Kaleidoscope Magazine

Kaleidoscope magazine creatively focuses on the experiences of disability through literature and the fine arts. This award-winning publication expresses the experience of disability from the perspective of individuals, families, friends, healthcare professionals, educators and others.

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Cover of Kaleidoscope Summer/Fall 2020 Issue 81 titled A Season of Hope. Cover art is a mixed media collage done by featured artist Kimberly Gerry Tucker called Hope. This collage shows a person standing tall, surrounded by tree branches, with arms spread wide, looking into the light. This art piece depicts a sense of hope.

A Season of Hope

During periods of unrest and uncertainty, when ominous dark clouds roll in and the sky becomes black, it can be easy to give in to feelings of despair. Maybe you receive a life-altering diagnosis, a loved one passes away, or . . .
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Cover of Kaleidoscope Winter/Spring 2020 Issue 80 titled Winterscapes

Winterscapes

It’s that time of year when wintry weather reminds us to slow down and savor cozy pleasures. Our theme for Issue 80 of Kaleidoscope is “Winterscapes.” January is the perfect month for enjoying seasonal outdoor fun, no matter whether you live in the frigid North or along the balmy southern coastline. Then, settle indoors with a relaxing beverage and dig into the current selection of stories, articles, and poems that comprise our current issue.

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Cover of Kaleidoscope Summer/Fall 2019 Issue 79 titled Exploring New Vistas. Cover art done by Amanda LaMunyon, is a painting of a beautifully-colored stormy sky in Oklahoma.

Exploring New Vistas

“Exploring New Vistas” is the theme for Issue 79 of Kaleidoscope. Exploration moves us both inward and outward. Contributors to this issue invite readers along on journeys of self-actualization as well as introducing distant vistas that beckon with new perspectives. We think you will appreciate the thought-provoking essays, stories, and poems that will make great reading on lazy summer days at home or while away on vacation.

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Cover of Kaleidoscope Winter/Spring 2019 Issue 78 titled The Journey Continues-Part II

The Journey Continues Part II

“The Journey Continues—Part II” marks the final leg of Gail Willmott’s thirty-six-year adventure with Kaleidoscope. Issue 78 contains the last selections she made as editor-in-chief before retiring in August 2018. Within these pages you will find an intriguing collection of stories, poetry and essays she chose before passing the torch to our new editor, Debra Joha

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The Journey Continues

“The Journey Continues” with Issue 77 of Kaleidoscope. The significance of this choice is twofold. First, beginning with Issue 78 Kaleidoscope will be under new editorial leadership. Second, this will be my last issue as editor since I am retiring, I will have to see where my own personal journey will take me now. In this issue though, readers will find what I believe is our usual assortment of powerful and thought-provoking essays, fiction, and poetry.

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Cover of Kaleidoscope Winter/Spring 2018 Issue 76 titled Life's Unpredictability

Life’s Unpredictability

Issue 76 of Kaleidoscope explores the theme of “Life’s Unpredictability.” Essentially, how people can be going about the business of their daily lives and suddenly everything is upended by a circumstance beyond their control—something we all can relate to in one way or another.

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