U.P. resident writers serving as contest judges have selected the winners in the First Annual UP Nature Writing Contest, sponsored by North Country Publishing of Skandia and Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore of Munising. Entries were received from residents across the peninsula. Andrea Chynoweth of Munising is the contest…
March 24, 2013 (Fayette, MI) Donna Winters, a resident of Fayette on the Garden Peninsula and the author of seventeen novels about the Great Lakes, was recently given a highly unusual honor by her hometown. The mayor of Brockport, New York, the Erie Canal village where Donna grew up and the primary…
MARQUETTE — The City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center is proud to announce the winners of the fifteenth annual Marquette County Arts Awards. Sponsored by the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, the Art Awards recognize and thank arts supporters and community members that are especially involved…
The Marquette Regional History Center recently awarded Ben Mukkala the Helen Longyear Paul Award for the enhancement of local history. Mr. Mukkala is a well known Marquette native, writing many entertaining books and articles too numerous to count about the history and people of the region. He also speaks to school groups, teaching them…
MARQUETTE — The City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center is proud to announce the winners of the fifteenth annual Marquette County Arts Awards. Sponsored by the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, the Art Awards recognize and thank arts supporters and community members that are especially involved…
UPPAA author Rich Hill is happy to announce that his most recent book, “Hitchhiking After Dark: Offbeat Stories from a Small Town,” just won First Place in the Humor category at the 21st Annual Midwest Book Awards Be sure to check out all the humor books from our UPPAA member…
Congratulations to our own Tyler R. Tichelaar, just selected for the 15th Annual Marquette County Arts Awards You were anonymously nominated for and selected by the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee as the winner of the “Outstanding Writer” award. This award is given to a working community writer who has…
Foreword Reviews, located in Traverse City, announces that Paradise North – Seasons in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, by Lon Emerick of Skandia, with color photographs by UP artist Mark Mitchell, has been selected as a Finalist in the 2010 Book of the Year Awards. Book of the Year is…
