Whitefish Review Launches 30th Issue, “Crossroads”
Event features
-- Lee Stockdale, the winner of the 2025 Montana Prize for Humor
-- Cassidy Randall, reading from her new book Thirty Below
-- Mark Schoenfeld, a Missoula writer, educator, and storyteller.
Live music by Nick Spear begins during cocktail hour at 6:30 p.m., Rotating slideshow of Adrian Arleo’s ceramic work.
Readings start at 8:00 p.m.
The evening will also be livestreamed on http://youtube.com/WhitefishReview
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The celebration will take place at 101 Central Ave in downtown Whitefish.
Issue #30 features 26 writers and artists selected from hundreds of submissions from across the globe. Special features include the work of Montana ceramic artists Adrian Arleo and Stephen Braun. Photographs by Panamanian Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Essdras M Suarez and Belgian-based photographer Kenny Deuss are also featured.
Cassidy Randall is the author of the new survival epic Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali. She details the 1970 expedition where Alaskan doctor and mountaineer Grace Hoeman led a team of six women in the first all-female attempt to summit Denali. Their choices would determine how the world would judge them and all women’s ability to climb and survive the fiercest mountains.
Mark Schoenfeld is a recovering middle school English teacher from Missoula and a born-again agnostic, who will be reading from his essay, “What Would Jed Do?” Before spending over a decade as an educator, Mark worked as a public radio host, screen printer, youth pastor, and window washer.
Lee Stockdale was selected as the winner of The Montana Prize for Humor by Molly McNearney, the executive producer and co-head writer of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Stockdale has won the United Kingdom National Poetry Prize and the Sidney Lanier Poetry Prize, and his work has appeared in The Poetry Review and The Guardian.
The cover of “Crossroads” is a visionary painting of a major wildlife crossing bridge by Montana artist Monte Dolack.
The evening is sponsored by The Whitefish Community Foundation, Whitefish Credit Union, 101 Central, Underscore Art, and Averill Hospitality.
A $10 entry donation is suggested to support the nonprofit journal.
The Firebrand Hotel is offering a 30% discount with their “Friends in the 406” deal. Check their website for details.
Whitefish Review is a literary journal that explores the landscapes of the human condition and our connection to the natural world. It illuminates the confluence of art, storytelling, society, and science. As a recognized nonprofit corporation created for the public good, it is supported by generous donations and grants. Since its founding in 2007, Whitefish Review has published over 1,000 artists and writers from 46 states and 25 countries. Whitefish Review is available by subscription or in bookstores and can be ordered online.
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