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,…
UP Notable Book Club: the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. The 16th event is with Mikel B. Classen whose travelogue Points North visits 40 unique locales in the…
The Spring 2022 Conference is FREE for all UPPAA members, but we still need you to register in advance so we order the right amount of food and arrange conference rooms appropriately. A hot buffet lunch is included. Conference Registration page Conference Schedule for June 4th 2022 If you have…
The White Lake Township Library will be hosting author Mikel Classen from the U.P. on March 8th at 6:30 pm for an In Person program. This program is being hosted as part of our Great Michigan Read themed events and is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of…
MARQUETTE, MI (February 28, 2021)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) is extremely pleased to announce the winners of the 5th annual Dandelion Cottage Award. The award recognizes U.P. student short story writers of excellence in grades 5 – 12. The Dandelion Cottage Award is funded entirely by…
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…
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…
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…
UP Notable Book Club: the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. The 11th event is with Craig A. Brockman whose dark fantasy novel Dead of November evokes the spine-tingling…
U.P. 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…
“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…
Posted on September 21, 2021 by Ernest This month, the authors and publishers of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.) found a new platform for sharing their work and connecting with their audience – the YouTube channel of the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA). Launched on the 1st of September,…
For Immediate Release… Contact: Victor Volkman (734) 417-4266 President@UPPAA.org www.UPPAA.org UP Notable Book Club: the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. The 10th event is with seventh-generation Marquette resident…
Authors and publishers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have found a new place to connect with their audience – their own YouTube channel. The Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) launched its YouTube channel on the 1st of September to serve as the digital video platform for authors and publishers…
More than a dozen Upper Michigan authors from all ends of the peninsula will gather on October 9th, 2021 for the 4th Upper Peninsula Authors Day Book Fair at the Campfire Co-Works in downtown Marquette. Participating authors from Upper Michigan will gather to meet their current and future readers at…
MIKEL B. CLASSEN has been writing and photographing northern Michigan in newspapers and magazines for over thirty-five years, creating feature articles about the life and culture of Michigan’s north country. A journalist, historian, photographer and author with a fascination of the world around him, he enjoys researching and writing about…
UP Notable Book Club: the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. The 9th event is with U.P. author and park ranger Susanna Ausema who will present her award-winning…
