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There’s still time to get your story in! The entry deadline is Friday, March 12. Get all the details, including entry form, contest rules and writing guide at KSMQ’s PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest web page.

The PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest invites all kids from Kindergarten through 3rd grade to explore the power of creativity by writing and drawing their own unique story. First place winners will compete for national prizes including laptop computers, digital cameras and MP3 players.

This national-local contest designed to promote the advancement of children’s reading skills through hands-on, active learning. The PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest extends the powerful tradition and annual success of the 15-year Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, which typically had over 45,000 entries each year.

If you have questions, please contact Merlene Stiles at 507-433-0819 and mstiles@ksmq.org

KSMQ’s PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest is made possible in part by the support of Austin Noon Kiwanis.

Season 4: It’s hard to believe that we are coming to the close of our third season for Cities on the Move.  We have had a great time finding and meeting the extraordinary people, places and events in the region.  As we make plans for Season Four, we will making a special effort to feature one town per episode.  Perhaps you have a great local citizen that should be profiled, an interesting local company that would let us look ‘behind the scenes’ and a local attraction that is open to the public.  If you have any or all of these components, please email me at stephanie@ksmq.org so we can add your community to the list of Cities on the Move!

Motherhood is a transformation.  It is an experience like no other; one that swallows you up.  The presentation entitled The Mother Monologues examines the outdated ideology and unrealistic stereotypes faced by modern day mothers.  The reading depicts three mothers in different points of their motherhood journey; the narrator weaves related content and connects the concepts with academic writing about motherhood.

We endure judgment, the gaze of others, as we maneuver through each developmental stage.  Friends, family and strangers feel almost compelled to offer advice or pass judgment; as if there isn’t enough internal judgment occurring already.

We try to balance our motherhood with our other selves, career woman, wife, community citizen.

Motherhood brings joy to life like no other; and challenges us the same.  Based on our life experience we all have different ways of perceiving and thinking about motherhood.

Perhaps through the commonalities and differences we can all appreciate our own experience as well as the experience of others.  And, we might be motivated to tell our stories in a new way.  Join us as we share coffee and thoughts regarding our motherhood experiences in a one-hour special – Motherhood Monologues. This special premiers on Tuesday, February 2 at 9:00pm.