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Member Cynthia Chauhan, from Wichita, recently had an article published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure. The article is titled, "Heart Failrue in Patients with Cancer--A Patient's Perspective."  Heart Failure in Patients with Cancer – A Patient's Perspective
Chauhan, Cynthia Journal of Cardiac Failure, Volume 31, Issue 2, 464 Jan '25 progress:
Spillwords, posted one poem - "Who am I Today" 'Abdu'l-Baha: Serving Humanity - includes three stories (one in English for the first time) Vixen of Verse - posted a link to his work originally posted on The Short of It Harnisch Acres - short story about a boy finding a snake in the shower, in the basement. Plus a few things accepted for future publication. And, Please, PLEASE everyone, vote for his sci fi novel, Earth to Makana. It now needs less than 950 votes before the publisher will offer a contract to publish. The link to vote is: ‘Earth to Makana: the Journal of a Planetary Pioneer’ By Duane L Herrmann | Something or Other Publishing, LLC In June of 2021 I was interviewed for Belgian television. The documentary by Charles Antoine de Rouvre on Soeur Sourire was broadcasted on June 11th at 9pm on Belgium TV for Zeta Productions. "Qui a tue voix de Dieu?" (Who Killed the Voice of God?") I was interviewed for this program regarding my book, "Soeur Sourire: The Life and Death of the Singing Nun". It was during Covid-19 restrictions, so RTBF sent a cameraman to my house who did all the video and audio. Aaron Chervenak was very gracious and professional. I have also been interviewed or consulted on numerous projects on Soeur Sourire, including the CD from Music Choice of Germany entitled, "The Best of Soeur Sourire".  Member Mark G. Wentling will be inducted into WSU's Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame on February 4 at 2 p.m. in Wiederman Hall. He will also hold a book event at Watermark Books and Cafe located at 4701 E. Douglas at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb 6. Mark's two recent books, Jackleg Boys and Falling Seven Times will be available.
This afternoon at the KPR studio in Lawrence Kaye McIntyre recorded me reading my poem, Armistice, from To The Stars Through Difficulties: A Kansas Renga in 150 Voices. Plus a short bit about what inspired to me write the poem. Kaye will use the recording in a Kansas Day program, KPR Presents, FM 91.5, at 6-7 PM on Sunday, January 26. A Kansas Renga was the second book Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, then Kansas Poet Laureate, created and edited, for the Kansas Sesquicentennial in 2011. The first book was Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems. I told Kaye I felt so honored. Poetry is not really my genre. Thanks for reading, Peg Nichols Congratulations, Peg!
We will tune in to KPR on Kansas Day!  The original full cast audio drama, The Real Education of TJ Crowley: Coming of Age on the Redline, has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2025 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA).
Often called the “Oscars of the audiobook industry,” the Audie Awards honor the highest achievements in audio storytelling. The inclusion of TJ Crowley among this year’s finalists in the Young Adult category places this independently created and published work on the same top shelf as productions from major publishing houses like Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster. “This recognition underscores that excellence in storytelling and production is not limited to big-budget publishers. It can be achieved with passion, collaboration, and a bold vision, and the support of a distributor like Blackstone Publishing,” said Grant Overstake, executive producer and co-author. The audio drama, adapted from Overstake’s award-winning novel, captures the suspenseful and poignant story of a young white boy from a broken family growing up in 1968 Wichita amidst the turmoil of the Civil Rights era. When his world is upended by the arrival of a Black family next door, TJ must confront his inherited prejudices, leading him on a harrowing, transformative journey. This groundbreaking project was made possible through the generous support of The Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, and individual contributors. Fiscal sponsorship was provided by the Youth Educational Empowerment Program, ensuring the project could achieve its vision as an arts-driven initiative that engages and educates through storytelling. The production, a collaborative effort by Overstake and acclaimed producer/director May Wuthrich, features a stellar ensemble cast of multi-award-winning actors led by Dani Martineck as TJ. The cast includes co-producers Dion Graham and Tavia Gilbert, as well as Johnny Heller, Shayna Small, Michael Crouch, Kirby Heyborne, Ari Fliakos, Kevin R. Free, Graham Halstead, Thérèse