Category: Ginger Zyskowski

Member Ginger Zyskowski Announces New Book

7/13/2023

From the beautiful mind of artist, composer, musician and author Ginger Zyskowski (D6) with illustrations by Hannah Weaver.

Pre-orders are available for only $30. The first 50 orders will also receive a complimentary copy of either Love and Lovers or Another Think Coming! poetry book. Visit GingerZ.Works to order now!

All orders must be received by July 31 to be eligible for first printing and author signing on August 19, 2023!

In a Word is based on the English alphabet with each letter beautifully illustrated and ready to lead the reader down a path of discovery and expanded concepts. The texts that partner with each word picture will stimulate one's imagination and entertain the mind. It could be called a puzzle book, a picture book, or a history book of a different kind. The author's goal is for this book to be used for fun, for play with the English language, and to promote creative thinking for all ages.

If you have news of writing events that would be of interest to all Kansas Authors Club members, or if you are a member (dues current) who would like to announce an achievement, please submit your news via this form.

Member Poem at Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens in Everett, Washington

4/16/2023

News from District 6 Member, Ginger Zyskowski.

Here are some photos from the event on April 1, 2023 at the Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens in Everett, Washington.

My poem was selected as 1 of 20 from over 100 entries for the contest "Out on a Limb: Poetry in the Trees" to celebrate 60 years in the Arboretum and Gardens.

The chosen poems were put on ceramic plaques and hung on tree limbs throughout the arboretum for the month of April. Poems were to reflect nature or trees.

My poem: The tree stands silent
In its winter nakedness
Waiting for spring frocks.

The opening reception was held in the classroom of the arboretum and featured readings by Washington State Poet Laureate, 2021-2023, Rena Priest, and Pulitzer Prize Winner and judge, Rae Armantrout.

D6 Member Ginger Zyskowski To Be Published in Evergreen Arboretum Project

2/3/2023

A verdant, green garden with a grey paved path overlooked by pillared arches. A metal cutout sign in front reads

Via Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens.

District 6’s Ginger Zyskowski is proud to announce that her poem, “The tree stands silent,” will appear in the “Out on a Limb” project at the Evergreen Arboretum in Everett, WA in April of 2023.
This project, co-sponsored by the Everett Public Library, takes two dozen poetic works from authors of all ages and inscribes them on clay tablets that will hang from the branches of the trees in the arboretum to “create and maintain an inspirational” setting, according to the management of the facility.
The exhibit will run for the month of April in 2023, which coincides with National Poetry Month. There will be a grand opening event on April 1, 2023, and additional events throughout the month that have yet to be announced.

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District 6 Meeting Invitation - Saturday, May 22, 2021

5/17/2021

Cover of Issue #1 - 105 Meadowlark Reader, A Kansas Journal of Creative Nonfiction Cover photo by Dave Leiker

If you want to learn about writing, editing, or publishing, then you’re invited to attend Saturday’s (May 22, 2021 - 1:30pm) District 6 meeting of the Kansas Authors Club. It’s free and open to the public.

The Zoom meeting will have five speakers. Tracy Million Simmons, founder of Meadowlark Press, and Cheryl Unruh, editor of 105 Meadowlark Reader: A Kansas Journal of Creative Nonfiction, will share their vision of gathering true Kansas stories. The first issue of the journal highlights 35 talented Kansas writers from 25 counties.

Virtual attendees will also meet the other three prolific writers, all Kansas Authors Club members, and learn how they created their essays for submission for the spring issue. Each story is an authentic Kansas experience. The speakers, their home base, and essay titles, are: Miriam Iwashige, Partridge, “A Pandemic Privilege”; Julie Stielstra, Ellinwood/Chicago, “Barton County”; and Ginger Zyskowski, Seattle (formerly Hutchinson), “A Kansan and His Machines.”

There will be time for questions and answers.
105 Meadowlark Reader may be purchased at your local book store or at 105 Meadowlark Reader.

To join the 1:30 PM (CST) meeting, or to become a part of a community of Kansas writers, contact Jim Potter, president of District 6, at jim@copintheclassroom.com or 620-899-3144.

Kansas Authors Club Members to be Published in Inaugural Issue of 105: Meadowlark Reader

2/14/2021

The following Kansas Authors Club members had essays selected for publication in the first issue of 105: Meadowlark Reader, a Kansas journal of creative nonfiction. Issue #1, with the theme of "beginnings," is expected to be delivered to subscribers in early May, featuring 35 essays, including the following:

Gretchen Eick - D5
Marie Fletcher - D7
Beth Gulley - D2
Miriam Iwashige - D6
Nancy Julien Kopp - D4
Sandee Lee - D5
Don Marler - D5
Ruth Maus - D1
Julie Nischan - D1
Kevin Rabas - D2
Mark Scheel - D2
Julie Sellers - D4
Tyler Sheldon - D2
Julie Stielstra - D6
Barbara Waterman-Peters - D1
Jon Yenser - D7
Gloria Zachgo - D5
Ginger Zyskowski - D6

Cheryl Unruh (D2) of Quincy Press is the editor of the new journal, and Tracy Million Simmons (D2) of Meadowlark Press is the publisher. Readers are encouraged to subscribe before March 1 to take advantage of introductory pricing.

For those interested in submitting essays for issue #2, the theme will be "Kansas Travel Stories" and they will begin collecting those submissions in May and June of 2021

See 105meadowlarkreader.com for complete details.

D6 Member Publishes Poetry Book

11/17/2020

Ginger Zyskowski, District 6 member, has released her second book of poetry titled Another Think Coming! Poems and Stuff, published by Dancing Giraffe and printed by Mennonite Press. This chapbook is light-hearted and a bit whimsical.

Visit her website: Gingerz.works