 Issue #9, the Luck issue, of 105 Meadowlark Reader has stories taking place in 31 Kansas counties and features 30 authors. Eleven stories in this issue are by authors new to 105. This issue will be available for purchase in Kansas independent boosktores and via the Meadowlark website in May 2025. Kansas Authors Club members with essays in the Spring 2025 issue are: Boyd Bauman Brian Daldorph Beth Gulley Roger Heineken Jerilynn Jones Henrikson Duane L. Herrmann Vicki L. Julian Amy Kliewer Kerry Moyer Robert W. Phillips Robert Rebein Cynthia C. Schaker Mason Taylor-Taite Alicia Troike Brenda L. White Sheree L. Wingo Open Reading Period for Issue #10
May 1 - June 30, 2025 Theme: Work  L U C KHello Friend!
We are currently collecting true stories for the LUCK issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader. You have until December 31 to get your stories submitted. Guidelines below. Happy Holidays from 105 Meadowlark Reader! What we’re looking for, in general: Your true stories about Kansas told in an engaging way. Pull us in, make us feel something. Make us laugh or make us cry. Be creative. Use dialog. Careful word choice and fresh imagery is valued. Write your stories in any of the persons (first, second, third). Eligible writers: We are looking for true stories about Kansas written by Kansans, therefore you must be a Kansas resident or have lived in Kansas at some point in your life. Theme for Issue #9 (November 1 - December 31, 2024 Submission Period): Luck Word count: Let’s say 100 - 3,000 words, give or take. How many words does it take for you to tell your story? We want original, never-before-published pieces. No simultaneous submissions, please. 105 Meadowlark Reader does not accept AI-generated stories. Have fun: When a writer enjoys the process, that positive energy comes through to the reader. Publishing rights: We are asking for First North American Serial Rights. Payment: Payment is currently $10 per story and one contributor copy of the journal. How to submit: File types accepted: .doc, .docx, .rtf Manuscript Preparation: Use standard formatting for your entry. This means:
Include your author bio at the end of your entry. Your name as printed in this bio is how we will refer to you in the rest of the journal. (Exception: Feel free to use titles and degree designations in the bio, but those titles will not be included in the byline, per Meadowlark style.) Your bio should include:
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Limit: you may enter up to two (2) stories per submission period. Submit via Submittable - Meadowlark Press Submission Manager  Sunday, May 19, 2:00 PM Red Rocks State Historic Site 927 Exchange Street, Emporia, KS Writing & Publishing Creative Nonfiction Presentation by Tracy Million Simmons Meadowlark Press & 105 Meadowlark Reader Tour Red Rocks FREE in 2024 Wednesdays through Sundays. EMPORIA, Kansas - “Writing and Publishing Creative Nonfiction” will be presented on Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m. at Red Rocks State Historic Site, 927 Exchange Street. Tracy Million Simmons, owner and publisher of Meadowlark Press based in Emporia, will present this program focusing on the writing and publishing of creative nonfiction. Simmons, a native of Dodge City, founded Meadowlark Press in Emporia in 2014. In ten years of operation, Meadowlark has brought to print 70 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Five volumes have been named Kansas Notable Books, one was named a High Plains Book Award winner and three finalists, and many other Meadowlark books have been cited for various awards. “In the beginning, I wanted to build the type of press I was looking for as an author, and as an author, I wanted a partner in the process of publishing. I wanted someone who could answer questions and advise me yet honor my story and my voice.” Simmons explained. “My focus was on writers with whom I shared deep roots, writers from Kansas, voices of the Midwest. Meadowlark publishes prose (fiction and nonfiction) and poetry because the best communities are the ones where all voices are heard. Maybe that’s the vision: to build a community with strong connections between writers and readers.” In 2021, Tracy Simmons as publisher and Cheryl Unruh as editor launched 105 Meadowlark Reader: A Kansas Journal of Creative Nonfiction. The seventh edition of the semiannual journal with the theme of “Intersections” was released this May. The journal aspires to publish writers of true Kansas stories set in or references one or more of the 105 Kansas counties. Simmons characterized the initiative this way, “When Cheryl and I began talking about publishing a journal, we knew we wanted to focus on true stories. We are both essayists, at heart. I think in the end, we both agreed that a publication like 105 Meadowlark Reader would serve our purposes of strengthening the Kansas literary community with a publication where people who were sharing their stories for the first time would be welcomed among more seasoned writers.” “William Allen White was a prolific writer, published in all genres. He was an early member of the Kansas Authors Club, an inaugural judge for the Book-of-the-Month Club, and a true mentor friend to so many writers and journalists.” said Roger Heineken, White Community Partnership program chair. “Editor White would be delighted to know Meadowlark Press is based in his hometown of Emporia.” The Sunday at the Site programs are free, and the public is invited to attend. Donations in support of the site are always appreciated. Tours of the site are free in 2024, Wednesday through Sunday. The William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc. is the local organization that works in cooperation with the Kansas Historical Society to present Red Rocks State Historic Site, the legendary home of the White family. The Partnership helps fund operations of the historic site and, each year, presents a program series to interpret the White family story and associated history. The entire selection of Meadowlark books can be viewed online at meadowlarkbookstore.com. 
