Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Photography By Mary Nida Smith

Monday, August 20, 2018

Mary Nida Smith Credits

National Geographic book, “The poetry of US,” edited by J. Patrick Lewis. My poem about Arkansas

SILO – South Central College Literary Magazine 500 word poem Cowboy Jo

Skyhorse Publishing Inc. Book – Heroes Beneath the Waves: Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century.

Heroes Beneath the Waves. (submarine poem)

Ozark Regional Arts Council Historian January 2014-

Palette Art League August Exhibited: Photographs and Illustrations/art, plus

photo cards, 5x7 photos, books, and Free Verse Poetry Group’s latest CD “Driftwood.” August 1-30, 2014. www.paletteartleague.com

Area Art Club Art Show – Second place and honorable mention (photographs) June 2014

Louise Grace Publishing, Women in Nature Anthology Series: Wildlife Friends page 113, May 2014

Area Art Club ORAC exhibit at ASUMN (photographs) 2013

Written and read two poems on “Driftwood” second CD Free Verse Poetry Group, spring 2013

Area Art Club Show Photographs won second place and honorable mention 2013

Historian and Photographer, Midway Arkansas, Baptist Church 2008-2013

Journal of the Ozarks Past and Present Premier Lightnin’ Publishing Company

Ozark Poetry, (Poem) Page 62 winter 2013

Ozark Regional Arts Council monthly newsletter columnist, “Twin Lakes Area Writers” http://ozarkregionalartscouncil.org May, 2012-

Princess Paisley Cooks with Friend (recipe) Limited Edition of 150 Sun-e-dale Knoll Publishing 2012

Bull Shoals Art Club Show, photograph, honorable mention 2012

Ozarks Sunrises: poetry chapbook with photographs, printed by Enterprise Printing Company

October 2011

Storyteller magazine, Volume 16 Issue I (cover photograph). The Storyteller, 2441 Washington Rd., Maynard, AR 72444 Jan/Feb/Mar 2011

KID MAGAZINE WRITERS: THE INFORMATION CENTER FOR CHILDREN’S MAGAZINE WRITERS - IN MY OFFICE DEPARTMENT: BLOGGING IS AN IMPORTANT WRITER’S TOOL. Issue 62, http://www.kidmagwriters.com January 2010

GOOD OLD DAYS magazine: Buck, the Comeback Horse, page 68, Volume 47 – No 3. http://www.goodolddaysmagazine.com/inthisissue.php May/June 2010

The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine, Where Do You Find An Ozarks Mountaineer? Page- At Front Of The Shoals Museum and photograph Volume 58, No 4. The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine, Where Do You Find An Ozarks Mountaineer In The Potting Shed and photograph in same issue July/August 2010

The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine volume 58, No. 5 Photograph, Where Do you Find An Ozarks Mountaineer by Mary Nida Smith won a years’ subscription for contributing the picture and information page 60

www.ozarksmountaineer.com July/August 2010

The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine Photograph of an outhouse in The Golden Country Department Volume 57, No.6 page Nov/Dec 2009

The Mountaineer ECHO newspaper, BS Art Club is growing, October 2, 2008

The Mountaineer ECHO newspaper, Allen speaks to Bull Shoals historical society,

http://www.facebook.com/mountaineerecho November 26, 2009

Kid Magazine Writers – On Line magazine My Office Dept. BLOGGING IS AN IMPORTANT WRITER’S TOOL Issue 61, December 2009 http://www.kidmagwriters.com

The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine Volume 57, no.3 Department – Round & About The Ozarks – Cavefish Discovered in Baxter County page 23, May/June 2009

Blogging with author David L. Harrison, Word-of-the-month Poetry Challenge

http://davidlharrison.wordpress.com . Word of the Month Hall of Fame Poet, Guest Poet and Guest Reader October 2009 -2012

POLARIS magazine (Official Publication of U.S. Submarine Veterans World War II) USS SEA FOX SS-402 Vol. 52, No4, page 6 August 2008

Submarine Stories of World War II non-fiction book published by Red Engine Press, Branson, Missouri 2008

U.S. SUBMARINE VETERANS OF WWII – Arkansas Diamond Chapter newsletter editor 2008- November 2009

Missouri Writers’ Guild newsletter, Bloging is Very Important Vol. 84 No 3 www.missouriwritersguild.org September 2008

The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine Volume 55, No5 Department – Round& About The Ozarks – New Bat Cave Discovers in Baxter County page 24 Sept/Oct 2007

