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Congratulations to the following members who will be published in Issue #4 (the food issue) of 105 Meadowlark Reader: A Kansas Journal of Creative Nonfiction

10/25/2022

 
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Lindsey Bartlett teaches composition and literature at Emporia State University. An Emporian by choice, she lives in the Flint Hills region of Kansas where she spends her days writing in various coffee shops, holed up at home with a good book, or driving the countryside for good photo opportunities. You can find her wherever there is a sunset. Bartlett has published one poetry collection, Vacant Childhood. Her writing and photography have appeared in The Write Bridge, Flint Hills Review, 105 Meadowlark Reader, and The Wyandotte Window.

Boyd Bauman grew up on a small ranch south of Bern, Kansas, with his dad the storyteller and his mom the family scribe. He has published two books of poetry: Cleave and Scheherazade Plays the Chestnut Tree Café. After stints in New York, Colorado, Alaska, Japan, and Vietnam, Boyd now is a librarian and writer in Kansas City, inspired by his three lovely muses. Visit him at boydbauman.weebly.com. 

Cathy Callen was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Since then, though, she has lived mostly in Kansas. Her father worked for Southwestern Bell, and every time he was promoted, the family got to see more of Kansas. They lived in Sunflower, Manhattan, Hays, Salina, Topeka, and Wichita. Her career as a teacher and special education coordinator with Topeka Public Schools kept her in the state for more than thirty years. After retiring, she moved to Lawrence with her soon-to-be husband, Barry, and it is her current favorite Kansas location. She likes the Lawrence Busker Festival, the Art Tougeau parade, the library, The Raven Bookstore, the political environment, the summer pooch swim, Liberty Hall, Wheatfield’s Bakery, and walking on the KU campus and in her friendly neighborhood.

Annabelle Corrick was born and raised in Topeka, lived in five other Kansas towns and three other states, returned to Topeka the last decade, and currently resides in Columbia, Missouri. She earned advanced degrees from Emporia State University and Kansas State University and was the Kansas Authors Club 2015 Prose Writer of the Year. Her writings have appeared in The Poet’s Art, 2016 Kansas Voices Writing Contest, Well Versed, and other publications. Her most awesome Kansas experience has been standing against the wind and viewing the vast vista of western Kansas where her paternal grandparents pioneered. 

Michael Durall grew up in the thriving metropolis of Pawnee Rock, Kansas, population 250. He was the champion sentence diagrammer in his sixth grade English class, which eventually led to his writing nine books about his work as a consultant to nonprofit organizations. He lives in Salina and writes a weekly column for the Salina 311 newspaper and has recently published a book of essays from local residents for the Salina Arts and Humanities Commission on the theme of The Day That Changed My Life Forever.

Mark O. J. Esping first lived in a Swede-Town in Pottawatomie County. He graduated from Bethany, a Swedish-Lutheran College. He reprinted NEQUA, a feminist sci-fi novel first published in Topeka, Kansas, in 1900. Mark directed www.folklifeinstitute.com, a nonprofit, and two N.E.A. Folk Art grants. His work has appeared in The Clarion Folk Art, Country Living, Scandinavian Review, Victorian Homes, and Hemslöjden. He is an Eagle Scout and a veteran. He and his wife share a home in Merriam, Kansas, with three near-feral cats. Twin deer occasionally graze in their backyard. Mark tells stories, true stories, with a humorous nature and a hint of morality. In collection they are packets of maps that are Near Invisible, Like Footprints in Ever Shifting Sand.

Beth Gulley first moved to Newton, Kansas, when she was two. Her family moved to Latin America, but Beth returned to the Olathe area for college where she met her husband. They moved to Paola, Kansas, to raise their family. Beth has advanced degrees from UMKC and the University of Kansas. She teaches writing at Johnson County Community College. Her recent writing is included in Kansas City Voices, Dragonfly Magazine, Kansas Speaks Out, and The Write Bridge. She has published three full-length poetry collections: The Sticky Note Alphabet, Dragon Eggs, and The Love of Ornamental Fish. She currently resides in Spring Hill, Kansas, which gives her easy access to Hillsdale Lake where she enjoys trail running and fishing.

Carolyn Hall is an award-winning author who grew up on a farm outside Olmitz, Kansas. Her childhood on the farm provided wonderful memories which she shared in her book, Prairie Meals and Memories: Living the Golden Rural. It was named to the Kansas Sesquicentennial’s Best 150 Books list. Her stories and poems have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Christian Science Monitor, The Kansas City Star, and various anthologies. She lives in Lenexa, Kansas.

