Contributors range from Pulitzer Prize winners to emerging artists and writers of all ages and walks of life. The result is a fascinating mix of topics and points of view, and a testament to the cultural and intellectual richness of life in the region. An annual juried publication, ""Stone Canoe"" takes its name from the ancient story of the Peacemaker, who brought the message of peace to the warring tribes of the Finger Lakes and founded the Haudenosaunee Confederacy on the shores of Syracuse's Onondaga Lake.