Once Upon A Time magazine, Writer’s Block volume 12 # 1 page 27 Spring 2007

Ozark Writers League, The OWL’s HOOT newsletter, SPEAKER ASSESSMENT – HOW TO CHECK THEM OUT, page 4 May 2007

SALUTE Newsletter, RRP CONSULTING/RED ENGINE PRESS, Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, Vol.2, Issue 6 June 25, 2007

SALUTE Newsletter, RRP CONSULTING/RED ENGINE PRESS, Mountain Home Plaza 2000, Vol.2 Issue 7 July 25, 2007

SALUTE Newsletter, RRP CONSULTING/RED ENGINE PRESS, Korea Conflict USS SEA FOX SS-402 Vol. 2, Issue 8 August 25, 2007

SALUTE Newsletter, RRP CONSULTING/RED ENGINE PRESS, Writing My Book: Submarine Stories of World War II, Vol. 2, Issue 9 September/October 2007

Patriots’ Herald, A Carroll County Newspaper – Submarine Veterans of World War II Yearly visit to Eureka Springs, Friday, Nov15, 2007

Yarnspinners & Wordweavers, Red Engine Press/River Road Press newsletter

BLOGGING/ Blogging as a Publicity Tool November, 2007

The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine, Rocky Ridge Refuge: Home of Lurch The Watusi, plus photographs and sidebar, pages 14 &15 Volume 54, No.1 Jan/Feb 2006

Yarnspinners & Wordweavers, Red Engine Press/River Road Press Newsletter Poem/ Anxieties of Kite Flying, page 3, 3/17/2007

SALUTE Newsletter, RRP CONSULTING/RED ENGINE PRESS The United States Submarine Service, Volume 1, Issue 2 May 25,2006

SALUTE Newsletter, RRP CONSULTING/ RED ENGINE PRESS Close Encounter – Remembering S-28 Volume 1, Issue 6 page 6-7 September 28, 2006

Yarnspinners & Wordweavers, Red Engine Press/River Road Press, Conference, Workshops, & Retreats Sept/Oct2006

Ozarks Magazine, DANDELIONS: THE SHEPHERD’S CLOCK (Ozarks gardens) page 11 April/May 2006

Echoes of the Ozark, Anthology published by awoc.com, Ozarks Writers League, Volume II Ancestry and Nature Unite Ozarkians page 111 2006

The Mountaineer ECHO newspaper Bull Shoals: The music capital of north central Arkansas August 3, 2006

Ozark Mountain News (Serving the Twin Lakes Area) Book looks at local curiosities Reviewed by Mary Nida Smith Eccentric America Volume2, No1 page 16 August 2006

Ozark Mountain News Country music group takes a bow Volume 1, No 11 page 6 July 2006

Ozark Mountain News, Taking the natural out of our Natural State. Volume 1,

No. 9 page 6 May 2006

POLARIS magazine, CLOSE ENCOUTER REMEMBERING S-28 Vol. No 50 page 10, October 2006

Ozark Mountain News, American Legion is active in helping Volume 1, No 5 page 8, December 2005

Ozark Mountain News Meet the Subvets Volume 1, No4 page 16 November 2006

Ozarks’ Senior Living Newspaper, HOUSE PLANTS ARE LIKE CHILDREN page 17 http:// www. slnewspaper.com/Featured%20stories.htm February, 2005

The Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Missouri newsletter

MO Scribbles ELIMINATE CLUTTER AND STRESS winter 2005

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators - Fine Lines, Australia Chapter Newsletter Eliminate Cutter and Stress (winter 2005)

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Arkansas, Reporter

for Arkansas SCBWI chapter news for Missouri SCBWI MO Scribble newsletter,

Fall 2004 -winter 2005

Ozarks Writers League newsletter, article (OWL) ELIMATE CLUTTER AND STRESS page 4, August 2005

Ozark Mountain News, The Spider Lady captures beauty in the web Volume 1, No. 3 October 2005 Page 8

Ozarks Magazine, MAGICAL MOPHEADS (ozarks gardens) Photographs page 22 Fall2005

The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine, Mountain Home – Home of Ozarks Mountain News - Round & About The Ozarks Dept. Volume 53, No 7 page 20 Sept/Oct 2005

Ozarks Monthly- Gardening – chives for all seasons, plus photos –E-zine on line

July 2004

WestSide Star newspaper, Chive Gardening in the Ozarks, Special to the WestSide Star Wednesday, Vol.2 No. 14page 14 A Wednesday, July 21, 2004