Jerilynn Jones Henrikson, a retired English teacher, has always loved teaching, telling, reading, watching, and writing stories. To date, Jerilynn has published nine children’s picture books, an adult memoir, and a young adult historical fiction novel. Her work reflects her sense of humor, love of words, and talent for detail. Jerilynn finds her inspiration in the rolling hills of east central Kansas. No matter the subject of a current work, she is motivated by the people, history, and changing seasons of this place. As a student of history and language, she enjoys traveling to beautiful places. But ultimately, she finds the greatest joy in travel is coming home. www.prairiepatchwork.com

Thomas N. Holmquist is a fifth-generation farmer and rancher near Smolan, Kansas.  He also is a retired teacher in the Smoky Valley School District having taught music, American History, and agriculture for forty-four years. He has also published three books, including Pioneer Cross, Swedish Settlements Along the Smoky Hill Bluffs, Bluestem, a novel, and Salemsborg, A History of the Salemsborg Church and Community, Volume 1, 1869-1939, for which he won the Award of Commendation for Lutheran Church History from the Augustana Historical Association. Tom has several writing projects in the works in between feeding cows, putting up hay, and planting and harvesting crops. 

Deb Irsik was the owner of Makin’ Waves Salon in Emporia, Kansas, and retired from the beauty industry after twenty-five years. She is a Kansas girl and shares her life with her husband Mike, and children John and Emily. Deb is a member of the Kansas Authors Club and Emporia Writers Group. Deb’s favorite thing about Kansas is the people. “Most people in Kansas have a strong work ethic and family values. The beautiful Flint Hills and Kansas sunsets are second to none. What’s not to like?” Poetry and lyrics have always been part of her life, but she felt a call to write middle-grade Christian fiction after her daughter found it difficult to be “that God girl” in eighth grade. “It is my hope that my books will encourage young people to hold onto values and faith as they navigate their teen years.” Deb’s “Heroes by Design” series was completed in 2020, and she hopes to dedicate her time to creating a book of poetry and continuing to write essays, prose, and fiction. Deb can be found online: facebook.com/D.A.Irsikauthor,  Twitter:@Writerwannabe1, www.dairsik.com, amazon.com/author/dairsik, https://instagram.com/debirsik/

Miriam Iwashige lives on a three-acre property outside of Partridge, Kansas, near where her preacher-farmer dad and mom raised twelve children. She aims to live large from this small place, just as the land and sky around the property suggest. Reading, earning a bachelor’s degree, teaching, conversing, and traveling have often fostered large living, as did homeschooling her children and investing deeply in many aspects of homemaking, gardening, animal husbandry, nature study, and church and community life. She and her Japanese-immigrant husband parented three sons who all live nearby right now. Those who have joined their sons’ families through marriage or birth (nine grandchildren!) spent childhood years in such diverse places as Bangladesh, Kenya, El Salvador, and Washington state.

Sally Jadlow grew up in Ft. Scott, Kansas. After marriage, she and her husband moved to Overland Park. Teaching creative writing for the Kansas City Writers Group is one of her joys. She writes historical fiction, inspirational stories, devotionals, and poetry. Sally has published thirteen books. Her work has appeared in many compilations including Chicken Soup for the Soul and many other publications. Her books are available on Amazon.com. Sally also loves to bake, cinnamon rolls, her specialty. Family Favorites from the Heartland contain her favorite recipes. The eastern Kansas countryside with its gently rolling hills claims Sally’s most favorite area of the state. She believes what Dorothy says, “There’s no place like home,” is true—if you live in Kansas.

Amy Deckert Kliewer has lived her entire life in Kansas. She grew up in Pawnee Rock, Kansas, and went to high school in Larned. After attending Bethel College and graduating from the University of Kansas, Amy lived and worked in the Kansas City metro area as a civil engineer. Recently retired, Amy and her husband moved to North Newton to enjoy the smalltown feeling and be close to family. She is enjoying exploring her Next Chapter.

