Books by U.P. authors and about the U.P. to be honored MARQUETTE, MI (January 2, 2026)— The Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 7th Annual U.P. Notable Books List this week. The UPPAA first initiated the effort in 2019 as a response to the lack of representation…
For Immediate Release… Contact: Evelyn Gathu Chair, Notable Books Committee Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) notable@uppaa.org phone (906) 875-334 www.UPPAA.org [Marquette, MI] — The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) is now accepting submissions for the Upper Peninsula Notable Books List, recognizing outstanding books that capture the spirit,…
On Thursday, July 18 at 5 pm, come to the Escanaba Public Library (400 Ludington Street Escanaba, MI) where guest presenters Ron Riekki, Sue Harrison, Bonnie Jo Campbell, U.P. Youth Poet Laureate of Iron County Christopher Johnson, and U.P. Poet Laureate of Keweenaw County Barbara Simila will induct three new…
Your UPPAA Spring 2024 newsletter is filled with useful information, conference details, member kudos and more. Here are a few highlights of the latest edition of The Written Word. Read it in full below. Spring 2024 Conference Schedule for May 18th Updated conference floor plan Friday Night Live – join…
Many of the 2024 U.P. Notable books have already been added to the Great Lakes Digital Library, thanks to the cooperation of this year’s crop of notable book authors. We are still waiting on some authors and publishers to respond in the affirmative to GLDL lending library. The Great Lakes…
Gregory M. Lusk will receive a State History Award in the category of Books: Private Printing for “The Great Seney Fire: A History of the Walsh Ditch Fire of 1976,” published by the author. In the book, Lusk chronicles the events that led to the most destructive and costly fire…
For Immediate Release… Contact: Victor Volkman (734) 417-4266 President@UPPAA.org www.UPPAA.org U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces 3rd Annual U.P. Notable Books List Books by U.P. authors and about the U.P. to be honored MARQUETTE, MI (January 4th, 2022)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 3rd Annual…
For Immediate Release… Contact: Victor Volkman (734) 417-4266 President@UPPAA.org www.UPPAA.org U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces 2nd Annual U.P. Notable Books List Books by U.P. authors and about the U.P. to be honored MARQUETTE, MI (January 25, 2021)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 2nd Annual…
U.P. Book Review is a new service of Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA). The purpose of U.P. Book Review is to provide an alternate source of book reviews for UP authors. There’s no fees whatsoever to submit your book to U.P. Book Review. Although we can’t absolutely guarantee…
By Ernest Dempsey (NewsBlaze) The Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) congratulates the three of its member authors – Mikel B. Classen, Ann Dallman, and Jane Kopecky – for winning the 2020 State History Awards presented by the Historical Society of Michigan (HSM). Presented during its annual Michigan History…
The Historical Society of Michigan has nominated historian, author, and editor Mikel Bruce Classen for the next Charles Follo Award, which is presented annually at the Upper Peninsula History Conference. Classen has literally dedicated most of his professional life as a writer to the promotion of U.P. history. His…
U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces 1st Annual U.P. Notable Books List MARQUETTE, MI (March 30, 2020)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 1st Annual U.P. Notable Books List this week. UPPAA Publications Chair Mikel Classen (Sault Ste. Marie) initiated the effort as a response…
The second place award for this year’s Dandelion Cottage Short Story Award went to Lucy Woods, a junior from Copper Country Christian School, for her story “Stellae.” This is the second time this contest has been awarded by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA). Winners of first, second,…
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…
Tonight I presented Emma Locknane with her second-place Dandelion Cottage Short Story medallion. This was during the Gwinn School Board meeting. Two TV stations and the Mining Journal were in attendance, but I don’t think they were there to place me on the air waves. The original purpose of the…
Allow me to introduce Katie McEachern. Her short story, “The Attack,” earned $250 and first place honors in the Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest. Her story will also be featured in the 2nd issue of U.P. Reader which will be released at the UPPAA Spring Conference taking place at the Landmark…
Deadline is Jan. 9 to enter Society of Midland Authors awards competition Competition is open to all residents…. You do NOT have to be a member of SMA to submit your book! Saturday, Jan. 9, is the deadline to enter a book in the Society of Midland Authors annual literary…
Marquette Monthly has hosted an annual Short Story Contest since 1990. It is open to all U.P. fiction writers. A $250 cash prize is awarded to the author of the winning entry, which is also published in the MM. Contest Guidelines All entries must be works of fiction no longer…
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.: Members of the public are invited to submit nominations for Lake Superior State University’s second annual Writing the U.P. Award, which seeks to honor fiction authors who have portrayed the essence of life in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Deadline for nominations is Sept. 30. The 2014 award…
For immediate release:Information: Lynn EmerickAugust 21, 2014North Country Publishingnorthco@up.net906-942-7879 Winners Selected in Second Annual U.P. Nature Writing Contest Entries for the Second Annual Upper Peninsula Nature Writing Contest were received from across the Upper Peninsula –Munising and Ironwood, Copper Harbor and Newberry, Hancock, Engadine, Naubinway, Lake Linden, Chassell and Wakefield…
