Look for a double-length issue of Prairie Winds magazine in early May.
According to Kathy Huse-Wika, Project Director of Prairie Winds, the magazine will be a combined issue; a
yearbook of approximately 80 pages, and will initiate a new format with all-new features and
color art.
As usual, Prairie Winds combines student writing and teacher writing
from South Dakota writers. The new magazine will be especially appealing to teachers of writing, according to
Wika. "We've combined some incredible material from past issues with some great new
work from regional authors. The magazine will continue its focus on student
writing, but will also be helpful to teachers who are looking for practical classroom applications."
The upcoming issue features a new article by Kathleen Norris, noted
area author. Also highlighted are two articles by Linda Hasselstrom, who offers "harsh advice to beginning
writers" and an update piece on the use of journals. Carol Varilek, a teacher-writer from
Geddes High School, provides an article and new poems, as does Patty Litzel, whose
work has been published in Leaning into the Wind (1997, Houghton Mifflin).
Each new issue of Prairie Winds is also slated to contain classroom
activities from The Writing Book, published by Prairie Winds. For more
information on how to become a subscriber to the magazine, or how to obtain The Writing
Book, contact Kathy at Prairie Winds Project, 108 E. Colorado Blvd., Spearfish, SD 57783.