Ben Stubenberg 20th Annual Solas Awards Silver Winner in the Travel & Healing category It’s our last night in Haiti, and nobody wants to leave. Spicy aromas from Creole lobster, shrimp, and red snapper caught that afternoon waft through the humid air and invite us to dine. We take our seats at the table set for us on the beach at the water’s edge under a black Caribbean sky strewn with a billion stars, bright
Margaret Wagner 20th Annual Solas Awards Gold Winner in the Travel & Sports category The bull fell to his front knees, then struggled and stood up, shaking his head. I exhaled a soft “oh no.” The animal panted, quivering the banderillas, the two-and-a-half-foot red and white sticks tipped with two-inch barbed hooks which had been stabbed into his back. Wet bands glistened from the top of his spine down hefty flanks, blood darkening mahogany hair.
MJ Pramik 20th Annual Solas Awards Bronze Winner in the Travel & Food category Growing up in rural Ohio, our parents “recruited” us to help with the canning of strawberry jam, which required us to search for the perfect deep-ruby strawberries that intermingled with the morning’s mist. The tiny bright fruits ripened in waves. Each day for a week, we picked and filled wicker baskets to mash, sweeten, and cook, filling twelve or more boiled