01.31.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island’s Morehead Poetry Contest underway The Fifth Annual Bliss Morehead Poetry Contest is now open, the Shelter Island Public Library has announced. The prize, a grant of $1,000, is awarded each April to the...
05.18.2025 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter poetry corner: May 18, 2025 IN PRAISE OF THE END By Bethany Moore Only love the new Shoes fresh from the box, waiting for the first day The robin’s egg inside the nest A...
01.12.2025 Featured Story Poetry competition opens, inspired by Shelter Islander Bliss Morehead The Shelter Island Public Library has announced that applications are now welcome for the fourth annual Bliss Morehead Poetry Grant. This grant of $1,000 is awarded each April to...
04.22.2024 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Myron ‘Mike’ Zisser Long-time Shelter Island resident, Myron “Mike” Zisser, passed away March 29 at age 92 after a short illness in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. where he had spent his last few...
04.15.2023 Featured Story Jenifier’s Journal: Poetry from the trenches April is “Poetry Month.” If you shrugged just now, maybe read on a bit. You see, for its size, Shelter Island has a kind of poetry “pedigree,” thanks to...