D6 is inviting D5 to join them at their regular monthly meeting ​on Saturday January 23, 2021 at 1:30.

Jeff Broome, an expert on plains Indians, will be D6 guest Zoom speaker. He has authored two books. These books are Indian Raids and Massacres: Essays on the Central Plains Indian Wars and Dog Soldier Justice: The Ordeal of Susanna Alderdice in the Kansas Indian War. Jeff used primary sources in his research, including depredation claims accessible at the National Archives in D.C.

If you read or write historical fiction or non-fiction, you’ll want to hear Jeff’s presentation.

You can receive the Zoom meeting invitation by contacting D5 president Connie White or D6 president Jim Potter.

Robert L. Dean, Jr.'s poem "The Tear" came out in the new issue of "October Hill Magazine."  Dean's poem "The Tear" is the last item in the issue, on page 164.

October Hill Magazine is a beautiful online magazine. This is Dean's second appearance in this magazine. 

A link to the magazine's issue archives is provided below. The new issue is OHM Winter 2020, Volume 4, Issue 4. You can either 1: click on the image of the issue cover, which will open up the issue, or 2: click on "New! Digital Download," which is a much better way to open the issue; it will not download to your computer but open as a pdf, you have to click on the download icon after the issue opens to download the issue to your computer.
October Hill Magazine Archives

Robert L. Dean, Jr.'s poem "Cloudy with a Chance of Miracles," from his latest book, "The Aerialist Will Not Be Performing," was featured Sunday, January 10th, on Ken Hada's podcast "The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada." It is part of Episode #120. This is the Second Sunday in a row Ken has read from Dean's recent book. Ken also reads one of his own poems, "What We Have Lost," and briefly reflects on the events from Wednesday, January 6th. The podcast can be found anywhere podcasts are broadcast, and also at the link to Ken's website here:
 
Episode 120: Loss & A Chance of Miracles by The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada • A podcast on Anchor
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Larry Hatteberg captured the hearts of Kansans because he connected with everyday people. He will be sharing his secrets for an award winning career in photojournalism and writing at the D5 monthly meeting Saturday. This talented, Kansas-raised man gained national acclaim.

Larry's presentation to D5 via Zoom is on Saturday, January 9 from 1:30 to 2:30. In the next couple of days, President Connie White will be emailing an invitation to D5 members at your email address on record.

A warm invitation is extended to all KAC members. Your district president will be able to forward the Zoom invitation to you.

Poetry written by Roy Beckemeyer and Robert L. Dean, Jr. appear in MacQueen's Quinterly, Issue 6, January 2021. Roy has two poems, one of which won the Editor's Choice Award, and Bob has one poem.
Bob's poem "Borderland" is under Ekphrastic Works. To see the image which inspired it, go to the website and click on the title of the photo by Chris Whitney which appears under the poem title.
Roy's two poems,  "Prothalamion" and "The Way Night's Lapidary Light Burnishes Your Skin," are under Poems, Lineated. Roy's latter poem won the Editor's Choice Award for this issue. 
Click the button below for the MacQueen Quinterly Table of Contents to read the poetry of these two talented D5 poets.

This Sunday, January 3rd, 2021, poet and ECU professor Ken Hada will be reading D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr.'s poem "Aftermath," from Dean's latest book, The Aerialist Will Not Be Performing, as part of his Sunday Poems With Ken Hada podcast series. It is episode #119. The podcast can be heard Sunday afternoon on Ken's website or anywhere podcasts are hosted.

Ken has previously featured Wichita poets Roy Beckemeyer, Michael Poage, and Robert L. Dean, Jr., in episode #52. Robert L. Dean, Jr.'s poem "Along This Road" was read in Episode #80.

 Ken presented at a D5 meetings in 2019 from a book he wrote with his brother, The River White.

This link takes you to Ken's podcast.

This Hatteberg presentation promises to be a treat. Join Kansas Authors Club District 5 as they host Larry Hatteberg on January 9 at 1:30 via Zoom. Connie White, D5 president, will email the link to D5 members and KAC district presidents a few days prior to the event. All KAC members are welcome. Contact your district president for Zoom credentials.