GOOD OLD DAYS SPECIALS, Christmas Among the Wolves, plus photos Volume 29, Number 1, Page 46-47- 48 GoodOldDays-magazine.com January 2002

Twin Lakes Writer (Founder of the group and newsletter) Editor of the Twin Lakes Writers newsletter 2002-2005

The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine News of Another Mountaineer, Round & About The Ozarks, Dept. Volume 50, No. 1, 50^th Anniversary Issue page 22 February/March 2002

GRIT – AMERICAN LIFE TRADTIONS – My Favorite Garden Dept., Garden Oasis, plus photos, Volume 120, No. 8 page 18-19 April 14, 2002

Rural Arkansas magazine, Cicada season page 20 V0l.I.IV, Number 9July 1, 2001

The Ozarks Mountaineer magazine, Rustic Roads - poem page 56 Vol. 48, No. 4

August/September 2000

GRIT – AMERICAN LIFE TRADITION – HOBBIES & CRAFTS Dept. TINY TOWN, Plus photos Volume 118, No. 22 page 14-15 0ctober 29, 2000

Baxter County Poets Association contest second place Mary Nida Smith Backyard

November 10, 2000

Siloam Spring Writers Workshop Third Place, What Would Christmas be without a Tree (children’s story) August 24, 1996

Inside Stories Harvard Avenue Baptist Church Art Ministry: Unconditional Love and A Labor of Love “Fatherhood” Mary Ann (Nida) Smith Volume 1, 1996

Inside Stories from Harvard Avenue Baptist Church Arts Ministry: HABC WAR WIVES PATROL (of World War II) Mary Ann (Nida) Smith Volume 2, 1996

Sager Creek Arts Center Brochure covers/ photographs April 1995,

October 1, 1995

Sager Creek Arts Center 6^th Annual Children Playwright Contest Mary Ann (Nida) Smith honorable mention July 19, 1995

The Herald- Leader newspaper, Church constitutes at Robinson, photo Page 6 B Wednesday, September 7, 1994

The Herald- Leader newspaper, Photo and caption Great pumpkins Wednesday, Page 5B September 7, 1994

The Herald- Leader newspaper, Siloam Springs, Arkansas - photograph contest

Scenic Winner by Mary Ann (Nida) Smith Page 4B – Sunday, October 31, 1993

Northwest Living! Magazine, Weed and Grass Bouquets, page 40-41 Volume 3, Number 6 June 1988

Northwest Living! Magazine, The Chariots of Winter (Twin Falls Field Editor Page 19 Volume 7, Number, November-December 1989

Northwest Living! Magazine, Weed and Grass Bouquets, page 40-41 Volume 3, Number 6 June 1988

Magic Valley Farm Lines, South Idaho Press, a Park Newspaper, Chariot racing – popular winter sport, page 4-5 with sidebar- You can be involved in chariot racing too. January, 1988

Magic Valley Farm Lines South Idaho Press, a Park Newspaper, She trains horse- Jerome woman makes childhood dream real, page 4 and page 812

New Idaho noxious weed list will be out soon, with illustration February, 1988

Magic Valley Farm lines, South Idaho Press, a Park Newspaper, Hunts balance farm-city lives, page 8 and page 21 Pony Club helps mold youth and page 22 Countryside Reflections (essay) March, 1988

Magic Valley Farm Lines, South Idaho Press, a Park Newspaper, “Treat ‘em good” Jerome man talks “mule” (White Mules) page 6-7 and page B13,April is dawning(essay) April, 1988

Magic Valley Farm Lines, South Idaho Press, a park Newspaper, Pair moves breeding farm to Jerome, page 15 July, 1988

Northwest Living! Magazine, Christmas on the Desert, (Field Editor) page26, Volume 6, Number1, November-December 1988

Port Orchard Independent newspaper, Port Orchard, Washington, weekly column, Manchester Matters (About the people & village events) May, 26, 1987 –October 2, 1987

Port Orchard Independent newspaper, Port orchard, Washington – Manchester port commissioners seek funding assistance for park, September 18, 1987

Writers’ Chapbook, A New Voice in an Old Land, Illustration page 8 issue#6,

January, 1987

Writers’ Chapbook, A New Voice in an Old Land, Poetry Weather Fantasy & illustration Boise, Idaho issue #7 April 1987

Northwest Living! Magazine, Weed and Grass Bouquets, page 40-41 Volume 3, Number 6 June 1988

The Falls Street Journal, Official Monthly Publication of the Greater Twin Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, Ode to the Magic Valley (poem) Volume 4 April 1986

