In Other Words by Elizabeth Meade Howard   Remember letters? Ones that came in the mail with stamps and occasional foreign postmarks? Remember that moment of anticipation before […]

My Inspiring Journey by Sean Nishi Studio City, November, 2016 Had a great time going back home for Thanksgiving. Everyone was there—Mom, Dad, my Sister, our championship horse S […]

Apology for Ralph's Mule by Joyce Compton Brown  Joyce Compton Brown is the 3rd place winner of Streetlight’s 2023 Poetry Contest Apology for Ralph’s Mule       …and before them went the mule […]

My Father Unknown by Laura Shaine How do you knock on a door that, all your life, you imagined opening? I stood at a fateful address on the edge of the historic district of Old […]

Another Season of Winners by Susan Shafarzek We’re happy to announce the 2024 Streetlight Essay/Memoir contest winners. With an emphasis on memoir, the winners are as follows: First Prize w […]

Considering My Last Carbon Footprint by Patricia Hemminger  Patricia Hemminger is the 2nd place winner of Streetlight’s 2023 Poetry Contest Considering My Last Carbon Footprint New York Governor L […]

No YOU Say it Erika Raskin Someone asked me what a writer’s voice is. I was momentarily tongue-tied. It’s a tricky concept to capture and describe–a little like trying […]

Transference by MaryLewis Meador   Lucy and Henry are not an unusual couple. They forgive slights, hold some grudges, and share hilarity at mispronunciations, bad teeth, and […]

Digging by Linda Parsons Linda Parsons is the 1st place winner of Streetlight’s 2023 Poetry Contest Digging Dirt peppers the sink as I roll palm to palm these golds […]

A Leg in the Darkness by Alex Joyner When the leg appeared out of the darkness, flung over the gate of the neighboring corral, I was howling along with Emmylou Harris. “Beneath Still W […]

O TANGERINE by Christina Hauck Buying one I thought of my mother, dead three months. How she loved the easy peel, the seediness! Long ago on Christmas morning I discovered A […]

The View by Kay Rae Chomic Streetlight Voices: Short Fiction & Memoir · The View by Kay Rae   Podcast: “The View” is a short fiction about self sabotage. A fictional s […]

The Goodness of Contests by Fred Wilbur Life should not be a contest, but it is. This statement seems terribly bleak, “survival of the fittest,” dystopian, shoot-‘em-up violent and down- […]

Angels by Margarita Meyendorf We were a half-hour drive from our destination and already thinking of the cool lake we were going to jump into and the scrumptious lunch we had […]

Samadhi and The Genesee River, 2 poems by Victoria Korth Samadhi By day it hides in the bones, disguising its rich scent with worry and talk. At night it falls lightly, dips fingers in water, crosses […]

The Photographs of Christopher Woods                         I have always been interested in visual art. In fact, years ago my wife, Linda, and I owned a small art gallery. Bu […]

MAISON MAGIQUE by Deborah M. Prum   I have a five-year-old grandchild who lives in Paris. Recently, she informed me that when she plays tag at her schoolyard, to avoid becoming […]

You Must Pay The Rent by Marijean Oldham The kitchen is new to her, its wide granite island, so big you could autopsy a moose on it. More cabinet space than she’d had in all her p […]

Lent by Sharon Ackerman The word Lent derives from an Old English word meaning ‘lengthen.’ Or more precisely, it comes from the Middle English word lente which means spr […]