​  For 51 years, Larry Hatteberg brought a special kind of television to Kansas.  His constant search for ordinary people, whose stories illuminate larger issues, put him in a position to develop a personal relationship with Kansas viewers.
   On November 25, 2014, Larry left KAKE-TV to pursue stories that he’s wanted to do for years, but could not, due to the requirements of daily television journalism.  
   Throughout the nation, he is known as an Emmy award-winning video storyteller who can touch people through his television journalism. With over 120 national, regional and state awards, Larry has set broadcast standards for television journalists all over the world.
   His national award-winning Hatteberg’s People series was the longest running television feature in Kansas.  Nearly two thousand Kansans have been profiled.  The series took Larry to 17 foreign countries in search of Kansas People. 
  Larry published two books and DVD’s called Larry Hatteberg’s Kansas People. These best-selling books and DVD’s profile Kansans who make the state a unique place to live.
  Larry’s awards include a regional Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, an Emmy for Lifetime Achievement, and the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Writing. He was twice named National Press Photographers Television News Cameraman of the Year.
 He received three of the highest awards in photojournalism given by the National Press Photographers Association.  He is a past-president of NPPA.
   Larry is a nationally known teacher of photojournalism. He has consulted with over 40 television stations across the United States and worked with the Defense Department instructing military photo-journalists and combat camera crews in video storytelling techniques.
   Hatteberg grew up in Winfield, Kansas. His interest in photography began at Winfield High School where he was photo-editor of the school newspaper and yearbook.  
   Larry's wife, Judy, is a retired teacher from the Wichita school system. She is a writer and poet.  They have two married daughters, Sherry and Susan. Sherry is a teacher living in the Kansas City area.  Susan works in the public relations field in Wichita.  

This turned up in my inbox today, so I'm passing it on.

                        From The Color Wheel
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                                 NOW OPEN:
The 2021 Previously Published Poem Prize
$3500 Awarded for previously published poetry
 
Our landscape has exploded with presses and magazines over the last few decades with the advent of digital publications—so many good poems have been found, celebrated, and, unfortunately, forgotten. We want to bring light to those lost pieces of poetry, the work that you love but no longer receives the attention it deserves. Send us your favorite previously published poems!
 
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 Winners and Finalists of the 2020 Palette Poetry Prize!
 
 We are honored to share with everyone the winners, finalists, and longlist of the 2020 Palette Poetry Prize, selected by the 2019 Pulitzer winner, Forrest Gander!
 
1st & $4000— Teresa Dzieglewicz, for “There are no police in this poem”
2nd & $300— Matthew Minicucci, for “(grapes)”
3rd & $200— Kathleen Winter, for “The Sheep and The Lambs”
 
 

​Brock Rhodes, a Technology Trainer for the Wichita Public Library, will be our presenter for our meeting this coming Saturday afternoon. Brock will discuss various forms of social media and how we can used them to benefit our writing or marketing skills as authors. Brock is also knowledgeable about online publishing, and may address that as well.  
    Join us via Zoom on Saturday at 1:30 PM.  After Brock's presentation and a Q&A period, we will have our election of officers for 2021.  The slate of officers presented by the D5 Board includes Connie White for President; Gretchen Eick-Vice President; Amy Ackerman - Secretary and Web manager; Ray (Griz) Racobs, Treasurer, and Conrad Jestmore, membership chair.  We will open for nominations from the "floor" on Saturday, and take a voice or hand vote for each position.  
     Watch your email for the Zoom link and please join us.

Don't miss our D5 meeting via Zoom on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 1:30 PM. You received a link by email this week. Cynthia Chauhan has been a D5 member for several years but is unable to attend most meetings because of her own health challenges.  Out of those challenges, she has had opportunity to write several books explaining treatments for cancers and other diseases in laymen's terms for patients and their families. You will love hearing this lady's very positive story of how the twists of life have shaped her growth as an author. If you've lost the link, please contact Connie White or Dan Close and we can resend it.