Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Contains 12 stories by young writers, winners of a literary competition sponsored by the National Society of Arts and Letters. "In '"Not If, When' by Carol Vivian Spaulding, a rueful young woman describes the physical ruin of her mother and ponders an escape from a life of onerous caretaking. In 'World War II Pictures'" by Tina Marie Conway, a young divorcee recalls the romance in her parents' lives as she views a well-worn snapshot of her mother as a seductive teenager slipping provocatively out of the shower. Precocious children observe the dissolution of their parents' marriages in the harshly realistic 'Midway' by Young William Smith, and the gently compelling 'Light in My Pocket,; by Marty Leslie Levine. Lyrical, gritty or wry, many stories also offer sharp portraits of people in transition." (Publishers Weekly) Foreword by Robert Flynn. Brief biographical notes on the authors. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-874830931.