 Congratulations to the following Kansas Authors Club members who will be published in the next issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader, shipping in May 2024.
“The Middle of Nowhere” by Alicia Troike “Between the Dead and Me” by Amanda L. Little “Friendship Forged over Fetal Pig” by Amy D. Kliewer “Last Letter” by Ann Christine Fell “A Second Meeting in Manhattan” by Barbara Waterman-Peters “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Oklahoma City?” by Beth Gulley “Waves of Intersection” by Boyd Bauman “A Retirement Revelation” by Chuck Warner “Getting Pregnant at My Age?” By Errin D. Moore “A Love Story” by James Kenyon “At the Intersection of Kansas and Anywhere in the World” by Cynthia Mines “Families and Fates of Robert Parks” by Jim Potter “The Town at the Crossroads” by Julie A. Sellers “The Sparrow’s Whistle” by Julie Stielstra “Intersecting with the Mob” by Linda Cook “Double Cousins and the Carnival Keepsake” by Roger Heineken “Not in My Plan” by Sandee Lee “Crossroads” by Thomas Holmquist “Lessons from the Intersection of Tallgrass and Tabor Valley” by Tim Keane  The next issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader includes essays by the following Kansas Authors Club Members.
The theme of this issue is Landmarks, and expected ship date for this publication is early November, 2023. Congratulations writers! Lindsey Bartlett, Emporia Boyd Bauman, Overland Park Linda Cook, Manhattan Ann Christine Fell, Winfield Monica Graves, Emporia Carolyn Hall, Lenexa Cheryl Heide, Baldwin City Thomas Holmquist, Smolan Nancy Julien Kopp, Manhattan Marilyn Hope Lake, Columbia, MO Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Lawrence Julie A. Sellers, Atchison Julie Stielstra, Ellinwood Sandee Lee, El Dorado Barbara Waterman-Peters, Topeka Jon Kelly Yenser, Albuquerque, NM  The spring 2023 issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader features the following essays by Kansas Authors Club members: A Cryptid Sighting in Kansas by Denise Low (D2) Love Bears All Things by Amy D. Kliewer (D5) Nocturnal Nuisance by Elizabeth R. Schmidt (D5) The Right Man for the Job by Brenda L. White (D2) Little Owl by Lindsey Bartlett (D2) My Heron by Michael D. Graves (D2) You Dirty Bird by Jerilynn Jones Henrikson (D2) Blessed is the Peacemaker by Cheryl Suzanne Heide (D2) Introducing the Black Tornado by Cynthia Schaker (D5) Buddy the Bookstore Beagle by Linda Crowder (D6) Princess With an Attitude by Thomas N. Holmquist (D4) Skiing in Kansas by Boyd Bauman (D2) Not a Playmate by Carolyn Hall (D2) Broken Heart by Ann Vigola Anderson (D2) I Did. I Saw a Camel! by Marilyn Hope Lake (D2) Invaders Via My Pre-vet Roommate by Annabelle Corrick (D2) Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Pamela Yenser (D7) This Is Not About Dogs by Julie Ann Baker Brin (D5) Congratulations to our members! 105 Meadowlark Reader is currently (through June 30, 2023) taking submissions on the theme of Landmarks.
A Note from D6 President, Jim Potter: I'm honored to be one of the 32 creative non-fiction stories in Issue #3 published by 105 Meadowlark Reader. My essay's titled "I Didn't Have a Bicycle, but I had a Paper Route: Serving Civil Papers." Within the essay I recall serving an Order & Writ of Execution for the Reno County Sheriff's Office. The defendant who answered the door was a woman wearing nothing but a hot pink towel. To read my story, purchase this issue at Crow & Co. in Hutchinson, KS, or at your favorite bookstore. --Jim Potter, District 6   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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