Look UP! New Call for Art & Poetry
"Like an old country song!?" Yes, our new prompts for poets are all sweetness. But don't let that get you, interpret them any way you...
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Polly Alice McCann
Feb 12, 20214 min read
Advice from Poetic Underground Director Abby Bland, Tell Your Story The Odds
I couldn’t say no when Madi Giovina of Perennial Press invited us to share their new book release because the author is a very important...
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hopehoutwed
Jan 24, 202112 min read
Choose Your Own Adventure
Beware the choose-your-own-adventure-story and the Likenthorp By guest blogger, Katt Cooper Reposted with permission from Joco Writes...
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A. A. Rubin
Jan 19, 20213 min read
How To Turn Your Writer’s Block Into A Building Block For Your Writing By A. A. Rubin
Like many writers, I’ve often experienced writer’s block. I used to fear it, but since I attended a panel on short story writing by...
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Polly Alice McCann
Jan 13, 20216 min read
Bottling Energy: Conserving Creativity
Thank you for being part of Flying Ketchup Press. You submitted, you read, you bought books, you took part in a book launch, blogged or...
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Polly Alice McCann
Nov 24, 20204 min read
'It's not what you say, it's exactly what you say' Interview with artist, writer Mano Sotelo
Mano Sotelo My overall artistic practice can be divided into two general categories: observational, and the contemplation of beliefs and...
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Polly Alice McCann
Nov 21, 20204 min read
Saturday, Nov 21st Author Panel, New News, New Contests!
Join in! Our Managing Editor will be talking about Tales From the Dream Zone and other publications from Flying Ketchup Press. Coming...
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hopehoutwed
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Tales from the Dream Zone Guest Blog: Writing to Cope and to Hope
Writing to Cope and to Hope By Brian Burt I've been writing speculative fiction for decades. Every idea has its own unique genesis: some...
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Polly Alice McCann
Nov 13, 20202 min read
Weekend Writers and Poets in the Kansas City Area
Be well. Stay well. Share a rhyme, a dream, a smile. Workshops and author talks for kids and adults this weekend with Johnson County...
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Dan Riggs
Nov 2, 20207 min read
Kansas City & Playing Small Ball: Why We Write
Last night the Chiefs beat the New York Jets 35 to 9. Kansas City may be unusual in that it's big on football and fine arts, and...
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hopehoutwed
Oct 28, 20204 min read
Proud Pushcart Winners and New Contests for 2021
For the 2020 Pushcart Prize Nominations, we chose authors from our publications this year that moved their readers through voice or...
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Polly Alice McCann
Oct 7, 20205 min read
Get Wise with G. Wise Poet, Sculptor
*This interview was first published by Hilliard Gallery Wise is a sculptor; sometimes in welded steel, sometimes in words. Educated at...
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Polly Alice McCann
Oct 4, 20202 min read
Events this Month! Two Book Launches and a Memorial event with our Poet in Residence...
First, I want to share about our Poet in Residence. Her book coming out next year is about this experience she had of becoming an...
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Polly Alice McCann
Sep 23, 20203 min read
Blue Poetry Contest Winners and exciting news from Flying Ketchup Press!
Congratulations to Caroline Laganas for being the winner of our Blue Poetry Contest! Laganas is earning her MFA in Creative Writing at...
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Polly Alice McCann
Sep 10, 20207 min read
Meditations on the Uncanny: Featured Poet in "The Very Edge: Poems" Collection
Interview with ANNE WHITEHOUSE one of the featured poets in our newest collection of poetry, "The Very Edge," released this August 2020...
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Polly Alice McCann
Sep 8, 20205 min read
Our Deep Poetry Contest Winners & Volunteer of the Month
Congratulations to Paula Bonnell and Elizabeth Tomaino, our Deep Poetry Contest Winners Our First place winner of the Deep Poetry Contest...
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Polly Alice McCann
Sep 2, 20203 min read
Frayed Edges of Hope: Poets from "The Very Edge" anthology
“Fly to an arid land where you can come to the table, hear stories woven from the frayed edges of our hope." Join Kansas City’s Flying...
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Polly Alice McCann
Aug 24, 202012 min read
Dreams Come True, Tales from the Dream Zone
Tales from the Dream Zone our second short story collection releases August 24th, 2020 on Amazon and Kindle . softcover ISBN-13:...
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Polly Alice McCann
Jul 30, 20205 min read
Audacity, our Poetry and Art Contest is a live Art Show & Online Event
“Audacity: The March to Women's Rights” is a show of art and poetry inspired by the work of local Kansas City artist, Gloria Heifner....
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Polly Alice McCann
Jul 27, 20205 min read
Poetry in the Garden: Meet our New Poetry Editor Beth Gulley
I'm so honored to share with you all a bit about Beth Gulley. On a Monday afternoon in this crazy heat, I drove past fields of head-high...
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Polly Alice McCann
Jul 15, 20203 min read
New Hybrid Poetry Winners, & Former Poet in Residence on ArtSpeak Radio today
Rising star of the KC and St. Louis poetry scenes and beyond...You've got to meet Poet TLSanders. Wednesday, July 15th at noon you can...
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Polly Alice McCann
Jul 13, 20202 min read
International Teen Creatives featured in upcoming digital Magazine: Moons are Not Stars
Thanks to our teen interns over the past three semesters from the Northland Caps program. We rebooted our teen contest and advertised on...
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Polly Alice McCann
Jun 25, 20203 min read
Hal Hulan Short Story Winner of the month plus Time Space & Robot Dogs
Congrats to our May short story winning author of the month, Hal Hulan with their story entered into our monthly sci-fi contest, “The...
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hopehoutwed
Jun 25, 20209 min read
Saying Deuces: Graduating in 2020 and Beyond, Intern Hope Houtwed
Tell us a little bit about your graduating class and yourself. What are your hopes for the future? Well, we all said “deuces” and went on...
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