LAURA DURNELL

Needs
Originally appeared in ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) in 2000. The journal mistakenly listed it as creative non-fiction in ACM. My dad is happy to hear that this narrative is fiction. Click on link to read. This PDF file will need to be rotated for optimum reading.

Copyright 1998 Laura Durnell

Regina Leigh
Originally published in Room of One's Own in 2000. Placed third in Playboy's 1998 College Fiction Contest. Click on link to read.

Copyright 1997 Laura Durnell

The Times of Northwest Indiana
Click on link to read five of my articles.

* “Size Doesn’t Matter: What You Do With Your Boat Counts Saturday Night.” The Times of Northwest Indiana
30 July 2004: D1+.
* “Classic Scene: Chicago Outdoor Film Festival Combines Great Films, Great Skylines.” The Times of Northwest Indiana 11 July 2004: F1-F2.
* “Damn Yankees Opens Saturday at Memorial Opera House.” The Times of Northwest Indiana 9 July 2004: D8.
* “Look into Their Eyes: Proper Diet, Awareness are Key to Preventing Vision Problems in Pets.” The Times of Northwest Indiana 3 July 2004: D10.
* “Interest in Other Nations Pays Off: Valparaiso High School Grad Co-Authors The Kimchi Matters” The Times of
Northwest Indiana 27 June 2004: D1.
* “Brotherly Inspiration Boosts Career: Crystal Taliefero’s Love of Guitar Turns into Successful Career.”
The Times of Northwest Indiana 3 Jan. 2004: D1.
* “Pets as Healers: Experts Note Positive Effects Companions Can Have for Humans.” The Times of
Northwest Indiana 27 Dec. 2003: D10.
* “New Book Tells the Story of South Holland.” The Times of Northwest Indiana 24 Aug. 2003: F5.
* “Reverend Turns His Attention to Health Issues.” The Times of Northwest Indiana 17 Aug. 2003: F5.
* “One Tank Trip: Wizard World 2003.” The Times of Northwest Indiana 2 Aug. 2001: D3.
* “Mouse Becomes Author’s Best Friend.” The Times of Northwest Indiana 27 July 2003: G3.

Chicago Artists' News, Lake Shore Drive, The Creative Woman, and Trends in College Media
* “Pilsen: Chicago‘s Newest Art Hot Spot.“ Chicago Artists’ News Sept. 2003: 1+.
* “ShowBiz Couple.” Lake Shore Drive magazine n.a. (1994): 12.
* “This Time of Truth and Talent.” The Creative Woman 14.3 (1994): 9-14.
* “Re-engineering the Horizons.” The Creative Woman 14.2 (1994): 13-16.
* “Democracy At Work.” Time 17 Aug. 1992: 14.
* “Looking Good…So Far.” Time 17 Aug. 1992: 13.
* “Cheers and Tears.” Time 6 July 1992: 22.
* “Campus Crime Update: Massachusetts Law Helps Student Reporters Get Statistics.” Trends in College
Media Sept. 1991: 8+.
* “For Bauer, Good News from Court: But DOE May File Appeal.” Trends in College Media Apr. 1991: 1+.

Time
* “Democracy At Work.” 17 Aug. 1992: 14.
* “Looking Good…So Far.”17 Aug. 1992: 13.
* “Cheers and Tears.” 6 July 1992: 22.

ACM (Another Chicago Magazine), Chicago's Subnation, The Creative Woman, Chicago Artists' News, and Newcity
* “Bruised Paradise.” ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) 35 (1999): 242-244.
* “Breathe Something Nice.” ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) 35 (1999): 244-246.
* “Fathers, Sons, and Brothers.” ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) 34 (1998): 257-259.
* “Hole: Live Through This.” Chicago’s Subnation 2:9 (1994): 7.
* “Fire With Fire: The New Female Power and How It Will Change the 21st Century.” The Creative Woman 14.1 (1994): 49.
* “Caring for Your Art: A Guide for Artists, Collectors, Galleries, and Art Institutions, Third Edition.” Chicago Artists’ News Dec. 2002: 9.
* “Teaching from the Inside Out: The Eight-fold Path to Creative Teaching (and Living).” Chicago Artists’ News Jan. 2002: 7.
* “Luftwork, Doppelganger” Newcity 26 Sept. 2006: 14.
* “Conrad Freiburg, Slipping Glimpser” Newcity 26 Sept. 2006: 16.

Book magazine
* “Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy.”
Mar.-Apr. 2000: 77-78.
* “Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son.”
Jan.-Feb. 2000: 83.
* “Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette.”
Jan.-Feb. 2000: 75.

Chicago Review
Review of "Briget Jones's Diary" originally published in the 45.1 (1999) issue of Chicago Review. Click on link to read the review in two PDFs. The PDF files will need to be rotated for optimum reading.

Facts on File Companion to the American Novel
* “Fear of Flying.”
* “Fanny, Being the True Story of Fanny Hackabout-Jones.”
* “The Seal Wife.”
* “The World According to Garp.”

Awards, Grants, and Honors
* Finalist, Hobson Foundation People's Choice Dream Grant,Gettysburg, PA, 2006.
* The Gina Guerra Scholarship, Casa Italiana, Chicago, IL., 2005.
* Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant, 2005.
* Mary Roberts Rinehart Award for National Fiction, Rinehart Fund/George Mason University, 2004.
* C-SPAN Archive Grant, Washington, D.C., 2004.
* The Notorious Fellowship for Literary Fiction, The
Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, AR.,
2004.
* Residency Fellow, The Writers’ Colony at Dairy
Hollow, Eureka Springs, AR., 2004.
* Special Assistance Grant, Illinois Arts Council,
2005, 2004.
* Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) grants,
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, 2004,
2003, and 2002.
* Samuel Ostrowsky Humanities Award, Roosevelt
University, 2001.
* Residency Fellow, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest,
IL., 2001, 2000.
* Ragdale Foundation/Union League Civic and Arts
Foundation Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation, 2000.
* Playboy College Fiction Contest, Third Prize,
Chicago, IL./New York, NY., 1998.
* Chicago Women in Publishing 22nd Annual Awards
Competition, Issues Relevant to Women category, First
Prize, Chicago, IL., 1995.