Editor’s note: This is the third of a series of supplemental editorial material from UPPAA Spring 2025 keynote speaker Michael Carrier. As in any editorial, opinions are solely those of the contributing commentator. To read part two, see the Fall 2025 newsletter or the blog post here: www.uppaa.org/?p=10328 A question…
By Terri Martin Whether you are (or wish to become) a self-published author or if you are seeking publication through the conventional route of a New York publishing house, good writing should be your number one priority. Top-of-the-line technology and all the latest marketing strategies will not turn mediocrity into…
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of supplemental editorial material from UPPAA Spring 2025 keynote speaker Michael Carrier. As in any editorial, opinions are solely those of the contributing commentator. To read part one, see the Summer 2025 newsletter. When troubled by an issue I was having…
Join us on Thursday, May 25 at 4:30 p.m. for an Author Talk with 2023 Michigan Notable Author Jeff Morrison and his book, Guardians of Michigan: Architectural Sculpture of the Pleasant Peninsulas. He will present a sixty-minute program with more than 250 pictures of architectural sculpture found on buildings throughout…
Hessel School House is honored to kick off their summer writers program the last week of June with a five day long exploration of short form writing (poetry, compression and class nonfiction) and a variety of book arts with noted author, artist and educator Cindy Hunter Morgan. Cindy is the…
“The Written Word” is the official newsletter of UPPAA. It contains notable news about the group and some of its members as well as upcoming opportunities. In this issue: Conference Schedule Speakers Remembering Allan Koski Waterproof White (poetry column) Learning to Cut the Fat (writing column) Back to Basics (writing…
“The Written Word” is the official newsletter of UPPAA. It contains notable news about the group and some of its members as well as upcoming opportunities. In this issue: U.P. Reader Content Chosen U.P. Notable Books Announced Webmaster Wanted Member News This Year’s U.P. Notable Classics Upcoming U.P. Book Review…
The L’Anse Holiday Book Fair on December 3rd, 2022 at the L’Anse Public School Library featured three different Keweenaw area authors pictured below: from left to right (Terri Martin, Rebecca Frost, and Hilton Everett Moore).
One of our members has an upcoming book reading! Author Visit: Amy Klco Amy Klco is a teacher, writer, speaker, and owner of Enchantment Press. She will be reading stories from her latest book, a collection of speculative short stories, all focused on how we could make the future of…
The U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation is not associated with UPPAA, but we wanted to share this opportunity with our authors! The official application for the role of U.P. Poet Laureate is now open. The application form and information are available on the U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation website: https://uppoetlaureate.org/. The submission deadline…
“The Written Word” is the official newsletter of UPPAA. It contains notable news about the group and some of its members as well as upcoming opportunities. In this issue: Zoom with Authors Book Signing UP Book Reviews Member News This newsletter is just one of many member benefits, including free…
“The Written Word” is the official newsletter of UPPAA. It contains notable news about the group and some of its members as well as upcoming opportunities. In this issue: Pioneer Days Fall Picnic 100th Review of UP book New Releases from Modern History Press U.P. Notable Book Club Schedule Member…
UPPAA member Larry Jorgensen’s book, Shipwrecked and Rescued, will be released on July 9th. See below for the book’s description and in-person book release event info. EAGLE HARBOR, MI. -There have been over six-thousand recorded shipwrecks in the history of the Great Lakes, but there was only one like the…
The UP Author’s Day in L’ance, MI went well! Scroll through to see a few pictures from the event. Have more pictures of this event to share? Please send up to 3 to both Jansina Grossman (webmaster) and Jenifer Brady (newsletter): webmaster@uppaa.org editor@uppaa.org
Range Bank is not associated with UPPAA, but we wanted to share this opportunity with our authors! Range Bank is once again organizing their Banking on Literacy Fundraiser for the Marquette Chapter of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which will be held on the evening of Tuesday, June 14th at their headquarters in Downtown…
Pictured Rocks Days is not associated with UPPAA, but we wanted to share this opportunity with our authors! We are pleased to announce that Pictured Rocks Days will be returning to Binsfeld Bayshore Park on the shore of beautiful Lake Superior in downtown Munising, MI on June 11 and 12,…
U.P. Authors Book Fair in L’Anse April 9th, 12-4 pm L’Anse Public Library 201 N. Fourth St., L’Anse Sponsored by Friends of L’Anse Library Public Welcome! Questions? 906-524-6213
The GLP Festival is looking for poems about the Great Lakes Area in a broadside format to be hung in the Travel Marquette Gallery for the month of April. The broadside must be 11’x17’ printed on light foamboard. The imagery put with the poetry can be royalty free imagery, your own…
Emberlight is not associated with UPPAA, but we wanted to share this opportunity with our authors! JULY 1–AUGUST 27, 2022 Emberlight returns this summer! For those who may not know, the Emberlight Festival is an annual celebration that produces world-class art within the natural beauty of Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula….
“The Written Word” is the official newsletter of UPPAA. It contains notable news about the group and some of its members as well as upcoming opportunities. In this issue: Online Student Story-Writing Workshop 3rd Annual UP Notable Books List New Feature for 2022 UP Notable Classics UP Notable Schedule New…
