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Spring 2011

Homeless: Photography by David Weinberg

Special Editor’s Note: Announcing our 2011 SOLSTICE CONTEST WINNERS! (Also, we will be announcing in the next two weeks, “Solstice Editors’ Picks” –Special contest entries that will be given recognition and publication. So, if you are not among the Sol Contest finalists, stay tuned….)

AWARD WINNERS: Winners and finalists to be published in our Summer AWARDS ISSUE, due out in early August:

FICTION: (Finalists selected by Lee Hope, winners selected by DAVID HUDDLE.) WINNER, with a cash prize of $1,000, is THOMAS BENZ for his innovative story “Casual Imposter.”

RUNNER-UP is WESLEY BROWN for “Too Young Young for the Blues,” a gifted story about Ella Fitzgerald and Harlem.

FINALISTS: Rochelle Spencer, (Fiction) ‘Ugly Girls”; Tracy Strauss (Nonfiction) “The Wreck”; E. J. Anderson (Fiction) “Untitled Portrait (Brother and Sister, 2009)”

POETRY: (Finalists selected by Sol poetry editor John Pijewski, final judge A. VAN JORDAN.) WINNER with a cash prize of $500 is ANDREW NURKIN for his terrific poem “I Have.”

Runner-up is KATHERINE DURHAM OLDMIXON for her moving poem “Historias en Hilo.”

Congrats to all who submitted–many many fine pieces and very stiff competition! And please stay tuned for our new “EDITORS’ PICKS.”

Meanwhile, read the the Solstice Lit Mag Spring Issue. In fiction, David Huddle’s story of erotic attraction, Jeffrey Ihlenfeldt’s piece about erotic love. Marko Fong’s ironic tale of a little Chinese/American boy. Chris Helvey’s story of a middle-aged man’s search for himself. A big poetry issue, featuring Leslie Ullman. Richard Hoffman, and many more fine poets. In nonfiction, read Arya-Francesca Jenkins’ essay about her Colombian/American identity. And Laurie Stone’s about gender identity. And Rick Wile’s about spiritual and class identity. View David Weinberg’s photographs depicting the identities of the homeless. This issue explores identity . Please do write comments after reading. The authors and readers love to hear from you.

Lee Hope, editor-in-chief

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editors' Notes

  • Spring 2011 EDITOR’S NOTE
    by Lee Hope

Fiction

  • Hannah Outside In
    by David Huddle
  • The Red Hills
    by Jeffrey Ihlenfeldt
  • The Rules of Tetherball
    by Marko Fong
  • A Long Walk
    by Chris Helvey

Nonfiction

  • Broken Dreams in a Promised Land
    by Arya-Francesca Jenkins
  • When You Write about Murder
    by Joe Mackall
  • Thanksgiving, 2004
    by Laurie Stone
  • Sifting Through the Ashes
    by Richard Wile

Photography

  • Homeless
    by David Weinberg

Poetry

  • Early May
    by J. Marcus Weekley
  • dear bhikkhu: a eulogy
    by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingde
  • Zone by Zone
    by Leslie Ullman
  • Give It Up
    by Jeff Friedman
  • Praise Cruelty
    by Jeff Friedman
  • Close to Closure
    by Ben Berman
  • What Good
    by Richard Hoffman
  • Shrimp Boats Too, Biloxi
    by J. Marcus Weekley
  • All Men Want You
    by Wally Swist
  • Because
    by Wally Swist
  • Ode to the Busker
    by Robbie Fraser
  • Astrolabe
    by Dawn Potter
  • Spring on Ripley Road
    by Dawn Potter
  • Hooks
    by Barbara Daniels
  • Instruction
    by Barbara Daniels
  • What Will I Wear Over There?
    by John McKernan
  • The Seasons Only Borrow Us
    by Leslie Ullman


Contributors

avatar for Arya-Francesca JenkinsArya-Francesca Jenkins
avatar for Barbara DanielsBarbara Daniels
Avatar photoBen Berman
avatar for Chris HelveyChris Helvey
avatar for David HuddleDavid Huddle
avatar for David WeinbergDavid Weinberg
Avatar photoDawn Potter
avatar for Desmond Kon Zhicheng-MingdeDesmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingde
avatar for J. Marcus WeekleyJ. Marcus Weekley
Avatar photoJeff Friedman
avatar for Jeffrey IhlenfeldtJeffrey Ihlenfeldt
avatar for Joe MackallJoe Mackall
Avatar photoJohn McKernan
avatar for Laurie StoneLaurie Stone
avatar for Leslie UllmanLeslie Ullman
avatar for Marko FongMarko Fong
Richard HoffmanRichard Hoffman
Avatar photoRichard Wile
avatar for Robbie FraserRobbie Fraser
Avatar photoWally Swist

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