"Fish Fins in the Kitchen Sink" | Forthcoming from Under the Gum Tree
"How to Mother When the Flowers Are Too Early" | Willow Springs | October 30, 2026
"Mother Mouth" | The Forge Literary Magazine | June 2026 https://forgelitmag.com/2026/06/15/mother-mouth/
"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/
"Curiosity First" | Fall 2026 https://outthereoutdoors.com/curiosity-first-bull-snake-encounter/
"A Search for Buoyancy" | Summer 2026 https://outthereoutdoors.com/search-for-buoyancy-paddleboarding-spokane-lakes-summer/
"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/
"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/
"Easy Summer Hiking at Slavin Conservation Area" | July 2021 https://outthereoutdoors.com/easy-summer-hiking-at-slavin-conservation-area/
"Benefits of Companion Gardening" | June 2021 https://outthereoutdoors.com/benefits-of-companion-gardening/
"Exploring the Hanford Reach National Monument" | Sept/Oct 2020 https://outthereoutdoors.com/exploring-the-hanford-reach-national-monument/
"Spokane's Trolley Trail Preserves a Piece of Local History" | June 2019 https://outthereoutdoors.com/spokanes-trolley-trail-preserves-a-piece-of-local-history/
"5 Hikes in Washington Wine Country" | Nov 2018 https://outthereoutdoors.com/5-hikes-in-washington-wine-country/
"Inland NW Trail Runs Worth Traveling For" | June 2018 https://outthereoutdoors.com/trail-runs-worth-traveling-for/
"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
Book Review: "The Book of Birds" by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris | Forthcoming fall 2026
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/
Book Review: "Glacier National Park" Guide Book 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" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil | Mar/April 2024 https://outthereoutdoors.com/world-of-wonders-by-aimee-nezhukumatathil/
Profile on Ceramicist Maya Melissa Rumsey: https://www.domacoffee.com/blogs/blog/maya-melissa-ceramicist-artist
Profile on Paraclimber Mason Keough: https://www.domacoffee.com/blogs/blog/hitting-a-wall-then-climbing-it
Profile on Local Women Skiing the Andes: https://outthereoutdoors.com/skiing-in-the-andes-portillo-patagonia/
Profile on Artist Vanessa Swenson: https://outthereoutdoors.com/vanessa-swenson-art-motherhood-state-of-awe-washington-watercolor-nature/
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
Lion Rock Visiting Writer Series, virtual speaker at Central Washington University re: from Writer to Editor — October 2026
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.
Guest Speaker for 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