Paraclimber Mason Keough: https://www.domacoffee.com/blogs/blog/hitting-a-wall-then-climbing-it

Start with Coffee: Seaweed Farmer: https://www.domacoffee.com/pages/seaweed-farmer

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

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

The Dukunde Kawa Cooperative: https://www.domacoffee.com/pages/dukunde-kawa-co-op

Recent Appearances and Readings 

GetLit! Festival April 2026, Spokane — "Parents Who Write: Making it Up As We Go," panel with Joe Wilkins, Ren Cedar Fuller, Uma Kukathas, and Beth Alvarado. 

Editor's Panel on "Life after the MFA" for Western Colorado University's nature writing program, February 2026

Campfire Stories "Tales from Our Public Lands" — November 2025, Spokane

Student Reading at the Orion Environmental Writer's Workshop, Omega, Rhinebeck, NY, June 2025