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Dear <<First Name>>,

Wow! It's been such a full and busy month, I don't know where to start! We've launched two amazing poetry books, received a couple of book awards, and had a grand time at the Kansas Book Festival in September. At this very moment, we are hard at work preparing for the 2021 Kansas Authors Club convention, as well as working on a few more titles for your bookshelf, of course.

Let's start with Opulence, Kansas, by Julie Stielstra. We're going to have to build a bigger cover for these award seals! Opulence was awarded the 2021 High Plains Book Award for a Young Adult novel!

From the Billings (Montana) Gazette:

The way Stielstra describes the Opulence atmosphere through Katie’s eyes (and the sense of awakening she would go on to experience during that defining summer) might make one wish they could pack a bag and run away there themselves: “It was like people out here knew how to live with space between them. In the city, there are so many people all in the same place that you storm along and grab your own space before anyone else can take it and act like there’s no one else there. And then, when you’re with people you do know, it’s all hugs and air kisses and oversharing about your diet and other people’s marriages and the state of your bowels, for all I know. Out here, there was plenty of space for everybody, so you were actually glad to see each other as it happened, and chat and have a friendly word, and then leave spaces for breathing. I was a total stranger, but that was okay.” (33-34).

I like to think that every little town in Kansas, including Meadowlark's Emporia, has a little bit of Opulence in it. Run away a while with a Meadowlark book. Opulence is a good place to start.

Keep reading for notes about the Kansas Book Festival, including the newest Notable title on the Meadowlark bookshelf, All Hallow's Shadows, by Michael D. Graves, as well as some upcoming gems. We aim to help you with all of your gift-giving needs this holiday season (and beyond!)

Thank you for your interest in Meadowlark! We are so pleased to have you along on this journey with us.

--Much Love & Good Reading--

Tracy Millions Simmons
Meadowlark Press

September Award Winners

Opulence, Kansas, by Julie Stielstra

$15.00

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All Hallows' Shadows, by Michael D. Graves

$15.00 - $40.00

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Kansas Notable Book Award Winners at the Kansas Book Festival in Topeka, September 2021.

Now Taking Entries for the Birdy Poetry Prize
September 1 - December 1, 2021

Entry Fee: $25

Prize: $1,000 cash, publication by Meadowlark Poetry Press, including 50 copies of the completed book

All entries will be considered for standard Meadowlark Press publishing contract offers, as well.

Full-length poetry manuscripts (55 page minimum, 90+ pages preferred) will be considered. Poems may be previously published in journals and/or anthologies, but not in full-length, single-author volumes. Poets are eligible to enter, regardless of publishing history. Previous winners and published finalists of the Birdy Poetry Prize competition are NOT eligible to enter.

Manuscript Preparation

The author’s name should not appear anywhere on the document.

Manuscript should include:

title of collection
any section or division headings, if desired
all poems to be included in the collection

Here's a treat for the Pete Stone fans. Michael D. Graves was one of 15 recipients of the Kansas Notable Award at the Book Festival in September.
Thank you to Dave Leiker for the video!

Now Available! Order today.

What an extraordinarily wise choice I made when I subscribed to your poetry series. The two books you just released, Arlice's Everlasting and Alison Hicks' Knowing Is a Branching Trail, are both superior books of poetry that will provide many happy hours of thought and reflection.

Thanks for being such a dynamic, resourceful and creative publisher you are. And thanks for making the subscription available. What a deal!

Roy J. Beckemeyer

Pre-Releases. Coming soon! Order your copy today.

Note: Gravedigger's Daughter is not included
in the "Poetry for Life" Subscription.

And finally, here's a little cover reveal for the next issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader: Travel Stories. First let us introduce you to Mike Dye, the cover photo photographer. We had such fun searching the internet for Kansas photos that captured the spirit of issue #2 of 105. Mike has material worthy of dozens of cover photos, but we selected "Flint Hills Rolling Milkyway" taken just south of Alma, Kansas. Thanks, Mike!

Please take a moment to visit his website to learn more about his work.

You saw it here first! If you aren't already a subscriber to 105 Meadowlark Reader, subscribe today!

105 Meadowlark Reader: Issue #2 "Travel Stories"

$16.99

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A perk for overachievers who read allllll the way to the bottom!

Why is Detective Pete Stone afraid of sequels?

He's not. But you'd think he would be ... because they just keep coming after him, one right after another.

Bah dum bum.

Here's the REAL Bonus! Shadows and Sorrows, book 4 of the Pete Stone Series, should be ready in time for Christmas! Send us a note telling us how much you enjoy the Pete Stone series and you will be entered in a drawing for a free, signed copy of the new book!

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