Laura Carnes Williams has a BA in English and philosophy from SUNY Geneseo, and a BS in nursing from SUNY Binghamton. 

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​​She enjoyed a 2026 residency at Yaddo and workshops at Bread Loaf and Key West. She attends yearly writing retreats at Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts in Ithaca, NY and Unirondack Creatives Week in the Adirondacks.

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She won first place in Letter Review's 2022 Short Story Contest. Her writing has appeared in CommuterLit, Stonecoast Review, Catamaran, Every Day Fiction, Scribble, Mud Season Review, Literary Mama, The Real Story, and elsewhere. She was a reader for the literary journal, Stone Canoe, and a member of the Downtown Writer's Center in Syracuse.

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Her Substack is a hybrid of writing and art: We are Recycled!

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Her writing partner is Maggie Nerz Iribarne, a prolific author of short fiction. She goes for weekly walks with author, Debbie Urbanski, to discuss writing and life. She also meets with a weekly accountability group (WAG). Writing can be a difficult and lonely endeavor. It helps to have friends who understand.

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Laura Carnes Williams lives in Central New York with her husband, two teenage boys, and energetic dog, Sunny. She works in administration at a community college.

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She is working on a novel.

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She will always be working on a novel.

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To read her work, please see PUBLICATIONS.