Category: spotlight
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SPOTLIGHT: Chuck Joy
Chuck Joy, author of “TORONTO SUMMER”, which was published in the Summer 2026 issue of Eleventh Hour, has some great news to share! For the second year in a row, he will be hosting the capstone poetry open mic concluding the Western Maryland Indie Lit Fest on September 26 in Frostburg MD, produced by Jennifer…
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SPOTLIGHT: Christa Fairbrother
Christa Fairbrother, author of “MY THERAPIST SAYS I SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THE BIRDS“, has some exciting news to share! One of her poems, “Kelp Me, Doctor, I’m a Female Echinoderm,” was featured in the season closure issue of SWWIM. In addition, her poem, “The St. John’s River,” has been published in the latest issue of…
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SPOTLIGHT: AJ Wright
AJ Wright, author of “THE MAP BY HAND”, which was published in the Summer 2026 issue of Eleventh Hour, has some news to share with the community! Her first collection, titled “The River on Our Hands,” comes out August 25th. In “The River on our Hands,” AJ Wright asks what silence carries through personal and…
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SPOTLIGHT: Beth Sherman
Beth Sherman, author of “CHARMED”, which was published in the Winter 2026 issue of Eleventh Hour, has some news to share! Her novella-in-flash, HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE, was recently published by Ad Hoc Fiction. Beth Sherman has had more than 200 stories published in literary journals, including Flash Frog, Fictive Dream, Bending Genres and Smokelong Quarterly.Her work is…
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SPOTLIGHT: Gilbert Diaz
Gilbert Diaz, author of “MARATHON DAY”, which was published in the Summer 2026 issue of Eleventh Hour, has begun sharing poems and essays on his Substack, “The Tour Guide!” Gilbert Diaz is a school counselor and poet from Washington Heights, NY. Influenced by the city, martial arts, and travel to over 40 countries, his writing explores identity,…
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SPOTLIGHT: John Whittier Treat
John Whittier Treat, author of “WATERLOO”, which was published in the Summer 2025 issue of Eleventh Hour, has his novel, “The Seventh City of Refuge” out this fall from Phylum Press! “The Seventh City of Refuge” is a contemplation of modern risk set among survivalists in rural eastern Washington State. John Whittier Treat has won the…
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SPOTLIGHT: Mike Wilson
Mike Wilson, author of “TRAVEL BROCHURE, A DREAMED POEM“, published in our Summer 2026 issue, has two new books to share! Before the Fall (Kelsay Books 2026), has been described as a “riotous blessing of emotion” and “remniscent of Whitman, Wilson celebrates the multitudes within each of us.” In Food Court (Mint Hill Books, 2026), a poet, who…
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SPOTLIGHT: Douglas W. Milliken
Douglas W. Milliken, author of “Longing V. Worth“, published in our Winter 2026 issue, has news to share! His book Any Less You is a finalist for the Maine Literary Award for Memoir! Any Less You is the cumulative struggle of an artist to piece together a fractured whole, a family portrait and a broken mirror,…
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SPOTLIGHT: Amy Dupcak
Amy Dupcak, author of “TIMEKEEPER”, which was published in the Summer 2025 issue of Eleventh Hour, has a piece of short fiction, “Siren Song,” out in Santa Clara Review Volume 113.1! Amy Dupcak published a story collection, Dust, in 2016 and co-edited an anthology of prose and poetry, Words After Dark, in 2020. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared…
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SPOTLIGHT: Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith
Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith, author of THE GO BUTTON, which won our Summer 2025 Poetry Prize, has some news to share! His poem “One Spring Break” received an honorable mention in the 2025 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award and the piece will be published in the journal in late spring of 2026! In addition, Rubio-Goldsmith’s poem “Abuelo” will be…
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