Nancy Julien Kopp grew up in the Chicago area and moved to Kansas, her adopted state and home, in 1975. She started writing in her mid-fifties, realizing a long-held dream. She has been published in many anthologies, including twenty-three times in Chicken Soup for the Soul books, in addition to publication on websites, in magazines, and in newspapers. She writes creative nonfiction, including personal essays and short memoir pieces, and also poetry, short fiction for children, and articles on the craft of writing. Nancy and her retired husband live in Manhattan, Kansas, and are strong supporters of all things K-State. She is mother to two and grandmother to four. She is a voracious reader and enjoys playing bridge. www.writergrannysworld.blogspot.com

Marilyn Hope Lake, PhD, writes short fiction, poetry, plays and children’s picture books. She has many awards for writing, including through the Kansas Authors Club contests.  Dr. Lake’s first-place story, “Harry’s Stone,” was published in Words Out of the Flatlands; Kansas Writers Association. Lake has been published in Rock Springs Review, STIR, Well-Versed: Literary Works, the Gasconade Review, and the Mizzou Alumni Magazine. Marilyn lived in Hutchinson, Kansas, from 2002-2017, is a Kansas Authors Club ten-year member, and was a facilitator of the 2014 Annual Conference. Her Kansas favorites are the Wichita Art Museum, State Fair, Underground Salt Mine, Delos V. Smith Senior Center, Hutchinson, and others. Although she misses her Kansas friends, she is happy to live with her dog, Hugo, and near family in Columbia, Missouri.

A Kansan through and through, Sandee Lee celebrates being published in every edition of 105 Meadowlark Reader. Her favorite writing topic for nonfiction and fiction is Kansas. The turmoil of the mid-1800s in the Lawrence area is the topic of her current fiction project. Relaxing on her porch with her two border collies lying by her feet and watching cattle graze on the hillside is where you’ll find Sandee most evenings except in the winter months. From that porch she can observe the homestead where her family has lived since 1925.

Errin D. Moore, an emigrant from Montana, has called Kansas home for eight years. She lives in the Flint Hills near Leon with her husband, infant son, and eighteen-year-old stepson—along with their menagerie of chickens, turkeys, geese, pigs, and an overabundance of cats. She fell in love with the unique beauty Kansas offers, most especially the magnificent sunsets. Errin and her husband own Able and Ready Appliance Repair. She runs the office from home while raising Oliver. She was a teacher and administrator for nineteen years, and she owned and operated a bookstore in El Dorado. Her humorous, touching, and unique sense of voice is especially effective when she writes about the joys and challenges of being a first-time mother at the age of forty-four.

Audrey Phillips is a Kansan through and through. She grew up in Overland Park, attended the University of Kansas, and is now living in Kansas City, Missouri. Audrey loves to represent her favorite parts of being a Kansan by cheering on her Jayhawks or Chiefs or Sporting Kansas City. Audrey loves Kansas because of the way everyone feels like family here. She is a proud midwesterner and strives to promote the kindness that midwesterners possess. She has always loved to write, even from a young age. She was and continues to be inspired by her famous Aunt Mary-Lane Kamberg who has published many books in her time as an author. Even though now she lives right across the state line, Kansas will always be her home.

Cynthia Schaker (Cindy), a retired Kansas educator of thirty-seven years, grew up on a farm outside of Hamilton, Kansas, in Greenwood County. Cindy taught grades six through eight at Towanda Grade School and served as school counselor at Circle Middle School in Butler County. One of her favorite places in Kansas is the Flint Hills because they remind her of going home. She currently resides in El Dorado, Kansas, with her rescue dog Moxie. Cindy does volunteer work in the Gift Shop at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado. She serves as President of the SBAMH Auxiliary. She loves humorous writing and penning stories from her childhood. She recently had her humorous murder mystery play performed at Cardinal Creek Farm in Butler County.

Julie A. Sellers was raised in the Flint Hills near the small town of Florence, Kansas. She currently resides in Atchison, Kansas, where she is an Associate Professor (Spanish) and Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Benedictine College. Julie’s creative work has appeared in publications such as Cagibi, Wanderlust, Unlost, The Write Launch, and Kansas Time + Place. Julie was the 2020 Kansas Authors Club Prose Writer of the Year, and the Overall Poetry Winner (2022) and Overall Prose Winner (2017, 2019) of the Kansas Voices Contest. She is the author of Kindred Verse: Poems Inspired by Anne of Green Gables (Blue Cedar Press, 2021) and the novel, Ann of Sunflower Lane (Meadowlark, 2022).

Perry Shepard is a Vietnam veteran who has written two novels: The Hero versus Me and Monkey Jo, and Hard Love. He co-wrote two plays in the anthology titled Annabelle. He won a second-place award in Eber and Wein’s Best American Poetry of 2013, and an honorable mention in Writer’s Digest 84th annual Poetry Competition. Perry is a member and former District 2 president of Kansas Authors Club. He makes his home in Eudora, Kansas.