Pentecostal Evangel Poem Seesaw prayer life page 31 No. 3694 February 24, 1985

Oregon Journal newspaper, Portland, Oregon Book Review Department, Reviews published under the name of Mary Bensching: THE THIRD HALF by Mildred Davis; WILD GOOSE, BROTHER GOOSE, by Mel Ellis; HOMELAND by Hal Borland; THE THROWAWAY CHILDREN by Lisa Aversa Richette 1969-1970

Friday, August 17, 2018

What's Line-editing? And How Do You Do It?

https://zoom.us/recording/play/Mfdf9xsGF8sMEk4Kl3yGIz9S7BizR1Zl4YTdw99QuU0aViwpeK75AB_Qr3Vnyb2t?continueMode=true

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Ava Art Guild and Gallery

https://www.facebook.com/events/245124786209198/?notif_t=event_calendar_create&notif_id=1534291915679098

Monday, August 13, 2018

WRITERS GROUP MEETING

https://www.facebook.com/events/254859045104246/
AUG16

Monthly Meeting

Public

· Hosted by Debbie Schiffer Blades

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Mary Nida Smith's Books

https://marynidasmithbooks.blogspot.com/

OWL August 2018 Conference

https://www.ozarkswritersleague.com/

Monday, August 06, 2018

Mary Nida Smith Book Updates

http://marynidasmithbooks.blogspot.com/

Thursday, August 02, 2018

Poem by Mary Nida Smith

https://davidlharrison.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/2775/

Wednesday, August 01, 2018

POEM FLOWERS

Zinnia Memories

Zinnias of my youth

Lined dry sandy driveway

Stood tall, straight

Against all weather

Zinnias of my youth,

Lost in adulthood

Old fashion reminders,

Replaced, by new fashionable

Flowers reflecting modern

Home of the future.

Then, one day the flowers

Of my youth were rediscover

On the path of discarding trash.

Three scattered beauties

Stood strong and straight

In untended rocky dry soil.

I carefully, dug each one

And planted near my house

Three happy Zinnia plants

Multiplied into an area of beauty,

Suppling sweet honey fragrance

That no butterfly could resist,

Or I, drinking in their beauty

Creating memories of my youth

Once again, I felt youthful.

Saturday, July 28, 2018

WRITERS RETREAT

http://www.thehomesteadcenter.com/events-rss/writers-weekend-onsite-retreat-2018

Monday, July 23, 2018

Missouri Poets

https://davidlharrison.wordpress.com/2018/07/23/looking-for-missouri-poets/

I need your help. I’m still searching for Missouri based children’s poets who have had at least one collection of their original poetry published by a traditional trade publisher. I want to include them in the poetry article I’m working on that will appear sometime in the winter.

Art Fair At Stone Creek Ranch

Art Fair at StoneCreek invites artists to apply to join us September 28 and 29, 2018 in a magical setting at StoneCreek Ranch in Mountain Home, Arkansas. The two-day event offers 30 10x10 indoor booths (all booth acceptance is juried) in the arena (with a wood floor and a chandelier!) and 30 10x10 outdoor spaces with lots of convenient parking for shoppers. Show and sell your art in the beautiful heart of the Ozarks. Venue photos at ArtFairAtStoneCreek.com.

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Springfield Writer's Guild

Does your plot need help? Bring it to life again by finding the different ways to craft your story. I'll be presenting the methods of great authors and what's worked for them at Springfield Writer's Guild - July 28 - 1:00 pm - McAlister's Deli on Battlefield and Kansas, Springfield.

Monday, July 16, 2018

OWL August 2018 Conference August 17 - August 18

AUG17

OWL August 2018 Conference

August 17 - August 18

Honeysuckle Inn & Conference Center - Branson, MO

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ozarkswritersleague/

Killer Nashville’s 13th Annual Writers’ Conference!

https://killernashville.com/

Thursday, July 05, 2018

Missouri Writers Guild Chapters

https://missouriwritersguild.org/about/our-chapters/

There is 12 chapters in Missouri - Missouri supports their creative people.

Monday, July 02, 2018

SHORT STORY GROUPS

https://www.facebook.com/search/str/%23ShortStoryCollection/keywords_groups

Sunday, July 01, 2018

OZARKS CREATIVE WRITERS CONFERENCE 2018

http://www.ozarkcreativewriters.com/

Ozark Creative Writers Conference

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

October 11-13, 2018

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Ozarks Writers League

What a great day for OWL! We have three members who have stepped up to serve on the Nominating Committee, which will form the 2018 slate of officers for OWL members to consider in November.

