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Streetlight MagazineSearchPrimary MenuSkip to contentCURRENT ISSUEPOETRYFICTIONARTESSAY/MEMOIRPODCASTPAST ISSUESSUBMITGENERAL SUBMISSIONSBLOGABOUT USCONTACTFOLLOW USFACEBOOKTWITTERINSTAGRAMSL VOICES PODCASTSUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTERCOMMUNITYLAMPLIGHTER GROUPFORUMMEMBER DIRECTORYREGISTER TO JOINDONATE2022 Streetlight Magazine Writing ContestsFictionAngry by Alan BrickmanPoetryIt’s Wrong to Feel Lucky by Marjorie GowdyEssay/Memoir ContestThe Notebook by Susan ValasPoetryVigil and Work Gloves, 2 poems by Ron StottlemyerArtConceptual Art by Peter AllenPodcastPlaces To Go Things To See by Richard D. KeyBlogBedrock Poetry by Fred WilburAugust 8, 2022 Fred WilburLeave a comment“An artist is said to be original exactly when he takes up the challenge of tradition and makes us see something more than we already knew.” Demetri Porphyrios. Classical Architecture. I am a fundamentalist. But contemporary connotations dredge up all sorts of pejoratives that I want to dispel. I want you to understand fundamental. There are fundamental math equations, fundamental conventions of a civilized society (etiquette), of language use, rules of public road driving, of constructing a printed book, of lasting friendships, fundamental principles of civil rights in an educated and democratic country. In … Continue reading Bedrock Poetry by Fred Wilbur →experimentalfundamentalPoetryproseBlogLittle Cups by Alex JoynerAugust 1, 2022 Trudy2 CommentsI once held my cousin in a Dixie cup. At least a part of him. The improvised committal on the banks of Nottoway Swamp was a fitting send-off for a man who wanted no ceremony. Prone to eccentricity and melancholia like many of my clan, Cousin Bill had requested only that we scatter him after the annual family reunion in tidewater Virginia. Over BBQ, collard greens, and caramel cake at the Ruritan building, we lit a candle for him and Alice Page, our other casualty that year, then offered the swamp excursion for those who … Continue reading Little Cups by Alex Joyner →becoming a writerfamily storiesBlog2022 Essay/Memoir ContestJuly 28, 2022 Emily LittlewoodLeave a commentSTREETLIGHT’S 2022 SUMMER FLASH FICTION CONTEST Send us your shorts by July 11! 1st Prize — $125 2nd — $75 3rd — $50 Entry Fee: $10 CONTEST GUIDELINES: Up to 500 of your best, previously unpublished words. Any subject. Multiple submissions are fine — one work per entry. This is a blind contest. Please remove all personal information from the story pages. We encourage simultaneous submissions but if your piece is accepted elsewhere, inform us at [email protected], right away. Contest deadline is Monday, July 11, 2022 midnight EST. Competition winners will be announced July 25, … Continue reading 2022 Essay/Memoir Contest →Blog2022 Flash Fiction ContestJuly 28, 2022 Emily LittlewoodLeave a commentSTREETLIGHT’S 2022 SUMMER FLASH FICTION CONTEST Send us your shorts by July 11! 1st Prize — $125 2nd — $75 3rd — $50 Entry Fee: $10 CONTEST GUIDELINES: Up to 500 of your best, previously unpublished words. Any subject. Multiple submissions are fine — one work per entry. This is a blind contest. Please remove all personal information from the story pages. We encourage simultaneous submissions but if your piece is accepted elsewhere, inform us at [email protected], right away. Contest deadline is Monday, July 11, 2022 midnight EST. Competition winners will be announced July 25, … Continue reading 2022 Flash Fiction Contest →Blog2022 Poetry ContestJuly 28, 2022 Emily LittlewoodLeave a commentSTREETLIGHT’S 2022 POETRY CONTEST August 15 to October 31 1st Prize — $125 2nd — $75 3rd — $50 Entry Fee: $10 FOR UP TO 3 POEMS CONTEST GUIDELINES: Up to three of your best, previously unpublished poems. Any subject. Multiple submissions are fine. This is a blind contest. Please remove all personal information from the story pages. We encourage simultaneous submissions but if your piece is accepted elsewhere, inform us at [email protected] or [email protected], right away. Contest deadline is Monday, October 31, 2022 midnight EST. Competition winners will be announced November 14, 2022. Only … Continue reading 2022 Poetry Contest →Blog2022 Flash Fiction Contest Winners by Erika Raskin and Mary EsselmanJuly 25, 2022 Erika RaskinLeave a comment This year’s flash fiction contest brought many great stories . . . and hard choices. (Seriously, it’s no lay-up trying to determine a winner when you have two judges with different writing backgrounds and sensibilities looking for the top three entries!) But Mary