A month after the sudden death of her second husband, Anne L. Spry had a mystical dream that detailed a new business based on capturing personal history for writing memoir. She had already begun publishing books through Createspace for herself and others following a twenty-seven-year career as a newspaper publisher and editor. Since the fortuitous dream, Spry and partner Cheri Battrick have developed a DIY Memoir Kit and Spry has expanded her book publishing to some two dozen titles under the Personal Chapters LLC banner. They include children’s books, memoir and fiction, and a few titles authored by Spry. Anne serves as President of District 1 of Kansas Authors Club and produces a newsletter for that group and another for a local Sweet Adelines group. She is married to a retired military pilot, and they live on a family acreage south of Topeka where Anne spent her first five years.

Chuck Warner is a lifelong Kansan. After growing up in Wichita, he has lived in Lawrence since first attending the University of Kansas in the 1960s. With business and law degrees, he embarked on a nearly forty-year career in business and banking. After he retired in 2008, he began writing about his maternal grandfather and in 2019 Birds, Bones, and Beetles: The Improbable Career and Remarkable Legacy of University of Kansas Naturalist Charles D. Bunker was published by the University Press of Kansas. In 2020 his book was recognized as a Kansas Notable book, and also won awards for the best Kansas history and best book layout from the Kansas Authors Club, and was a finalist in the High Plains Book Awards.   

Barbara Waterman-Peters is an artist by training and a writer by chance. Both pursuits have come together over the years in her articles about art and artists for such publications as Topeka, Kansas, and New Art Examiner magazines, in her book cover paintings for authors such as Marcia Cebulska’s Watching Men Dance, and in her collaborations with poets, most recently, Two Ponders: A Collaboration with Dennis Etzel, Jr. Co-owner of Pen & Brush Press with author Glendyn Buckley, Waterman-Peters illustrated their first two children’s books, The Fish’s Wishes and Bird which won awards from Kansas Authors Club. She co-wrote and illustrated their third book, TING & the Caterbury Tales, which came out this spring. Recently her fiction piece, “The Critique,” appeared in The Pen Woman and her creative non-fiction and poetry have been included in several anthologies. She lives in Topeka and her studio is in the NOTO Arts & Entertainment District. She spent five years living in rural Jackson County and Holton.

​Cat Webling is an actress and author based in Kansas. She loves everything mad and macabre, philosophical and silly, so that’s exactly what she writes! Scifi, fantasy, and poetry are her mainstays when she’s not writing about literature, theater, gaming, or fan culture. She currently has a novel, a couple of short story collections, and several poetry collections under her belt. She works as an editor for SUPERJUMP Magazine, is an active member of the Kansas Authors Club, and daylights as a copywriter for hire. Cat writes from her home in Russell, which she shares with her loving partner, adorable son, and several very cute cats. You can find her work at www.catwebling.com.
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Theme for Issue #5 (Nov 1 - Dec 31, 2022 Submission Period):
Animal Stories
  1. Remember that our themes are simply prompts to spur your essays. There are so many directions you can go. Surprise us. Engage us. Help us remember what it was like to tame a nest of wild kittens. How did mom react when those kits turned out to be skunks? Ever snuggle with a turtle? Communicate with an owl? Swim with your pet snake?
  2. Personal essays are welcome, but we are also looking for interviews, journalistic pieces, and more. Do you know a veterinarian who deserves the spotlight? Is there an animal shelter leading the way whose operations deserve to be highlighted? There are so many true stories that need to be told.
  3. Remember, It must be a true story that happened, all or partially, in Kansas. Can your story leave the boundaries of Kansas? Sure! But you must show us that Kansas connection!
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2022 Literary Contest Results (Adult Prose & Poetry Categories

10/24/2022

 

Congratulations to
Duane Johnson
2022 Poet of the Year!

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Congratulations to
Julie A. Sellers
2022 Prose Writer
of the Year!

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Thank you to our
contest managers

Poetry Contest Manager: Linzi Garcia
Linzi Garcia plays with language in poetry, essays, book reviews, and publicity materials. Her full-length poetry collection Thank You was published by Spartan Press in 2018. She and her partner Jase Buck co-authored a chapbook, Live a Great Story (Analog Submission Press 2019), about their short but impactful time in England. Most recently, she co-authored a travel poetry collection While Away, with Kevin Rabas and Brett Seaton.
 
Linzi has a BA and MA in English and currently attends law school at Washburn University. Linzi also currently works as the Poetry Press Editor and Publicist for Meadowlark Press.
 
