Volume 7, Issue 2 :: June 2007

Featured Writing

Three Poems
Poetry by David Michael Wolach

Aunt Pauline at 83
Poetry by Teresa McLamb Blackmon

Pas de Deux
Flash Fiction by Claire Rudy Foster

The Year Michael Got His Own Page in the Yearbook
Fiction by Nick Seagers

This Teacher Talks Too Damn Fast
Creative Nonfiction by Megan Stielstra

Editor’s Picks

Baker’s Pick * Two Poems
Poetry by J.R. Salling

Ana’s Pick * Lies
Flash Fiction by Danielle Vermette

Boots’s Pick * No Good Reason
Fiction by Michele M. Feeney

Beaver’s Pick * Tractor
Creative Nonfiction by Jacoba Mendelkow

Contest Winners

Three Cheers and a Tiger Writing Contest
Judged by The Bellman & Bonnets
Topic: A mystery that features a delicate balance.
Word Count: 1,175 – 1,225 words

Gold: The Fall
by Jennifer Ruddock

Silver: A Shift in Balance
by Laura Magalas

Bronze: Off-Duty
by Christopher Glenman

Honorable Mention:
“Saturday Night” by Robin Hillard

Columns

Best of the Boards
The Lesson
by Alan Walkington

The Snark Zone: Letters From The Editors
Success Stories
by Theryn “Beaver” Fleming