Esselman and I dove into the stack, read and reread, then ranked those that spoke to us in order, finding overlap à la Venn Diagram. (Personal aside: I’m always intrigued by the fact that this formula may mean one’s favorite might not even make the cut at all.) That said, the … Continue reading 2022 Flash Fiction Contest Winners by Erika Raskin and Mary Esselman →2022 Flash Fiction contest winnersJohn AdinolfiKay ChomicMargaret WatsonBlogDrawings and Collages by Jack C. BuckJuly 18, 2022 Elizabeth HowardLeave a comment I wholeheartedly believe in the power and value of art—whatever the avenue. The act of trying is the underlying variable of my art education, from solely writing poetry to putting energy towards visual poetry, drawing and collaging. My collages are made from cut paper and pen, followed by photographing (digitizing), digitally manipulating and modifying to add more elements. For art/drawing, my informal education originates from being influenced by creative friends in college. Being in the same space and sharing each other’s creative projects is still motivational. There is power in collective energy. I’ve … Continue reading Drawings and Collages by Jack C. Buck →drawingsJack BucknatureFictionErik and George by Ty PhelpsJuly 15, 2022 Erika RaskinLeave a comment Erik awakens full of pain, lying in a hospital bed in a propped position, his throat sore from the tube that snaked down into his mouth and nose, his limbs heavy and bruised. His head feels like it belongs to someone else. The lights are low in his hospital room and he hears the soft whir of machines. No one is in the room with him that he can see. Panic floods his heart as he remembers the accident: the whirl of lights, the spinning crush of metal. And ten-year-old George, his son, in … Continue reading Erik and George by Ty Phelps →brain injurylosspainSummer 2022BlogA Special Day by Miles FowlerJuly 11, 2022 Susan Shafarzek1 CommentWas I crazy to want to attend two different public events on a single hot summer’s day? Maybe, but after two years of the Covid pandemic, there were a couple of Fourth of July events I really wanted to attend. The first was two events in one: the July Fourth Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello, which is the historic home of President Thomas Jefferson, located just outside of Charlottesville. And this year, I actually knew someone who was taking the oath of citizenship, a woman who goes to the same church we … Continue reading A Special Day by Miles Fowler →Fourth of Julyliberty bellmonticellonew citizensEssay/Memoir ContestPandemic Casserole by Catherine Pritchard ChildressJuly 8, 2022 Susan ShafarzekLeave a commentCatherine Pritchard Childress is the 2nd place winner of Streetlight’s 2022 Essay/Memoir Contest Offering food as a form of comfort for those in mourning is as much a part of my Appalachian upbringing as Vacation Bible School and dinner on the grounds. Where there is death there will be cream soup casseroles and fried chicken, jugs of sweet tea and deli trays. Condolences unaccompanied by a Pyrex dish (name written on masking tape and secured to the bottom) or a lidded Rubbermaid container  (“Honey, I don’t need it back”) are lacking—or so we’ve been raised … Continue reading Pandemic Casserole by Catherine Pritchard Childress →2022 Essay/Memoir Contest2nd placegrievingneighborspandemicSummer 2022Posts navigation12…111Next →Streetlight Magazine is the non-profit home for unpublished fiction, poetry, essays, and art that inspires. Submit your work today!Subscribe to Mailing ListStreetlight 2022 Fiction and Essay/Memoir ContestCONGRATULATIONS to Streetlight Magazine‘s 2022 Flash Fiction Contest Winners!1ST PLACE: Thank You for Calling by Margaret Watson2ND PLACE: Down the Shore by John Adinolfi3RD PLACE: The View by Kay ChomicThese pieces will appear in our upcoming Fall issue. CONGRATULATIONS to Streetlight Magazine‘s 2022 Essay/Memoir Contest Winners!1ST PLACE: What Killed The Video Star by Betty Wilkins2ND PLACE: Pandemic Casserole by Catherine Childress3RD PLACE: The Notebook by Susan ValasThese pieces will appear in our upcoming Summer issue. Contributor NewsCongratulations to Nancy Ludmerer! Her short story “Mayim,” the 1st place winner of Streetlight‘s 2020 Flash Fiction Contest, was included in The Sonder Press anthology Best Small Fictions.Naomi Raquel Enright, an honorable mention winner in last year’s Streetlight Essay/Memoir contest, has let us know she has recently been interviewed for inclusion in a podcast called War Stories From the Womb. 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