Linzi became involved with KAC after building friendships with members across the state, particularly in Salina, Emporia, and Lawrence. She served as the 2020 free verse poetry contest judge and, after joining the club in 2021, served as poetry contest manager in 2021 and 2022. 
Prose Contest Manager: Lindsey Bartlett
Lindsey Bartlett teaches composition and literature at Emporia State University. An Emporian by choice, she lives in the Flint Hills region of Kansas where she spends her days writing in various coffee shops, holed up at home with a good book, or driving the countryside for good photo opportunities. You can find her wherever there is a sunset. Bartlett has published one poetry collection, Vacant Childhood. Her writing and photography have appeared in The Write Bridge, Flint Hills Review, 105 Meadowlark Reader, and The Wyandotte Window. She is the 2022-2023 Prose Contest Manager for the Kansas Authors Club.

Convention News and Wrap-Up!

10/24/2022

 
What a fantastic weekend we had in Lawrence, Kansas. Contest results and recordings of the speakers (for in-person and virtual attendees) will be loaded as quickly as we can get to them. Thank you for your patience! 

Meanwhile, enjoy the slideshow of highlights on the convention page. Keep checking back as we will be adding more.
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Thank you to all who presented, attended, coordinated, and worked to run the show!

Finding Markets for Publication

10/20/2022

 
Member Julie Stielstra, author of Opulence, Kansas, and Scratched, shared this note today on our Facebook page. 

We thought it was worth passing along. (Shared with Julie's permission.)

Some sites I've found very helpful:

1) 
duotrope.com (annual fee optional for best functionality) - searchable data repository with links to publishing sources and literary agents, lots of stats, interviews with editors, submission tracker for your work.

(2) Submittable.com (free to use) - widely used submission tool, but under the "Discover" heading lists lots of calls for submissions, contests, etc. Only tracks submissions done through this platform.

(3) Newpages.com (free) - includes info for calls for submissions, contests, workshops, conferences, and more.

​I check all three of these sites for opportunities to submit, and track my submissions on Duotrope and/or Submittable. Beats handwritten sheets! :-)

Bob Dean Published

10/18/2022

 
D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr.'s poem "Cruel and Unusual" has been nominated for the 48th annual Pushcart Prize by Clare MacQueen. The poem appeared in issue 14, August 2022, of MacQueen's Quinterly, and can be accessed from the link given here. This is Bob's second Pushcart nomination, the first also being by Clare from Fall 2019 issue of KYSO Flash, also accessible at the link given here. Fellow D5 member Roy J. Beckemeyer has also been nominated and his poem "Megarhyssa" can be accessed here also. Click on the poem titles to access them.
MacQueen Quinterly Poetry Link
D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr. has a poem in the new Fall 2022 issue of the online October Hill Magazine, poem titled "A Thousand Ships." OHM has published Bob frequently over the past few years. The issue can be accessed by the accompanying link, and Bob's poem appears on page 100, scroll down to read it. The issue can be downloaded as a pdf.
October Hill Poetry Link
D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., has two poems in the Summer/Fall issue of I-70 Review, co-edited by Maryfrances Wagner, Greg Field, and Gary Lechliter. Bob's poems are: "The Last Window On The World," and "What I Hear When I Do Not Listen." This is Bob's sixth consecutive year appearing in I-70 Review. He will be reading the works at the I-70 Review ZOOM reading on November 12th.
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Welcome New Member Susan Armstrong

10/17/2022

 
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Photo credit: Steve Rasmussen
We have another new member to welcome to the Kansas Authors Club. Susan Armstrong is from Haysville and is part of District 5. 

Susan Armstrong began her career as a journalist and spent a few early years in public relations and political consulting. She founded her own advertising agency, which she ran for 40 years. Now, Susan writes cozy mysteries under a pen name, Anna St. John. Her debut novel, Doomed by Blooms, features a former big city crime reporter as a small town amateur sleuth. 

The first of the Josie Posey mysteries will be released in February 2023. Susan is under contract for four additional books, and audio books, to complete the series. She's a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. Find her author page here: Website Or, visit her on Twitter: @AuthorStJohn or Facebook: facebook.com/cozyauthor

Welcome, Susan! 

Welcome New Member Christine Compo-Thompson

10/17/2022

 
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Today, we have the pleasure of welcoming Christine Compo-Thompson of Manhattan (D-4) to the Kansas Authors Club. 

Here's a little about Christine in her own words: 



Greetings all!  Although I am not native born I am a Kansas girl!  I began writing as a student as we all did and wrote a short novel in middle school as well as some poetry. 
 
