About
Laura Schmitt’s work can be found in the New England Review, The Pinch, Boulevard, Indiana Review, The Florida Review, and elsewhere. She received the 2025 New England Review Award for Emerging Writers and is a former writer-in-residence at Hedgebrook. Laura was born in Southern California, has roots in Hawai’i and the Midwest, and currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is at work on a novel and a collection of stories.
Photo: Inta Krukle
Published Work
We’ll Meet in the Wilderness, New England Review | Read an excerpt | Hear an excerpt
Pushcart Prize nominee
First Person, The Pinch | Read the story
Something with Wings, Indiana Review | Read an excerpt
Snow Mountain, New England Review | Read the story
Pushcart Prize nominee
Evidence of GOD, The Florida Review
Amongst the Calphrygians, The Chaffin Journal
Pushcart Prize nominee
Happy Family Plan, Boulevard
Awards
Winner, New England Review Award for Emerging Writers, 2025
Finalist, New England Review Award for Emerging Writers, 2021
Writer-in-Residence, Hedgebrook
Finalist, Artist-in-Residence, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Willapa Bay Artist-in-Residence (declined)
Amusements
Contact
Instagram: @schmittpod
Bluesky: @schmittpod.bsky.social