Category: spotlight
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SPOTLIGHT: Ari Blatt
Ari Blatt, who wrote “JUST A LITTLE NATURAL TRAGEDY,” for the Winter 2026 issue of Eleventh Hour, is teaching a weekend writing workshop with the Hoffman Center for the Arts in Oregon on March 21 titled “Writing from the Perspectives of the More-than-Human World.” Her short stories have been nominated for the 2026 Best Small…
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SPOTLIGHT: Marie Anne Arreola
Marie Anne Arreola, whose poem, “BETA” was featured in the Winter 2026 issue of Eleventh Hour, has her debut novel, “Sparks of the liberating spirit who trapped us,” releasing within the year from Foreshore Publishing (UK). In addition, her directorial debut short film, Aterrizaje Lunar, is entering its exhibition stage. Arreola is a Rotten Tomatoes…
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SPOTLIGHT: Douglas W. Milliken
Our friend, Douglas W. Milliken, author of “Longing V. Worth“ (published in our most recent issue), has news to share! He was recently featured on a Maine-based radio show called “Random Rules”, which aired an interview regarding his newest book, Any Less You. Some topics covered include: growing up in Aroostook County, memory, grief and, naturally,…
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SPOTLIGHT: Robert Miner
Congratulations to Robert Miner — whose piece “Self-Portrait In A Lacemaker’s Hands” was published in our second issue — and who has just had a recent publication in Burningwood Literary Journal titled “The general’s family selects an earth spirit for his mausoleum”. To read the piece, click the link below! In other big news for…
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SPOTLIGHT: Heather Ostman
Our next contributor spotlight highlights the excellent academic work of Heather Ostman, who published “Water Wheel” with us back in our very first issue! Just last week, Routledge published her new book, Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Religion, and the Search for Grace, exploring selected texts by four major American authors: Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sojourner Truth…
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SPOTLIGHT: Bill Garvey
We are excited to help announce that one of our contributors, Bill Garvey, author of “The Secret”, published in Issue 2.1, will have a full collection of poetry published this April with DarkWinter Press. Titled Leaning in the same direction, the collection is a poetic portrait of the people and places that make Canada a…
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SPOTLIGHT: Jake La Botz
Jake La Botz, who wrote “V-NECKS” for our Winter 2026 issue, has his debut short-story collection “Your Place in This World” coming this April from Cornerstone Press. Congratulations, Jake, and we encourage you all to check out another lovely literary magazine/publisher at the link below! If you’ve been published in Eleventh Hour Literary, we’d love to hear…
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SPOTLIGHT: JoAnneh Nagler
JoAnneh Nagler, who wrote our prize-winning piece in issue 1.2, “Sonja Clay”, published in more than 10 NEW LITERARY MAGAZINES in 2025! Some of these publications include and are available to read at: Her book, Stay with Me, Wisconsin, was also a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2022, and has won several awards. Congratulations, JoAnneh, and we encourage…
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SPOTLIGHT: Jay Neugeboren
Jay Neugeboren, who contributed “The Morning Line” as a guest essay for our first issue, recently announced the upcoming release of his next book, Dickens in Brooklyn: Essays on Family, Writing, and Madness, due out April 28, 2026! Neugeboren explores experiences that have been central to his life: caring long-term for a brother with mental illness;…
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SPOTLIGHT: Robert Miner
Robert Miner, who wrote “SELF-PORTRAIT IN A LACEMAKER’S HANDS” for our Summer 2025 issue, was recently awarded an honorable mention and publication in the 2025 Passager Poetry Contest, for his piece, “The servant of the poet Po Chü-I expresses her exasperation”. Congratulations, Robert, and we encourage you all to check out another lovely literary magazine/publisher at…
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