Plummer, Brittany Pressley, Peter Berkrot, John Wright, and Sheila Brown Kinnard. John Marshall Media’s Cameron Potts, who produced with Wuthrich, led the effort to create an immersive soundscape that added texture and context, evoking the social and political climate of the time. Further enhancing the production are stirring performances of Negro spirituals by the ARISE Ensemble, a Wichita-based multicultural choir. “This recognition is a testament to the hard work and passion of everyone involved, and we’re incredibly grateful for their dedication to producing something special,” said Wuthrich. "We set out to create a listening experience that would not only entertain but educate and inspire." Finalists are selected by a panel of industry experts who evaluate productions based on overall quality, narration, sound design, and impact. The winners of the 2025 Audie Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony in New York City on March 25. Grant Overstake is a member of Kansas Authors Club from Wichita. The Real Education of TJ Crowley won the 2019 J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award and the 2019 "It Looks Like a Million" Design Award from the Kansas Authors Club. In the month of December, Duane had two responses posted to the weekly prompts of the Adirondack Center for Writing, a poem (Summer Pleasure?) posted by Written Tales, two stories posted by Chewers (words that need to be carefully savored), and he found three of his poems posted on the Green Acre Archives. Duane is a member from Topeka.  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.
Barbara A Meier’s poem “Day of the Grizzly Dead” was nominated for Best of the Net by Mersey Review. (Issue 2 Spring 2024) Her poem “The Skunk at Ennis Riffle” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by The Green Silk Journal. (Spring issue 2024). Barbara is a Kansas Authors Club member from Lincoln, Kansas. Congratulations, Barbara!  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 Barbara Brady, Topeka, recently had two stories re-published in Chicken for the Soul books: Chicken Soup for the Young at Heart and Devotional Stories of Resilience and Positive Thinking.
 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.
I was deeply honored to have my poem "Soldier's Christmas" given the featured spot on Spillwords.com today. I'm so grateful to the editor Dagmara K. for giving my work this exposure. Here's the link:
https://spillwords.com/soldiers-christmas/ Hope you are all having a blessed holiday season. Warmest wishes, Mark https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/mark_scheel author of The Potter's Wheel author of Star Chaser author of And Eve Said Yes: Seven Stories and a Novella author of A Backward View: Stories and Poems former prose editor Kansas City Voices magazine recipient of the J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award recipient of the Nostalgia Poetry Award November Writing News A memoir, entitled "Gift Conspiracy" was published in 105 Meadowlark Reader, #8. Three short stories: "Devon Tried," "The Family House," and "Foreign Found Home," were published online in: Chewers, MasticadoresUSA and the anthology: Catching Lightening Bugs in a Jar. And six poems were published in five places: "We Are All God's Poems," in an anthology of the same title; "Farm Work" in Craigardan #9, "Homestead Reflections" in Poetry Festival, "That One Night" was reprinted on the site: Truth Power Telling, and Wishbone Words posted "Mind vs Brain" and "Swinging Time." And, Duane learned an anthology, entitled: Cadence, in which he has three poems, is a finalist for the American Writing Awards. His short story: "Missing Mother," has been nominated for Best of the Net, and his poem: "Standing Alone," published in Trees and Me, has been nominated for a Pushcart. He is amazed!!! Congratulations, Duane!
In October, a short story by Duane L. Herrmann, "Child's Work," was posted on MasticadoresUSA, and a short memoir, "Haunted Ruins," was posted by the Adirondack Center for Writing. A poem, "Lonely School," was published in, Rushing Through the Dark, by Choeofpleirn Press, another, "How to Eat a Book," was published by Bookends Review, and six were posted at The Short of It/I Write Her. Congratulations, Duane!
In September 2024 Spillwords, Bookends Rev, and Poetry Festival each posted one poem. King Fisher Poetry Forum 2 posted three, and The Literary Yard posted five. The anthologies: Speak Easy Poets printed three poems, Minute Musings published two, and Gathering Poetry published one. The Adirondack Center for Writing posted his response to a weekly prompt. Funds for Writers posted an account of the life of his story, 'Missing Mother,' that has been nominated for: 'Best of the Net.' The summer issue of The Harnisch Acre published his short short story: 'Secret in Time,' and Canvas Rebel posted an interview with Herrmann.
