Meet UPPAA authors in person at these upcoming holiday events. Participating authors include Tyler Tichelaar, Larry Buege, Sonny Longtine, Carrie Pearson, and Susan Purvis. Saturday, December 1. Author Extravaganza. Snowbound Books, Marquette, MI. Carrie Pearson 11-1, Susan Purvis 1-3, Tyler Tichelaar 3-5 Fri-Sun, December 7-9. Tyler Tichelaar will be signing books…
The editors of the collection will be Jon K. Lauck and Gleaves Whitney. All proposals should be sent to jlauck1941@hotmail.com Volume editors seek proposals for chapters to be included in an edited collection focused on exploring the northern reaches of the American Midwest and the borderlands, or imagined borderlands, along the…
Pirates and treasure, the timeless theme in adventurous fiction, takes center stage in Mikel B. Classen’s second edition of Lake Superior Tales: Stories of Humor and Adventure in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Published by the Modern History Press (November 2018), the book includes ten stories that span the 19th century through present day,…
NOTE: Membership in SMA is NOT required for you to enter this prestigious contest. The Society of Midland Authors is now accepting submissions for its annual literary awards, which will honor books by Midwestern authors published in 2018. Three judges on each committee will select one winner that is best…
Board Meetings – Members welcome! Open meetings the first Friday of the month at the Peter White Library, Marquette Next meeting: Nov 2nd, 2018 from 12-1:30 EDT. To join the conference Dial: 712-432-6299 Enter your passcode: 483921
Big congratulations to our UPPAA members who were nominated for the 44th Annual Pushcart Prize for their work in U.P. Reader #2. This is the only award that honors the best of American small presses each year with an anthology that spans our great country. Leslie Askwith for the personal essay “A Geology…
Meet UPPAA authors on Thursday, November 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Marquette Regional History Center, Marquette, MI. “Reading Between the Wines.” Join Tyler Tichelaar and Sonny Longtine as they read from their books during this wine-tasting event to raise money to help literacy.
Hello Authors! I hope you all have been having a relaxing autumn! I am emailing you because I wanted to let you all know about an event we are doing in the month of November that may be of interest to some of you. As some of you may know,…
Fall colors abound, snow is here in many parts of the Upper Peninsula and it’s time to update you all with our UPPAA Fall 2018 Newsletter
GET INVOLVED WITH UPPAA Our membership has soared to over 100 authors, poets, editors, illustrators, and independent publishers. The current Board of Directors invites you to get involved. Contact the committee chairs for more information. Contact Victor Volkman or Mikel Classen to join the distribution and marketing team for the…
