Category: News
Victor Volkman talks about U.P. Reader #7 with Emma Palova show
A CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for a POETRY ANTHOLOGY that CELEBRATES the U.P.
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…
U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces 6th Annual Dandelion Cottage Award Winners
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…
2023 U.P. Notable Books List honors the year’s best U.P. authors and their books
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…
North of Nelson: Hilton Everett Moore Launches New Series of U.P. Fiction
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…
Fall Picnic for UPPAA Members!
UPPAA 2021 Spring Newsletter
 “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…
UPPAA Winter 2021 Newsletter
 “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…
Daily Mining Journal features UPPAA Short Story Workshop for Kids
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…
UPPAA to Offer Free Student Workshop for Writing Contest
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…
UPPAA Fall 2020 Newsletter Available
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,…
UPPAA Summer 2020 Newsletter
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 to Welcome New Artists-in-Residence
Marquette to Welcome New Artists-in-Residence
UPPAA Newsletter Winter 2019 Issue posted!
The “Written Word” is the official newsletter of the UPPAA, members receive full-color printed copies in the mail. This is just one of many member benefits, including free admission to our Spring Conference where you can learn from other successful authors, illustrators and publishers. Please enjoy the latest issue here!
WANTED: Webmaster for UPPAA
If you have basic skills in HTML and managing menus, posts, and pages on a WordPress site, you may be just the person the UPPAA is looking for! Starting on June 1st, 2019 we’ll need a new Webmaster for UPPAA.org and all related social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). Managing the website encompasses several related activities:  New book announcements…
B&N Plans to Open 10-15 Stores in 2019
Barnes & Noble plans to open 10-15 new stores in 2019, about three-quarters of which will replace larger stores whose leases have ended, while one-quarter will be in new locations, the company said yesterday in a conference call with analysts (transcript courtesy of Seeking Alpha) following the release of second-quarter…
Call for Chapter Proposals: “The Northern Midwest and the US-Canadian Borderlands: Essays on a Forgotten Region
The editors of the collection will be Jon K. Lauck and Gleaves Whitney. All proposals should be sent to jlauck1941@hotmail.com Volume editors seek proposals for chapters to be included in an edited collection focused on exploring the northern reaches of the American Midwest and the borderlands, or imagined borderlands, along the…
The UPPAA only works when members help lead it!
GET INVOLVED WITH UPPAA Our membership has soared to over 100 authors, poets, editors, illustrators, and independent publishers. The current Board of Directors invites you to get involved. Contact the committee chairs for more information. Contact Victor Volkman or Mikel Classen to join the distribution and marketing team for the…
UPPAA Summer 2018 Newsletter
Victor Volkman talks about U.P. Reader #7 with Emma Palova show
A CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for a POETRY ANTHOLOGY that CELEBRATES the U.P.
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…
U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces 6th Annual Dandelion Cottage Award Winners
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…
2023 U.P. Notable Books List honors the year’s best U.P. authors and their books
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…
North of Nelson: Hilton Everett Moore Launches New Series of U.P. Fiction
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…
Fall Picnic for UPPAA Members!
UPPAA 2021 Spring Newsletter
 “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…
UPPAA Winter 2021 Newsletter
 “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…
Daily Mining Journal features UPPAA Short Story Workshop for Kids
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…
UPPAA to Offer Free Student Workshop for Writing Contest
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…
UPPAA Fall 2020 Newsletter Available
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,…
UPPAA Summer 2020 Newsletter
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 to Welcome New Artists-in-Residence
Marquette to Welcome New Artists-in-Residence
UPPAA Newsletter Winter 2019 Issue posted!
The “Written Word” is the official newsletter of the UPPAA, members receive full-color printed copies in the mail. This is just one of many member benefits, including free admission to our Spring Conference where you can learn from other successful authors, illustrators and publishers. Please enjoy the latest issue here!
WANTED: Webmaster for UPPAA
If you have basic skills in HTML and managing menus, posts, and pages on a WordPress site, you may be just the person the UPPAA is looking for! Starting on June 1st, 2019 we’ll need a new Webmaster for UPPAA.org and all related social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). Managing the website encompasses several related activities:  New book announcements…
B&N Plans to Open 10-15 Stores in 2019
Barnes & Noble plans to open 10-15 new stores in 2019, about three-quarters of which will replace larger stores whose leases have ended, while one-quarter will be in new locations, the company said yesterday in a conference call with analysts (transcript courtesy of Seeking Alpha) following the release of second-quarter…
Call for Chapter Proposals: “The Northern Midwest and the US-Canadian Borderlands: Essays on a Forgotten Region
The editors of the collection will be Jon K. Lauck and Gleaves Whitney. All proposals should be sent to jlauck1941@hotmail.com Volume editors seek proposals for chapters to be included in an edited collection focused on exploring the northern reaches of the American Midwest and the borderlands, or imagined borderlands, along the…
The UPPAA only works when members help lead it!
GET INVOLVED WITH UPPAA Our membership has soared to over 100 authors, poets, editors, illustrators, and independent publishers. The current Board of Directors invites you to get involved. Contact the committee chairs for more information. Contact Victor Volkman or Mikel Classen to join the distribution and marketing team for the…