Canadice Press is a regional press located in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. We also publish a serial journal, Owl Light Literary.
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Canadice Press supports creativity, innovation, and active inquiry as avenues for positive change in rural communities. We publish a 60 page print subscription quarterly magazine -- Owl Light News - Where Inspiration & Inquiry Converge --featuring many regular contributors and additional guest writers in every exciting issue. What this offers us, as writers and people who care about people, commun
ities and the social and environmental health of our one world, is the potential to bring about positive change through words and actions. What this offers advertisers is the ability to support free press in your community, while promoting your business across the Finger Lakes. Our Regional Arts and Entertainment calendar offers a free forum for artists, community organizations, towns, villages and hamlets to let readers know what’s going on. We encourage you to spend some time in the owllight*
*owllight - the time between night and day (when magical things can happen).
12/11/2024
Deadline February 13, 2025 for These Wilds-Written works (we would love some short stories) and cover artist!
Little Lakes Community Center
Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
→Written submissions should be 2000 words or less (one piece or up to three shorter works totaling 2000 words or less in any genre(s) equals one submission – i.e. three flash fiction, a single short story, or a short, short story and a poem). Hybrid submissions welcomed and encouraged.→Origina...
Submissions for "These Wilds", our 2025 journal!!! Yah!!! are beginning to come in (we are focusing this journal on NYS writers - please read and follow guidelines and feel free to contact us with any questions). In anticipation of the new publication (summer 2025), I am posting periodically, in order, the selected writings from our inaugural journal: Turning Points, 2021. Here are some poems from Hibah Shabkhez for your reading enjoyment.
Below is a creative non-fiction story from our first literary journal: "Turning Points", published by in 2021. We will be posting stories periodically from "Turning Points" in celebration of having opened the submission window for "These Wilds", Owl Light Literary No. 2. Yah!!
We look forward to receiving an eclectic and exciting selection of submissions and will be celebrating the journal's release with the selected authors and artist in July 2025 at Little Lakes Community Center in Hemlock, NY - part of their "Voices Across Lakes" initiative to offer increases opportunities to writers in NYS, including underserved rural writers.
Finger Lakes Art Series 2024-25 MacFadden Coffee Co.
Please join MacFadden Coffee Company for this month’s featured reading and open mic, on Friday, November 15th, at 6 p. m. at 211 Main Street, Dansville, New York. See the full Winter 2024-25 FLAS Schedule below.
10/29/2024
Brattleboro, VT Brattleboro Literary Festival
I’d lost track of how many years it had been since I, by chance, found myself in downtown Brattleboro during their annual literary festival. Looking back, I tried to recall something, a vague déjà vu of names and faces. Or the lingering aura of a title I’d picked up and read. As I entere...
09/17/2024
Life is about trying new things and sharing those adventures with others. I started Owl Light and Canadice Press in 2017 and published our print magazine for five years. I LOVE print and prefer reading from formats that I can pick up, set aside, and pick up again and again. I knew that was also true...
08/14/2024
07/18/2024
Craig Czury & George Guida at Empire Coffee & Donuts
07/18/2024
Puppet parade , 12:45 PM start at Little Lakes Community Center. Join in the celebration as the Puppets Alive 4-H Club slithers their Queen Snake from the LLCC to the Hemlock "Little World's" Fair.
The club's (10) young people have spent a year learning about puppet making and are showcasing their creations at the fair -- along with a plethora of many other vast and wonderfully talented youth.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Livingston County
Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
07/16/2024
Fiddlehead the Frog
07/09/2024
Fiddlehead, the sometimes fluff, sometimes gruff bull frog.
07/04/2024
The snake is ready for the fair. It has been incredible working with the fantastic youth and families for this final puppet project (and all of our culminating projects, some of which will be exhibited by youth).
Our snake slither will be Thursday, July 18th beginning at 12:45PM in front of the community center - Main Street Hemlock, NY with a photo exhibit at the fair.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Livingston County
Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
Little Lakes Community Center
06/20/2024
Check out our Owl Light postings for some upcoming events including information about the 2024 New York State Puppet Festival!!!
And stay tuned for some exciting Owl Light-related news!
The moment you’ve been waiting for…New York State Puppet Festival is officially back THIS MONTH, from June 20 to June 30, 2024!!...
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Canadice Press is a small, independent press located near Canadice Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. Our inaugural publication, Owl Light News, is a 24 page, monthly alternative subscription (and news stand) newspaper. We will be publishing our inaugural literary journal-OwlLight Literary: Turning Points-later this year.
We are adding new and exciting stories and features every issue. Our original content is also available on the go at OwlLightNews.com, where we highlight stories and features through supplemental media. What all this means for Owl Light writers and community contributors, people who care about people, communities and the social and environmental health of our one world, is the ability to provide informative and entertaining content. What this means for advertisers is the confidence that your message is seen.
Owl Light News is asked for and read.
Whether you are a township or organization looking to promote a community event, a writer exploring avenues for publication, an artist with a great story to tell, or a business looking for creative advertising and ad placement, Owl Light News has something to offer.
Our goal at Owl Light News is to provide quality content that supports positive innovation and inspires positive change in our communities. Our print focus on regional arts, and our complimentary online calendar, provides a forum for artists, educators, community organizations, towns, villages and hamlets to let readers know what’s going on. Each issue highlights innovators and innovations through full-length feature articles, stories, sidebars and advertising. Our regular contributors provide features that connect us with community. Whatever your passion and interest - be it music, gardening and beekeeping, history, astronomy, sustainability, nature, current events or the culinary and beverage arts - Owl Light is there to help us share and explore our world so we can move positively toward the future.
Owl Light News: Where Inspiration & Inquiry Converge.
