Table of Contents


Views and Mechanics
Publisher's Note
Editor's Note
Review of African Psycho
Review of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Film Review of "Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind"
Writing Contest Results
Creative Nonfiction
Back Pain...Who Cares?
By Michael D. Burg
Knit Two Together
By Jo L. Gerrard
Skin Odyssey
By Holly Leigh Jacobson
Leaves in the Wind
By Molly Molloy
Hydroglyphics
By Phaedra Greenwood
Poetry
Indiana Poem
By Michael Lee Johnson
Inspire Me, Ms. Muse
By Tony Zurlo
A Poem Forgot
By Gabrielle Rabinowitz
Yours
By Sheila McLaughlin Sikorski
Confetti
By Alan Girling
Correction:
Drive Me Home Again
By Anne Cammon
Fiction
Scaffold
By Joseph Bathanti
For the Taking
By Anne Leigh Parrish
The Artistic Impulse
By Johanna Lipford
Justifiable Brew Aside
By Barbara Anton
Stopping at the DQ
By Susan White
Cover Art
Bright Red
By Dee Rimbaud
About the Contributors

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Contest Results

We finally finished the judging of our first contest. It was an interesting experience on our end, and all I can say now is that I'm glad to be able to offer this list once and for all. So, here are the winners, and honorable mentions. It was a nearly bloody battle to decide on these, and we'll be nursing the bumps and bruises for at least a little while. We hope you enjoy reading the top three in each category in this issue as much as we did. Honorable mention stories and essays will appear in our July/August issue.

Elizabeth Ross

Fiction Contest Winners

1st Place - "The Artistic Impulse" - By Johanna Lipford
2nd Place - "Justifiable Brew Aside" - By Barbara Anton
3rd Place - "Stopping at the DQ" - By Susan White
Honorable Mention - "Body Warmth" - By Louise Kantro
Honorable Mention - "The Larchmont Campaign" - By Zain Deane

Creative Nonfiction Contest Winners

1st Place - Skin Odyssey - By Holly Leigh Jacobson
2nd Place - Leaves in the Wind - By Molly Molloy
3rd Place - Hydroglyphics - By Phaedra Greenwood
Honorable Mention - Home - By Marion Agnew
Honorable Mention - One Foot and Then the Other - By Greg Coykendall