Life and college took me into a different direction and although I've journaled and have gone through stints of writing, I've never submitted my work for review.  After having to make significant life changes in 2019, I decided to explore other creative areas besides my chosen field.  I am currently prepping a memoir and am considering fiction although fiction will be probably not be my genre.  

Welcome, Christine!

Welcome New Member Kristy Nerstheimer

10/16/2022

 
Today, we welcome Kristy Nerstheimer of Overland Park (D-2) to the Kansas Authors Club!

Congratulations also go to Kristy as her book, The Greatest Thing: A Story about Buck O'Neil, is a 2022 Kansas Notable Book Award winner! Nice job, Kristy! 
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Tracy Simmons Speech on KAC Future Plans

10/15/2022

 
Tracy Million Simmons presented likely changes that will be happening with KAC in the next year and what KAC might look like in the years to come. She gave this information at the D5 meeting today. The link below is for the recording of that speech.
You Tube Link for Tracy's Speech

2022 Convention: Blending the Arts Panel

10/14/2022

 
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Members, Submit Your 2023 Yearbook Entries!

10/14/2022

 

Deadline: October 31

Due Between August 1 and October 31, electronic receipt or postmark

Every Member having paid current dues is invited to submit ONE literary contribution for the yearbook. That submission can be either prose or poetry. Prose is limited to one printed page (no more than 500 words). Poetry is limited to one printed page (no more than 40 lines including spaces between verses).
  • All literary contributions remain the property of the individual authors. Authors may continue to use or distribute their work without requesting permission from the Kansas Authors Club. No work printed in the KAC yearbook may be copied or distributed in any form without explicit permission from the author.
  • Yearbook Submissions are preferred via the online site, Submittable. There is NO CHARGE to submit a yearbook entry.
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Dean Published in Thorny Locust

10/11/2022

 
D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., has two poems in this year's issue of Thorny Locust magazine, which came out recently. Thorny Locust is an annual print magazine published out of Kansas City, Missouri. The titles of Bob's poems are: "Mister Mystery," and "Mrs. Grundy Sheds A Tear." This is Bob's second consecutive year in Thorny Locust.

​Deans fine poems may be read on the D5 webpage.

Birdy Poetry Prize, by Meadowlark Press, Now Taking Entries

10/10/2022

 
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BirdyPoetryPrize.com
​Accepting Entries: September 1 - December 1, 2022

Entry Fee: $25

Prize: $1,000 cash, publication by Meadowlark Press, including 50 copies of the completed book 

All entries will be considered for standard Meadowlark Press publishing contract offers, as well.  

Full-length poetry manuscripts (55 page minimum, 90+ pages preferred) will be considered. Poems may be previously published in journals and/or anthologies, but not in full-length, single-author volumes. Poets are eligible to enter, regardless of publishing history. 

In Memoriam: Edna Dyck

10/6/2022

 
Edna Dyck was a District 4 member of Kansas Authors Club from 1970 to 2022. Starting in 2016, she sent letters to the club annually. On her 101st birthday, she sent a letter giving her regrets, saying that it was time to put away her pen and give up her membership. Edna passed away on May 12, 2022.

Edna wrote poetry, nonfiction, essays on religion and inspiration and memoir. Edna was recognized for 50 years of membership in 2020.
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Edna Dyck 1920-2022
Edna's Obituary

Remembering Mike Hartnett

10/6/2022

 
Mike Hartnett, member of District 2 since 2014, president of District 2, 2019-2020, passed away on September 6.

Mike was a retired high school English/Speech teacher and business journalist (magazine columnist and editor and newsletter publisher), winning awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. He led a memoir-writing group for the Douglas County Senior Citizen Center and was a co-leader of a men’s writing group at the Douglas County Jail.

He was the co-author of a play, Worthy of the Name, which was presented at Chicago’s Cultural Affairs Center, and a collaborator of a readers’ theater production, Prose & Cons, Voices From Behind Bars. He was the author of a memoir, And I Cried, Too: Confronting Evil in a Small Town (Meadowlark, 2019).
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Mike Hartnett 1946 - 2022
Memories of Mike
Mike Hartnett was my close friend and my colleague in the writing class at Douglas County Jail from 2015 to 2020, when the class was shut down because of Covid.

Mike's easy-going nature, non-judgmental ways and love of writing were a good fit for this class.  He felt very comfortable in the classroom and the jail guys soon appreciated him.

