The Journal: Current Issue

The WINTER HOLIDAY REFLECTION ISSUE – Part One (December 1st)

• Kersten Christianson – December’s Eve (poetry)
• Jeffrey Sommer – Winter (poetry)
• Mark Hall – Alma’s Baked ‘Possum: A Thanksgiving Tradition (nonfiction)
• Laura Hannett – Antipodes (poetry)
• Lana Hechtman Ayers – Two Little Jews on Christmas Morning 1971, with (poetry)
• Deborah Shouse – Santa V Moon (nonfiction)
• Chantal Travers – What we give at Christmas (poetry)
• Cecil Morris – Orange at Christmas (poetry)
• Mitch Simmons – The Weight of Christmas Past (poetry)
• Melanie Harless – A Doll for Christmas (nonfiction)
• Ruth Zwald – Winter Solstice Pantoum (poetry)
• Brian C. Billings – Green, Green Christmas (poetry)
• Brian Goedde – For Santa’s Magic, We Told the Truth (nonfiction)
• Paige Milatz – Santa Claus Let the Dogs Out (poetry)
• Kenneth M. Kapp – Rudolf and the Flashing Red Lights (fiction)
• Alexandria Wyckoff – Cheerful Misery (poetry)
• Kathy Pon – Poinsettias (poetry)
• Amber Lethe – First Snow, Final Page (poetry)

The WINTER HOLIDAY REFLECTION ISSUE – Part Two (January 1, 2026)

• Cecil Morris – New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day (poetry)
• Jeanine Stevens – Infinity (poetry)
• Sarah Pouliot – Papa’s Garage (poetry)
• Lorraine Jeffery – Putting Christmas Away (poetry)
• Perie Longo – Retrieving the Mail in January (poetry)
• Karen Carter – Ushering in the New Year (poetry)
• Sandra Hosking – The Singing Lake (poetry)
• Lani T – Winter Woes (poetry)
• Sam Barbee – A.M. Art (poetry)
• Beate Sigriddaughter – Snowball Fight (poetry)
• Catherine Prentice – Winter Grief (poetry)
• Ruth Zwald – Kinds of Snow (poetry)
• John Attanas – Back Then (poetry)
• Stephan Hermann – Bunny in Brown Bear’s Coat (poetry)
• Aidan Russell – Snow (poetry)
• Sarah Das Gupta – Puck’s Paper (poetry)
• Shreya Datta – Darjeeling Tea (poetry)