Portfolio

Kate’s work has appeared in Writer’s Digest, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Listen and American Snowmobiler magazines, and China Daily Newspaper, along with many regional and local magazines, newspapers, and visitors’ guides. She has served as a community editor for a start-up newspaper, and was a co-founder of a bilingual community newsletter in Indiana. She has also served as a nonfiction reader for the Kansas City-based literary magazine, New Letters. Her first book, Tough Love: A Wyoming Childhood (an essay collection), will be published by Pronghorn Press in September 2012. Kate has also collaborated with customers, family and friends to produce a small business history of her family’s Wyoming-based repair and retail shop. Bucky’s: Stories and Recollections from 50 Years in Business, will be published in September 2012.

“The ABCs of Pregnancy” (article), Published: Kansas City Baby Magazine, September 2011

“Is Cursive Coming to a Close?”  (article), Published: Kansas City Parent Magazine, September 2011

“Trade Screen Time for Green Time” (article), Published: Kansas City Parent Magazine, April 2011

“Father Daughter Lessons” (essay), Published: American Snowmobiler Magazine, January 2011. Read the teaser here.

“Cathedrals” (poem), Published: Utmost Christian Poetry Gallery, December 2010

“First Anniversaries” (essay), Published: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom, March 2010

Kate recognized in The Bellevue Leader (Bellevue, NE) for her essay, “First Anniversaries,” published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom (March, 2010). Read the article here.

Writing Credits for Kate Meadows (The Unabridged Version)

Books

• Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom – essay, “First Anniversaries” (2010)
• No Body’s Perfect: Stories by Teens About Body Image, Self-Acceptance, and the Search for Identity – poem, “Impulsive Identity” (2001)

Magazines

National

• Writer’s Digest – essay, “Artmaking” (2012)
  
• American Snowmobiler – essay, “Father Daughter Lessons” (2011)
• Listen – article, for teenage girls about journals being great listeners (2002)
• SnoWest – article, promoting snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park (2001)

Regional

• Kansas City Parent (Kansas City metro area) – multiple feature articles on child/parent relationships, including sidebars (2011)
• Kansas City Baby (Kansas City metro area) – multiple feature articles on infant/parent relationships, including sidebars (2011)
• Helen (Lafayette, IN) – multiple profile articles on businesswomen in the Lafayette area (2007-2008); how-to article on stress-free holiday parties (2007)

Online

• www.katemeadows.com – blogger on the beautiful, messy life of writer and mother
• Sugar Bean Scribbles (www.sugarbeanscribbles.blogspot.com) – blogger on the joys and woes of motherhood (2009-present)
• Utmost Christian Poetry Gallery (www.utmostchristianwriters.com) - poem, “Cathedrals” (2010)

Newspapers

National

• China Daily USA – freelance correspondent for multiple business articles on US-China relations (2008-2009)

Local

• Sublette Trader (Pinedale, WY) – columnist, “Spittles and Giggles: The Parent’s Corner” (2012-present)
  
• Neighborhood News (Omaha,NE) – community editor and writer for general assignments (2010)
• Frankfort Times (Frankfort, IN) – staff reporter for crime and courts, as well as general assignments and features (2006-2008) [1]
• Lafayette Journal & Courier (Lafayette, IN) – freelance writer for general assignments (2005)
• Gustavus Weekly (St. Peter, MN) – staff reporter for sports assignments (2002)
• Sublette Examiner (Pinedale, WY) – staff reporter for general assignments, including “Personalities” column profiling community individuals (2001-2003)
• Pinedale Roundup (Pinedale, WY) – staff reporter for general assignments, including “Neighbors” column profiling community individuals (1999-2001)

Radio

Local

• KPIN (Pinedale,WY) – Christian devotional series, 2005