Join Little Lakes Community Center, Canadice Press and MacFadden Coffee Company in welcoming and celebrating the NYS authors and artists selected for These Wilds: Owl Light Literary No. 2. This “Voices Across Lakes” event—held at MacFadden Coffee Company, Dansville, NY—will feature readings and art from the journal’s contributors with introductions from the editors. Art from the selected artists will be exhibited at MacFaddens through the month of August.
These Wilds, featuring written works from fourteen talented authors, as well as gorgeous artwork by two artists, is now available for advance purchase. The journal will be out in July 2025, just a couple short months away!
The selected stories, poems, and illustrations paint a picture of New York State; a line connecting us from forests to cities, through lakes and fields, memories and history alike, all brought together by one uniting feature: Wildness.
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Owl Light Literary is now accepting sponsorships from community members, businesses and organizations, with all sponsorships going directly to the 16 chosen contributors, for honorariums and recognition. All sponsors will be promoted through our online site and social media. Sponsors of $100. or more get a comp copy of the journal. While we cannot offer advertisements within the journal itself due to postal restrictions, sponsors giving $125. or more can have a linkable post at owllightnews.com – from the date of their sponsorship through November 2025 and promotion on our social media. The sooner you sponsor the more promotion you receive.
Congratulations to the selected contributors!
Thank you to all who submitted for consideration. It was an honor to go over every single piece, and challenging to choose from so many wonderful stories, poems, and artworks!
Writers are (in alphabetical order): Nina Alvarez, Melissa Betrus, Catherine Bileti, Ann Bruns, Nicole Hebdon, Sheila Hess, George Guida, Rachael Ikins, Suzanne Morgan, Gloria Osborne, Kevin Palotti, Alana Pedalino, Anne Ruflin, Heidi Spitzig.
Artists are: Erin H. Green (cover art and interior images) and Amber Hanselman (interior images). Frog image by These Wilds cover artist Erin Green
A special thank you to Little Finger Lakes Center for including These Wilds as part of their Voices Across Lakes initiative and to Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for Inspiring Community and making Voices Across Lakes possible.
