Contributors to U.P. Reader #3 announced!

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” …
Winners of Dandelion Cottage Award 2018 announced!
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 …
Dandelion Cottage Winners to be featured in U.P. Reader #3!
Meet Mikel B. Classen, editor of U.P. Reader
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UPPAA members nominated for the 44th Annual Pushcart Prize
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 …
U.P. Reader #2 — Posters available for a limited time
U.P. Reader — Issue #2 cover posters of the wolf that Mikel Classen photographed near Marquette, MI are available for a limited time! Each poster is printed on lush Fujifilm photographic paper, the same photo paper you would get at an old-timey camera store. You can pick them up. at …
UP Reader — Issue #2 goes to press
Emma Locknane receives 2nd place Dandelion Cottage Award
Dandelion Cottage Award winners to be featured in U.P. Reader #2

U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces Winners of First Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest MARQUETTE, MI (April 27, 2018) — The U.P. Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) has announced the winners of its first Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest. UPPAA, established in 1998 as an organization for anyone from or …