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…
Peter White Public Library, in partnership with WNMU Public Radio 90 and the Marquette Regional History Center, is producing a podcast series as part of its NEA Big Read programming. Voices from the Past will feature community members sharing memories of their parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and ancestors. Participants will…
“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. This is just one of many member benefits, including free admission to our Spring Conference where you can learn from other successful authors, illustrators…
Upper Peninsula Authors Book Signing During Copper Harbor’s Art in the Park It’s time to celebrate the art of books at Grandpa’s Barn during Copper Harbor’s annual Art in the Park this weekend! Come sit on the porch and chat with some of your favorite Upper Peninsula authors to find out the…
The Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center in Hessel, Michigan, is hosting two writers’ workshops this summer. Class sizes are limited, so if you are interested, please let them know ASAP. One class, Monday, July 19 through Friday, July 23, “The Development of a Novel,” is taught by Joe Haske,…
You are invited to join UPPAA member, author, and Publications Chair, Debbie Frontiera at any of the following in-person events: June 12: Downtown Marquette Farmers’ Market, from 9-1 https://www.mqtfarmersmarket.com/ June 19: Calumet Farmers Market on 5th Street, 10-2 https://www.mainstreetcalumet.com/farmers-market.html June 26: Copper World in Calumet, from 12-3 BOOK LAUNCH for…
The following article is excerpted from a transcript of the plenary address given by Karen Dionne at the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) Annual Spring Conference held at the Peter White Library in Marquette, Michigan on June 8th, 2019. The complete author presentation will be included in U.P….
Proud to learn UPPAA’s own Charli Mills is helping guide people towards the best short story writing they’ve every done! Selected Shorts Contest – Nov 11, 2019 Deadline Upper Peninsula winters are filled with love, laughter, nostalgia, and above all else, snow. Everyone has a U.P. winter story to tell, and…
