As an extension of UPPAA’s Online Seminar Series, we are featuring an additional session “Ask the Book Coach: Q & A Session with Julie Covert” coming to Zoom on January 15, 2026 at 7:00PM Eastern / 6:00PM Central time. Attendance is free of charge and preregistration is not required for…
CONTACT: Kristy Beyer, Program Director Hessel School House 906-484-1333 office 231-330-4389 cell director@hesselschoolhouse.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2nd Annual Upper Peninsula Writers Symposium Set for June 21, 2025 HESSEL, MI – Writers, authors, and literary enthusiasts, mark your calendars! The 2nd Annual Upper Peninsula Writers Symposium is set to take place…
Mark your calendars for the 2025 UPPAA Spring Conference and simultaneous Young Writers Storytelling Workshop at the Peter White Public Library in downtown Marquette, Michigan. If you’ve never been to our Spring Conference, you’re in for a treat of not only smart, experienced, and helpful speakers but a one-of-a-kind fellowship…
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and find a comfy chair. It’s time to catch up on all of the UPPAA news. Here are a few highlights of the Winter 2025 issue of The Written Word Spring 2025 Conference preview, including discounted rooms at Landmark Inn Announcing Young Writers Storytelling…
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and find a comfy chair. It’s time to catch up on all of the UPPAA news. Here are a few highlights of the Spring 2024 issue of The Written Word Participate in elections for 2025 – 2026 UPPAA Board term Report from…
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and find a comfy chair. It’s time to catch up on all of the UPPAA news. Here are a few highlights of the Spring 2024 issue of The Written Word: Spring Conference Breaks All Prior Records! Open Mic Night — A New Spring…
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…
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and find a comfy chair. It’s time to catch up on all of the UPPAA news. Here are a few highlights of the Winter 2024 issue of The Written Word Join us at Spring Conference 2024 Young Writers Storytelling Workshop 🆕 Pre-Conference Networking/Social…
Shining new U.P. Reader Volume 7 released Just in time for the unofficial opening of summer, U.P. Reader hit the stands with its shining new volume 7 graced by the beautiful cover of a mining shaft at Painesdale on the Keweenaw constructed in 1902. The hefty annual publication takes you…
Raymond Luczak, a Yooper native (from Ironwood and Houghton) and author/editor of 30 books, is seeking new work for a new poetry anthology about experiencing Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.), which Modern History Press (MHP) will publish in the summer of 2024. Since 2017, MHP has published 28 books, in all…
Houghton School Takes a Hat Trick — U.P. Student Writers to be Honored for Best Short Stories MARQUETTE, MI (February 24, 2023)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) is extremely pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Dandelion Cottage Award. The award recognizes U.P. student short…
MARQUETTE, MI (January 3rd, 2023)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 4th Annual U.P. Notable Books List this week. UPPAA Notable Books chairman Mikel Classen (Sault Ste. Marie) initiated the effort in 2019 as a response to the lack of representation of U.P. writers in other…
By Ernest Dempsey- The literary treasure of Upper Peninsula (UP), Michigan, is adding a new book of short fiction, North of Nelson: Volume 1, by local author Hilton Everett Moore. Published by Silver Mountain Press, an independent press based in Covington, Michigan, North of Nelson: Volume 1 is the first…
You are invited to the annual UPPAA Fall Picnic at Presque Isle Park on Saturday, September 10th, from Noon to 3:00pm. The picnic will be at the Senior Pavilion which is located near the Moosewood Nature Center. 3 Peter White Dr, Marquette, MI 49855. This is a great opportunity to…
“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…
“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…
MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula students in grades five through 12 who are interested in submitting to the Dandelion Cottage Student Short Story Contest, sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association, are invited to sign up for a free short story writing workshop. Space is limited to the first…
Students in grades five through twelve who are interested in submitting to the Dandelion Cottage Student Short Story Contest sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) are invited to sign up for a free short story writing workshop. Hurry, space is limited to the first twenty students…
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,…
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…
