After Happy Hour Contest Issue #4

<p>For the 4th annual contest After Happy Hour asked contributors to bring us a feast of words--and they delivered! This issue contains the winners and honorable mentions from the contest along with some of our other top choices from among the contest entries for a total of 4 stories 3 essays and 9 poems that all take their own unique take on Food.</p><p></p><p>The works published in this issue include this year's prize winners:</p><p></p><p><strong>Contest #4 Poetry Winner: </strong><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Nana and the Squirrels by Christine Potter </span></p><p><strong>Contest #4 Prose Winner: </strong><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Pickle Factory by Delaney Phelps</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Contest #4 Honorable Mentions: </strong></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>We Ate Sand for Dinner by Jonathan Chibuike Ukah</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Confessions of a Vegetarian Ranchwife by Michelle Nicolaysen </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Mexican Heaven by Ren Koppel Torres </span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p>...along with some other fantastic poetry and prose submitted during the contest reading period:</p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Here We Go Again by Ashleigh Adams</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Caught by Camille Capasso</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I'm Craving Crunchwraps by Ariel Hemloch</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Little Dog with the Stick by Charles Huysman</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Pretzel Problem by Justin Kolber</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Don't Blow Up This Spot by Parker Logan</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Would you believe I love the way by Christine C. Rivero-Guisinga</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dream Where I Intervene in Climate Change by VA Smith</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Tamalero by Ren Koppel Torres</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Seed dispersal of fleshy-fruited invasive plants by humans by CX Wang</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Reistomate by John Wojtowicz</span></p>