The NightWriter Review

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The NightWriter Review</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is the literary journal of San Luis Obispo NightWriters (SLO NightWriters) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission of nurturing the Central Coast writing community and providing writing education opportunities resources workshops and scholarships. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>100% of the proceeds from the sale of this book go to SLO NightWriters a support group for writers and poets based in San Luis Obispo California.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The NightWriter Review</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Volume 1 Issue 1 Winter 2024/2025 is a literary journal showcasing a diverse range of voices and styles from members and non-members of the SLO NightWriters a writing organization based in San Luis Obispo California. This inaugural issue memorializes the winning entries from the annual Golden Quill Writing Contest in print for the first time alongside other works of merit and general submissions. The journal aims to provide readers with memorable thought-provoking and entertaining examples of the writing craft while also inspiring writers at all levels.</span></p><p></p><ul><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fiction</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>: The first-place winner Sounds Like Joni Mitchell by S.S. Presby tells the story of a man saying goodbye to his dying dog. The second-place winner The Lila Segovia Smile by Anne R. Allen is about a woman who reinvents herself and connects with her favorite author. Other fiction pieces include The Mary Taft Mystery by Kevin Carver Devil Cut by Robert Morgan Fisher and The Essence by Christine Ahern.</span></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nonfiction</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>: The first-place winner My Favorite Animal Is A Harbor Seal by Michele L. Roest recounts a childhood experience of caring for an orphaned seal pup with her father. My Wrinkled Brain by Rusty Evans the second-place winner explores the changes that occur in the aging brain. The Stoic Parent by T.K. Schuberth received an honorable mention and reflects on parenting during a crisis. Ninety Miles From Normal by Christina Dillow tells a personal story of surviving a life-threatening health crisis.</span></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Poetry</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>: The issue features works such as Memory of an Unnamed Color and An Old Friend Calls to Tell Me About The Death of Another Old Friend by L.I. Henley Game Time Exploration and A New Tune by Misty Wycoff What I Miss Most by Lewis Leicher The Light of Luna Madre by C.S. Perryess poems by Andréa Ferrell Gannon A Horse Ran Amok by Shari Neva Hollander and Mother-Daughter Luncheon by Debra Davis Hinkle.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The journal also includes an editor's note from Harvey Ardman the Editor-in-Chief who expresses the hope that the pieces will be entertaining instructive and encouraging.</span></p><p></p>