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Interlochen Fall Creative Writing Programs
Registration is now open for the new Fall 2014 season at Interlochen’s College of Creative Arts. Explore the many weekend offerings which begin September 13 and run until November 18.
Chapbook Winner Robb Astor Launches “Bitter Dagaa”
Michigan Writers will host a book launch for the winner of our annual chapbook contest, Robb Astor, of Traverse City. Bitter Dagaa, a collection of 23 poems, is partially rooted in Robb’s experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the United Republic of Tanzania during the mid 1990s.
Special Event: “Do You Still Need a Publisher?” on May 22
In this Michigan Writers event, join a roundtable discussion about the present and future of writing, reading, and all points in between.
Reading and Reception in Honor of Anne-Marie Oomen
The Interlochen Creative Writing Department cordially invites you to join us for a reading and reception in honor of Anne-Marie Oomen’s retirement after seventeen years of teaching at Interlochen and nine years of service as department chair.
Michigan Writers Wants You
We’ve recently announced that we’re inviting inquiries about joining the board of directors for Michigan Writers. But what does it mean to join the board?
Dunes Review Launch is Saturday, April 12
Please join us Sat., April 12, at 7:00 pm at Brilliant Books for our launch and celebration of the new issue of Dunes Review!
“Arranging Spaces, Phrases and Lines”
Michigan Writers welcomes Gordon Henry, who on Saturday afternoon, April 26, will lead a workshop on writing and reading collaboratively with musicians.
Sound Matters: A Poetry Workshop by Francine Harris
Sound Matters: It’s so easy to get carried away the “free” in free verse. This course will give you a few tips to keep your poems lyric and will help give them “flow.”
Publishing and Marketing: Where to Start
Are you frustrated trying to maneuver through the publishing industry? Desperate to get your book published—but you don’t know where to start or whom to trust? Novice and first-time authors and those who have had a negative experience in the online world will benefit from this informative seminar.