Barbara Meier from Lincoln, Kansas sends the following report: Five poems published this week! (October 15, 2024)THE MUSEUM OF AMERICANA: A LITERARY REVIEW published my poem "The Sultan Of Storms" in issue 34. Dark Winter Press and Literary Magazine published three of my poems.The Swallows of Shady Bend; Reconciliation of the Dead; Peony Haiku. Finally Beach Chair Press, Issue 4, published my poem "Moonshadow Blue Jeans". It was a good week! Congratulations, Barbara!  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.
 The Writing from the Center Zine: 2024, Theme: Friendship, edition is available as a PDF file for downloading. Instructions for purchasing physical copies are found below. Thank You to our Members who have volunteered their time to make this project possible. 2024 Kansas Authors Club Zine Editor: Curtis Becker Assistant Editor: Lindsey Bartlett Editorial Board: Toni Cummings Angel Edenburn Nancy Julien Kopp Janice Northerns Barbara Waterman-Peters Brenda White All members receive a complimentary PDF copy of this issue via email. Links will be provided in mid-November. Mark your calendar! Guidelines for 2025 Zine: Submissions March 1 - April 30 Scroll down. It is the 3rd item on the page! All members receive a complimentary PDF copy of this issue via email.
Purchase a physical copy at the links below. 2024 (Full Color) - $30 + shipping 2024 (B&W) - $20 + shipping Because I was gone part of July, I've combined July & Aug together. In that time the Adirondack Center for Writing posted two poems and three memoirs of mine in response to their weekly prompts. The Origami Poetry Project accepted and posted: Trees and Me, a micro chapbook of my poems, using a photo I took of my tree for the cover. It, along with several others, is available to download and print for free from their website. A short story: Teaching Polywogs, was posted by Lothlorian Poetry Journal, the second of my stories there. Individual poems were posted by Dashboard Horus and Five Fleas. A few other poems and stories were accepted for publication in the next few months. Most surprisingly, one story: Missing Mother, was nominated for Best of the Net. I'd thought it was a good story and I'd sent it out several times. When I looked at my Submission Log, I discovered that I first sent it out in 2014 to forty-nine different places until Masticadores USA accepted and posted it this spring. WOW!!! And, my ninth book of poetry: Into the Wind was released, as well as a collection of short stories: Exaltation: Stories of Spiritual Adventure. Both are/will be available on Amazon.  f 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.
We would love to see all of our members represented in the yearbook. Your literary contribution is your calling card. Introduce yourself. Share an excerpt from a published work or a work-in-progress. We are accepting literary page entries for the 2025 yearbook! Open August 1 through 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). Read the guidelines in your yearbook or on our Publications page.
Congratulations, Barbara!  His poem: "Words and Wind" was accepted to be part of the written word exhibition at the Arts Connect gallery in Topeka entitled: "Blooming in the Noise of the Whirlwind" for the months of June and July.
Heron Clan, anthology eleven, contined two of his poems: "Book Launch" and "My Slave Brothers." No Country Literary Journal posted his poem: "Grieving For..." The Adirondack Center for Writing posted his poem: "My Children I See." Poetry Market Ezine posted a review of "No Known Address," his poetic response to the Holocaust. Kansas Authors Club Yearbook published his short story: "Finding Sister Ad," about a family's attempt to find an enslaved sister who had been sold off before the Civil War. Spillwords posted his poem: "Bones Waiting." Cadence (an anthology) published four poems of his while Fevers of the Mind posted five. Additional work was accepted for future publication. So that makes a total of 14 poems published in some way, plus a very short, short story, and one book review. It was a good month. Paul Lamb (D2) had one of his short stories performed at the Liars' League event in London this month. The story, "Back of the Pack," is Paul's love letter to all of the runners, like him, who finish at the back of the pack. You can go to the link here to watch the performance.  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.
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