Caroline Giammanco has agreed to serve as chairperson, and OWLs Nancy Hartney and Bonnie Tesh will serve as committee members. THANK YOU to each of our volunteers.

If you'd be interested in serving as an officer next year, please contact one of these fine OWLs to discuss it.

Caroline can be reached at booniehatbandit@yahoo.com, Bonnie at bonkate@hotmail.com, and Nancy at nancy.hartney@gmail.com.

Author Stephen Koch

http://arkansaswriters.com/wordpress/

ENCORE Poetry Book

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1720554226/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1529559637&sr=8-3&keywords=Encore+Prize+Poems
In this 2018 edition of Encore, the National Federation of State Poetry Societies presents the top 150 prize-winning poems selected from nearly 7,000 submissions from states across the U.S., as well as the United Kingdom and Canada. The 50 contests challenged authors to write in many poetic forms, such as rondeau, trimeric, terza rima sonnet, minute, and villanelle. They also provoked fresh, personal interpretations of wide-ranging themes. The 2018 anthology is a collection to savor.

Pat Durman, member of the Free verse Group, Mountain Home, AR has the honor to be published in Encore.

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Ozarks Writers League

Dear OWLs,

The Ozarks Writers League Board of Directors includes four officer positions: President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.

The bylaws state that no one can serve more than two consecutive terms in an officer's position. That means that both our President and Treasurer will not be able to serve another term as an officer.

We need a Nominating Committee to seek out next year's officers. If you would like to serve as an officer or would like to at least serve on the Nominating Committee.

OWL's future depends on every member supporting the organization. We are all volunteers.

Your OWL Board of Directors

Great group to learn from, and friends for support and knowledge. I been a member since 93 and had the honor of being vice-president.

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Heroes Beneath the Waves June 2018 Book Review.

Thank you Robert DeVore (Editor)for placing this review for my book in the June 2018 issue of the Polaris (WWII Magazine.). It was an unsuspected surprise. Thank you and the WWII veterans for their support.

Jame "Pep" Washburn

One of my favorite authors.

https://www.facebook.com/Touching-Spirit-The-Letters-of-Minominike-332329963468840/

Sunday, June 10, 2018

SCBMI Arkansas Conference

Don't miss out on the opportunity to attend Arkansas SCBWI's Conference, June 22-23. Early registration ends June 18 (to pay online by credit card/PayPal). Registration is available at the door on Friday, June 22 only, but you won't receive early registration pricing!
We have an exciting line-up for the 2018 Arkansas SCBWI Conference! Conference faculty includes Sarah Jane Abbott, assistant editor at Paula Wiseman Books and Beach Lane Books (Simon & Schuster); Jessica Anderson, assistant editor at Christy Ottaviano Books (Henry Holt & Company, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Group); and Natascha Morris, literary agent at BookEnds Literary Agency.
If you want a chance to pitch your book to the editors or agent, snag one of the few remaining pitch sessions today (member and non-member). Pitch sessions are on Friday night only. Illustrators can sign up for a portfolio consultation - contact arkansas@scbwi.org if interested.
Also, if you know of anyone interested in writing or illustrating for children or young adults, pass the word on about our conference. For more information, visit https://arkansas.scbwi.org/events/arkansas-scbwi-conference-2018/

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Sleuths' Ink Workshop June 30th

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1542094356078004/

http://sleuthsink.blogspot.com/p/2018.html

2018 Writers Workshop, June 30th

Oklahoma SCBWI Workshop

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators will be hosting a one-day writing and illustrating workshop in Bartlesville, Oklahoma!

https://www.facebook.com/events/236171973602264/

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Oklahoma

https://oklahoma.scbwi.org/

Monday, May 28, 2018

Arkansas Writers Conference 2018 in Little Rock

Posted: 26 May 2018 06:29 AM PDT

The Arkansas Branch of the National League of American Pen Women presents the 2018 Conference in North Little Rock June 1. Tamara Clymer of Cross River Media Publishing is the Saturday morning speaker with “Finding Your Target Audience” from a publishing viewpoint. For the afternoon, author Penni Jones offers her writerly perspective on “Finding Your Target Audience.” Breakout sessions by various presenters, buffet luncheon and publisher pitches fill the day. See http://www.arkansaswritersconference.org/ for registration and full schedule.

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Kimberly Faye Greenberg Actress and Singer

https://www.facebook.com/kfgreenberg/posts/10156534004123814

Kimberly, is the daughter of a proud submarine veteran who a friend of mine. His service on the USS Sea Fox story can be found in Heroes Beneath the Waves: Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century.