Email Author Megan Feldman

Awards

• 2011 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 14, 2010

  "Unhooked"

• 2010 - Pen Center USA West Literary Awards, published March 12, 2009

  "Gimme Shelter"

• 2009 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published April 3, 2008

  "Who's Your Daddy?"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published May 22, 2008

  "Terrain of Grief"

• 2008 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, published July 26, 2007

  "El Tren de la Muerte"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 26, 2007

  "El Tren de la Muerte"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published April 5, 2007

  "Ground Meat"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published July 26, 2007

  "El Tren de la Muerte"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published September 20, 2007

  "Teenage and Transgendered"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published July 26, 2007

  "El Tren de la Muerte"

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2006 Stories by Megan Feldman

• Coming Out Swinging

  published December 28, 2006

  On the evening of November 13, hundreds of people swarmed Farmers Branch City Hall. The small council chamber quickly reached capacity, and most... More >>

• Winter Getanumberland

  published December 21, 2006

  When the dating gets tough, a non-Jewish friend of mine always threatens to go on Jdate.com and bill herself as a Shiksa Goddess. I always tell... More >>

• The Hunted

  published December 14, 2006

  It is early one Saturday in November, still dark, and Clark Kirby and his volunteers are on their way to spy on a group of Latino men waiting for... More >>

• Carols Caliente

  published December 14, 2006

  Christmas is boring in this country. Always the same old tired carols, the fake corporate trees, the insufferable red sweaters with embroidered... More >>

• Cuban Dreams

  published December 7, 2006

  I've never crossed the Caribbean via raft, but I can't imagine a painting that captures the mood of those fleeing Cuba as well as Rolando... More >>

• Gold, Frakincense and Crullers

  published November 30, 2006

  "Life without Jesus is like a doughnut," says Rob Evans—aka The Donut Man—"'cause there's a hole in the middle of your heart."... More >>

• Light It Up

  published November 30, 2006

  Don't let the name fool you—while it may sound like an apocalyptic Bruce Willis movie with lots of bombs, Light Up the Sky is... More >>

• Racing Poultry

  published November 23, 2006

  For most people, Thanksgiving is synonomous with heaping plates of food, awkward political conversations and small talk with Aunt Betty. The only... More >>

• Bookstore Santa

  published November 23, 2006

  Kids' visits to Santa bring two things to mind: A Christmas Story's psycho workaholic Santa who dashes Ralphie's dream of a Red Ryder BB... More >>

• Slow Tide Rising

  published November 16, 2006

  In the days before this month's election, the Dallas County Democratic Party distributed cards with photographs of the county's five Hispanic... More >>

• Who's Missing

  published November 9, 2006

  If, like me, you have an inexplicable obsession with the colorful and kitschy calaveras of Mexico (you know, the skeleton brides and grooms, the... More >>

• Team Martha

  published November 9, 2006

  Who said the homemaking maven's status plummeted after her tangle with the law? The press release for Martha Stewart's November 11 book... More >>

• Splitsville

  published November 2, 2006

  On the hot August morning when it all began, Elizabeth Villafranca was sitting in her spacious North Dallas kitchen reading the newspaper when a... More >>

• The Other Immigrants

  published November 2, 2006

  Sima Cheregosha came to Texas from Iran 14 years ago. She knows what it's like to leave her country behind and make a new home in a strange place.... More >>

• Washed Away

  published November 2, 2006

  Before seeing Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues, it was hard to imagine that a show about sexual oppression and brutality could be funny. But... More >>

• The Critter Whisperer

  published October 26, 2006

  There's still time to catch Big River at the Granville Arts Center courtesy of the Garland Civic Theatre. The play, based on Mark Twain's... More >>

• Double Trouble

  published October 19, 2006

  Last spring, an idea Jesse Garcia had kicked around with colleagues for months suddenly seemed urgent. Controversy was mounting over a U.S. House... More >>

• Impenetrable

  published October 19, 2006

  Sculpture magazine described Richard Stout's work this way: "The sculptures appear to explore a space of intimate events—in... More >>

• Racing for Boobs

  published October 19, 2006

  It's that time of year again. Not Halloween, not the long-awaited fall weather or even the opportunity to get schnockered at Oktoberfest. It's the... More >>

• Funny Pants

  published October 12, 2006

  Stacks of jeans are displayed on a table in the center of Bittano Boutique, a trendy shop located in Mockingbird Station near American Apparel and... More >>

• The Perfect Pedal

  published October 12, 2006

  Ever have delusions of grandeur about cycling with Lance Armstrong, the sweet Alps air blowing your hair back as you leave the rest of the pack in... More >>

• War and Peace

  published October 5, 2006

  Among the decorations at the Bishop Arts District peace festival was a sign outside Hunky's burger joint reading, "War, what is it good for?... More >>

• In Balance

  published October 5, 2006

  What with the carnage in Iraq, Hugo Chavez declaring President Bush the devil and drug thugs rolling severed heads onto dance floors in Mexico,... More >>