Mike had started his career as an English teacher in the 1960s, so it was like his life had come full circle and he really enjoyed himself in the classroom, appreciating the work of the writers in the class and sharing his own work.

He told the class about his own book based on the notorious murder case from his time at Lincoln College in Illinois in the late 1970s.  Mike hoped that in retirement he could finally finish the book and the class encouraged him week after week.  At last he was able to bring a published copy of the book to class, and we all applauded. It was one of the highlights of my twenty-year teaching at the jail.

Mike would often tell the story about a guy in jail hugging him at the end of class after Mike had told the class about his wife's struggle with cancer.  It meant the world to Mike that someone in a bad situation felt moved enough to offer him sympathy this way.

Mike was a good guy, a humble man, beloved by those of us lucky enough to know him.

Brian Daldorph

When I first received Mike's manuscript (And I Cried, Too), it had been more than 40 years in the making. I met a kind and thoughtful man who obviously still carried the weight of the events from his years at Lincoln College. We talked extensively about his desire to publish his book, and his decision to publish it now, finally, in 2019. Almost as soon as he had signed his publishing contract, Mike's wife Barbara was diagnosed with cancer. The pleasure of seeing his book come to life was mixed with the pain of sharing his final years with the love of his life. All our plans for a book launch and book tours were set aside, though the book has done exceptionally well despite all of life's distractions. Barbara passed away in the spring of 2021.

Through Mike, I met the poet Antonio Sanchez-Day (now deceased), and became better acquainted with Brian Daldorph, both of whom became/will become Meadowlark authors. Mike will forever be considered a cornerstone author of Meadowlark Press. He took a chance on me when I was still relatively small and less experienced. His book solidified Meadowlark as a Midwest press, and much enlarged our audience of readers.

In our most recent email exchange a few weeks ago, I shared my delight at the success his book was achieving in ebook format. He replied immediately that he was "doing ok" and shared future events where we might have an opportunity to visit in person. I am very sorry to miss those visits. 
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Time is often so much shorter than we imagine it will be.


Tracy Million Simmons
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September Publication News from D1 Member Duane L. Herrmann

10/6/2022

 
September 2022 saw the following results from the literary efforts of Duane L Herrmann: three responses posted to three prompts each from the Adirondack Center for Writing and Carrot Ranch blog; Topeka Geneological Society Quarterly carried one poem; and three anthologies were released with Herrmann's poems in them: Foodways (Agrarian Trust) – 3 poems, Writers and Werewolves (Kansas Writers Association) – 5 poems, and The Trick is to Keep Breathing (Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe) – 3 poems; plus the blog: I Write Her – 6 poems.

And, people in at least 21 cities in the US, plus people in: Oslo, Norway; Prague, Czechia; Weesp, Netherlands; London and Bedford, UK; Temara, Morocco; Nha Trang, Vietman; Vienna, Austria; Korea; Ramat Gan, Israel; Nairobi, Kenya; and Adelaide, Australia; and an un-named city in Korea looked at and maybe read something of his work.

News from Blue Cedar Press

10/6/2022

 
Wichita's indie press, Blue Cedar Press, has published 5 books in 2022, 4 by Kansas authors.
Order from bluecedarpress.com, B&N online, or your favorite bookstore.
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31 Days (Nights): Memoir of Living Black in America by Reginald D. Jarrell (Jarrell’s work as a TV and print news reporter and columnist, a university assistant professor, an attorney, and a janitor—and his experiences living across the Midwest, in California, D.C., and Mississippi inform his short, memorable essays.)
ISBN: 978-1-7369112-7-3 (paper)
ISBN: 978-1-7369112-8-0 (ebook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022930901

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Dark Crossings, a novel by Gretchen Eick (Prose Writer of 2021 for the Kansas Authors Club, author of 2 histories and 5 novels)--2nd in her Crossings series
Richard and Keisha by 2019 are parents of two teens, professors living happily together until everything changes with an act of random violence, plunging their family into disfunction and despair. Extended family may not be enough to pull them through their grief. But DNA discovery of another branch of the family tree may at least distract them and lead them into the darkness of Philadelphia's attack on the MOVE community and another family murder. Aug. '22
ISBN: 978-1-958728-01-7 (paper) $20
ISBN: 978-1-958728-00-0 (ebook) $6.99
Library of Congress LCCN: 2022940932

