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U.P. Reader Volume #4 available at Amazon!

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U.P. Reader — Volume #4: Bringing Upper Michigan Literature to the World Purchase at Amazon.com in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle editions! Imprint: Modern History Press Editor: Mikel B. Classen ISBN-13: PB 978-1-61599-508-0 / HC 978-1-61599-509-7 / eBook 978-1-61599-510-3 List Price: PB $ 16.95 / HC $ 27.95 / eBook $ …

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Cover for UP Reader #4 announced

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The new cover image for the 4th volume of U.P. Reader is a collaboration by editor Mikel B. Classen and graphic designer Doug West (ZAQ) Designs.   The dynamism of this diesel engine pulling a load of timber represents the resilience and resources of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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Congratulations Lucy Woods, 2nd Place winner Dandelion Cottage

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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, …

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U.P. Reader now available at Island Books – Sault Ste Marie

victor April 6, 2019 April 6, 2019Announcements, Bookstores Bookstores, Island Books, Sault Ste. Marie, Soo 0

. U.P. Reader Issue #3  is now available at Island Books & Crafts in Sault Sainte Marie (“The Soo”).  You can find the store at the corner of Ashmun Street and Portage Avenue.  Put this into your GPS: 101 E Portage Ave, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783.  Island Books & …

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U.P. Reader Issue #3 includes Best Stories from U.P. Writers of All Ages

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U.P Reader Issue #3

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                        Contact: Mikel B. Classen (in the Soo) Phone: 906-440-5772 Email: classenmikel@gmail.com U.P. Reader Issue #3 includes Best Stories from U.P. Writers of All Ages (MARQUETTE, MI, April 5, 2019) The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association …

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Contributors to U.P. Reader #3 announced!

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The U.P. Reader editorial team is extremely proud to announce the contributors and their works which have been selected by the jury for issue #3 (2019). Larry Buege: “The Purloined Pasty” and “The Amorous Spotted Slug” Mikel Classen: “Grand Island for a Grand Time” Deborah K. Frontiera: “# 2 Pencils” …

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Winners of Dandelion Cottage Award 2018 announced!

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1st Place went to Emma Locknane of Gwinn H.S. 2nd Place went to Lucy Woods of Copper Country Christian Schools 3rd Place went to Kaitlin Ambuehl of Republic-Michigamme Schools We had a lot of good talent this year. Some of the middle-grade submissions were particularly impressive for their age. Only …

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Dandelion Cottage Winners to be featured in U.P. Reader #3!

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The deadline for the 2018-19 Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest has now passed, and our judges are busy reading the submissions. One thing is clear—we have some very talented young writers in the U.P. This is the second year of the contest and the momentum is growing. This award is …

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Meet Mikel B. Classen, editor of U.P. Reader

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Learn about Mikel B. Classen, how he came to the U.P. and learned to be a writer with 906 Outdoors Video Journal!

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UPPAA members nominated for the 44th Annual Pushcart Prize

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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 …

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