Stories and Essays
by Karen Luke Jackson
Awards
"Sacred Meadows." Non-Fiction Finalist for the 2021 Tiferet Writing Contest.
“Love Without Strings.” Unpublished. Honorable Mention for Spiritual Nonfiction Prize, Ruminate Summer, 2016.
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Online
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"Sacred Meadows." The Braided Way, February 13, 2023.
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"Backyard Barnyard." Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore, September 21, 2021.
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"Songlines." Nobody's Home: Modern Southern Folklore, June 15, 2021.
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"Sweet Fruit." Reckon Review, March 8, 2021.
“Snapshot.” The Great Smokies Review. Fall 2012, Issue 7.
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Podcasts
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"Finding Home." 6-minute Stories. Personal Story Publishing Project. Winston-Salem, NC: Daniel Boone Footsteps. January 11, 2023.
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“Stranded.” 6-minute Stories. Personal Story Publishing Project. Winston-Salem, NC: Daniel Boone Footsteps. November 17, 2021.
"GRIT." 6-minute Stories. Personal Story Publishing Project. Winston-Salem, NC: Daniel Boone Footsteps. November 21, 2020.
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"Casket Shopping." 6-minute Stories. Personal Story Publishing Project. Winston-Salem, NC: Daniel Boone Footsteps. July 22, 2020.
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"Finding Home." Twists and Turns, 2022.
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"Stranded." Trouble, 2021.
"Casket Shopping." That Southern Thing, 2020.
“Home Place.” Pisgah Review, 2018.
“Inheritance.” Emrys Journal. 2018.
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​“Bull’s Eye View.” Town Magazine, January 31, 2018.
“Our Parents are Not Our Own.” It’s All Relative: Tales from the Tree from 50 WNC Women Writers, 2015.
“Dotted Lines.” moonShine Review. Fall 2012.
“Nighttime Ritual.” Exit 109: A Poetry & Prose Anthology. 2009.
“Are You Ready?” Voices and Visions: A Collection of Writings by and about Empowered Women, Women’s Resource Center, 2008.
“Elves for Santa.” Christmas Presence, 2008.
“New Bearings.” Hungryhearts, Pilgrimage and Place. Winter, 2008.
“The Royal Singing Convention, 1893-1931: Shape Note Singing Tradition in Irwin County, Georgia." Georgia Historical Quarterly, 1972.
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