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Maybe Crossings, a novel by Gretchen Eick (Prose Writer of 2021 for the Kansas Authors Club, author of 2 histories and 5 novels)--1st in her Crossings series--2nd edition with a study guide
Black and white young people meet in Mississippi in the Freedom Summer of 1964 to register voters and form the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party forging relationships that resume in 2003 through a series of coincidences that bring them and their children together. A novel about families lost and found, social change fought for and glimpsed, and generational differences that test understandings of commitment. Sept. '22
ISBN: 9781958728024 (paper) $18
ISBN: 978-1-958728-05-5 (epub) $5.99
LCCN: 2022945367

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One-Match Fire, a novel by Paul Lamb (Paul Lamb's stories have appeared in dozens of literary magazines, including The Adroit Journal, Aethlon, Foliate Oak, MOON Magazine, Halfway Down the Stairs, Magnolia Review (nominated for a Pushcart Prize), Little Patuxent Review, Platte Valley Review, and others.) For David the cabin evoked memories of his father. For his son it was family and sanctuary. All that was wrong was fixable when they were at the cabin. But would this weekend change everything? A story of fathers and sons and the work of loving despite profound differences.) Oct. '22
ISBN: 978-1-958728-04-8 (paper) $20
ISBN: 978-1-958728-03-1 (ebook) $6.99
LCCN: 2022945368
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Why Does She Always Talk About Her Husband? poems by David Romanda (David Romanda is the author of I’m Sick of Pale Blue Skies, a limited-edition chapbook, and the broken bird feeder, a full collection. His work has been included in Best Canadian Poetry and published in 27 journals. Romanda lives in Kawasaki City, Japan.) This is minimalist poetry at its finest—quick, punchy, and deceptively spare. These are offbeat rebel-playful poems that beg to be read aloud and shared with others.) Coming Nov. '22
ISBN: 978-1-958728-06-2 (paper) $10
ISBN: 978-1-958728-07-9 (ebook) $4.99
LCCN: 2022947139

Tracy Million Simmons to Speak at D5 Meeting October 15 at 1:30

10/5/2022

 
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We are blessed to have Tracy Million Simmons presenting at the October 15 D5 meeting. She has a wealth of information and experience in writing. Not only is she grounded in KAC history, but she has won awards for her writing. Her novel Tiger Hunting won the Coffin Book Award in 2013. She worked professionally in publishing before forming her own press—Meadowlark Press. She is the publisher for 105 Meadowlark Reader, a journal by Kansas writers about Kansas which is published twice yearly.
 
Tracy serves as manager of Kansas Authors Club for the KAC 2021-22 year. The club developed this paid position in hopes of finding ways to make our organization more effective. She will share how the year as KAC manager has gone, what she has learned, and how the organization’s more streamlined structure is working.

District 5 meetings are available on Zoom or in person. 

In person meetings are held in the Fireside room at Asbury Church, 2801 W. 15th St., Wichita. Enter on the St. Paul Street side (southern most door). All meetings start at 1:30 pm.

Zoom link: D5 meeting Oct 15 1:30

Ann Anderson Presenting to Wichita Area Retired Teachers on October 24

10/3/2022

 
Book News from D2 Member, Ann Anderson!

I am excited to be sharing stories from my book Posts of a Mid-century Kid, to the Wichita Area Retired Teachers and Personnel, October 24, in Wichita at 11:45 am! They will be meeting at the Riverside Christian Church, 1001 Litchfield. Teachers helped put me on my writing journey!
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2022 Convention Presenter: Tim Bascom

10/3/2022

 

Formed by Family:  Writing About Those Who Shape Us

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When we write memoirs or personal essays, we inevitably find ourselves depicting those who have had the most influence in our lives—our family members. To understand the self, we must understand them. Take a look at a shelf of memoirs, and you will see just how vital those relationships are—in Tara Westover's Educated or Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home or Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes. However, writing about family is risky, and there are legendary stories of family members who stopped talking after a memoir was published. As a result, we don’t want to get it wrong. In this presentation, we will look at ways to write more freely and honestly while still honoring those we care about. We will discuss how other authors have handled writing about mothers, fathers, spouses, and children.
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Tim Bascom, who directs the Kansas Book Festival, is author of a novel, two collections of essays, and two prize-winning memoirs about years spent in East Africa as a youth: Chameleon Days and Running to the Fire. His essays have won editor’s prizes at The Missouri Review and Florida Review, also being selected for the anthologies Best Creative Nonfiction and Best American Travel Writing. His short fiction has appeared in a handful of journals as well, winning the 2021 Fiction Prize at Briar Cliff Review.  
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Tim is scheduled to present at 3:20pm on Saturday, October 22.

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