As a statewide organization, the Kansas Authors Club publishes an annual yearbook and, beginning in 2023, Writing from the Center, the Kansas Authors Club Zine.
2025 ZINE sUBMISSION gUIDELINES
Writing from the Center, the zine of Kansas Authors Club is an opportunity for members and non-members of Kansas Authors Club to share their creativity with the world. The expected publication date of Volume 3 is fall 2025 with the zine to be launched at the 2025 Writing Retreat.
Open for Submissions: March 1 - April 30, 2025
2025 Theme: Balance
We are accepting
Please submit each individual piece on a separate document with the title of the piece as the name of the file. If you submit poetry, please put each piece on its own document. Please submit written work using a DOC or DOCX file. The author’s name or any identifying text should not appear anywhere in the document. Please submit visual art as a JPG file.
Please include a biography of 50-100 words, written in 3rd person. There will be a space on the submission form to type this or paste it. If the piece was a winning entry in a previous KAC contest, please add this detail with the bio.
Eligible Writers/Artists: Any current member of Kansas Authors Club may submit at no cost. Students enrolled in secondary or post-secondary schools in Kansas may also submit at no cost. Non-members who are not students must pay a $5 reading fee for their work to be considered.
By entering, you grant Writing from the Center permission to print in the next edition. You attest that your entry is your original work. Unpublished work is preferred. By submitting previously published work, you are signifying that you can assign Writing from the Center permission to print. Please disclose the publication status when submitting.
Note that work submitted to the zine in 2025 is also eligible for the 2025 Kansas Authors Club writing contest, as the zine will not be publicly available until the organization’s fall event. It is also true that pieces published in the zine in 2025, would not be eligible for the contest in 2026.
Open for Submissions: March 1 - April 30, 2025
2025 Theme: Balance
We are accepting
- Poetry (up to 6 poems)
- Fiction (1 entry, up to 3500 words)
- Creative Nonfiction (1 entry, up to 3500 words)
- Visual Art (up to 3 pieces)
Please submit each individual piece on a separate document with the title of the piece as the name of the file. If you submit poetry, please put each piece on its own document. Please submit written work using a DOC or DOCX file. The author’s name or any identifying text should not appear anywhere in the document. Please submit visual art as a JPG file.
Please include a biography of 50-100 words, written in 3rd person. There will be a space on the submission form to type this or paste it. If the piece was a winning entry in a previous KAC contest, please add this detail with the bio.
Eligible Writers/Artists: Any current member of Kansas Authors Club may submit at no cost. Students enrolled in secondary or post-secondary schools in Kansas may also submit at no cost. Non-members who are not students must pay a $5 reading fee for their work to be considered.
By entering, you grant Writing from the Center permission to print in the next edition. You attest that your entry is your original work. Unpublished work is preferred. By submitting previously published work, you are signifying that you can assign Writing from the Center permission to print. Please disclose the publication status when submitting.
Note that work submitted to the zine in 2025 is also eligible for the 2025 Kansas Authors Club writing contest, as the zine will not be publicly available until the organization’s fall event. It is also true that pieces published in the zine in 2025, would not be eligible for the contest in 2026.
wRITING FROM THE cENTER: lITERARY zINE
Writing from the Center: 2024 Edition
The Writing from the Center Zine: 2024, Theme: Friendship, edition is available as a PDF file for downloading. Instructions for purchasing paper copies are found below.
Thank You to our Members who have volunteered their time to make this project possible.
2024 Editorial Board
Editor: Curtis Becker
Assistant Editor: Lindsey Bartlett
Editorial Board:
Toni Cummings
Angel Edenburn
Nancy Julien Kopp
Janice Northerns
Barbara Waterman-Peters
Brenda White
Thank You to our Members who have volunteered their time to make this project possible.
2024 Editorial Board
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.
Purchase a physical copy at the links below.
Purchase a physical copy at the links below.
Writing from the Center: 2023 Edition
The Writing from the Center Zine: 2023 edition is available as a PDF file for downloading. Instructions for purchasing paper copies are found below.
Thank You to our Members who have volunteered their time to make this project possible.
2023 Editorial Board
Editor: Curtis Becker
Assistant Editor: Lindsey Bartlett
Editorial Board:
Marilyn Bolton
Toni Cummings
Miriam Iwashige
Nancy Julien Kopp
Janice Northerns
Heidi Unruh
Barbara Waterman-Peters
Brenda White
Thank You to our Members who have volunteered their time to make this project possible.
2023 Editorial Board
Editor: Curtis Becker
Assistant Editor: Lindsey Bartlett
Editorial Board:
Marilyn Bolton
Toni Cummings
Miriam Iwashige
Nancy Julien Kopp
Janice Northerns
Heidi Unruh
Barbara Waterman-Peters
Brenda White
All members receive a complimentary PDF copy of this issue via email.
Purchase a physical copy at the links below.
Purchase a physical copy at the links below.
yEARBOOK gUIDELINES
The Kansas Authors Club Yearbook is published in the spring of each year, with distribution typically no later than April.
Submissions are 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).
Submissions are 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.