Halfway to @313Libraries via @kimberkoz #michlit June 9th Benefit for Literacy in #Detroit. #MotownWriters Please support...

Greetings, Friends of Detroit Little Libraries.

Thanks to your support and many partners, we have reached the halfway point to planting 313 little libraries in Detroit!

To mark the occasion and continue momentum, we are gathering to celebrate and raise funds on Thursday, June 9, from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Tangent Gallery, 715 Milwaukee Ave., in Detroit's New Center area. 

Please join us at Viva Libris! A Night for Detroit Little Libraries, where we'll have delicious hors d'oeuvres and three musical acts to enjoy including the legendary jazz musician Jahra Michelle McKinney, 18-year-old songstress Mia Green and the fabled Exhaust Tones.

During the evening, patrons will have an opportunity to sponsor a Little Free Library - including one of the 13 very special libraries that were transformed by local artists --  on display most recently at the Mobile Homestead at the Museum of Contemporary Art and soon to be planted in the community.

We'll also offer a Detroit-themed silent auction which will feature a night's stay at the Inn on Ferry Street  a package for two at Westin Book Cadillac Detroit; a tour for 20 and 1-year membership with Pewabic; a Detroit Library with books by local authors; a Detroit History Tour, gift cards to several local restaurants, tickets to sporting events, family passes to the State Fair, massages, bottles of wine, Detroit jewelry, doggie day care, yoga with kitties, local chocolates, flowers and of course homemade ice cream!

Local merchants generously donated these items so we can raise funds to build more Little Free Libraries in Detroit! 

Our work over the last 18 months has prompted the city of Detroit to begin working the little libraries into 40 parks slated for renovation over the next 18 months - where residents said they wanted them in their neighborhoods. Meanwhile, communities such as Romeo, Rochester Hills, Grosse Pointe and Pleasant Ridge are putting them in neighborhoods, too.

We live in an era when most of us are distracted by smart phones and tablets. But we believe the planting of 150 little libraries in Detroit with our partners has renewed interest in reading, and build community.

Another important reason we keep planting little libraries in Detroit: There's only one book for every 37 preschool children in Hamtramck, and one for every five children in Detroit's University District neighborhood, according to a recent academic study by a former University of Michigan professor.

Meanwhile, many Detroit schools no longer have libraries and some public libraries have shuttered or scaled back hours. Additionally, transportation and financial issues can hinder residents' access to reading materials.

Please help us bring more Little Free Libraries to Detroit so we can bring more books to neighborhoods.

Buy your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/viva-libris-an-evening-for-detroit-little-libraries-tickets-24365926141

Until then, Viva Libris!

Kim

Kim Kozlowski

Detroit Little Libraries

(313) 595-4845

Detroit Little Libraries is a grassroots campaign working in partnership with the national Little Free Library, a 501(c)(3), to promote reading and community in Detroit through the take-a-book, leave-a-book movement known as the Little Free Library.

Our partners include Rx for Reading Detroit, Detroit Rotary, Detroit Kiwanis, Detroit SOUP, Detroit Bikes, Detroit Parks, Detroit Public Library, The Detroit News and Free Press, General Motors, Chrysler, The Mobile Homestead at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Grand River Creative Corridor, The Tangent Gallery, First United Methodist Church of Birmingham, Community United for Progress, Barefield DesignWorks, Novi teachers and several individuals, including many Eagle Scouts and B’Nei Mitzvah children. 

http://www.detroitlittlelibraries.org

http://www.littlefreelibrary.org

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http://www.detroitlittlelibraries.org

http://www.littlefreelibrary.org

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What is yr 30 Day Lit Challenge & Success? #MotownWriters @Meetup Reminder every 2nd Sat @DetroitLibrary

Every month we ask this of our participants when we meet. I find this helps give us direction, a goal, a place marker to show we've progress. Whether you're a reader or writer, you can answer this question and we'd like you hear your answer.

Baby steps count too.

I hope to see you at our meetings one day. Motown Writers meet every 2nd Saturday usually at the Detroit main library on the 3rd floor.

Sign up for updates at http://meetup.com/michiganliterarynetwork.

Also subscribe to our website for other literary news, events and more at: http://motownwriters.com

If you'd like to be a speaker, please contact us at: http://kontactr.com/user/sylviahubbard1

If you didn't attend last meeting or you're a reader, tell us now, what is your last 30 day literary challenge and success?

Halfway to @313Libraries via @kimberkoz #michlit June 9th Benefit for Literacy in #Detroit. #MotownWriters Please support...

Greetings, Friends of Detroit Little Libraries.

Thanks to your support and many partners, we have reached the halfway point to planting 313 little libraries in Detroit!

To mark the occasion and continue momentum, we are gathering to celebrate and raise funds on Thursday, June 9, from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Tangent Gallery, 715 Milwaukee Ave., in Detroit's New Center area. 

Please join us at Viva Libris! A Night for Detroit Little Libraries, where we'll have delicious hors d'oeuvres and three musical acts to enjoy including the legendary jazz musician Jahra Michelle McKinney, 18-year-old songstress Mia Green and the fabled Exhaust Tones.

During the evening, patrons will have an opportunity to sponsor a Little Free Library - including one of the 13 very special libraries that were transformed by local artists --  on display most recently at the Mobile Homestead at the Museum of Contemporary Art and soon to be planted in the community.

We'll also offer a Detroit-themed silent auction which will feature a night's stay at the Inn on Ferry Street  a package for two at Westin Book Cadillac Detroit; a tour for 20 and 1-year membership with Pewabic; a Detroit Library with books by local authors; a Detroit History Tour, gift cards to several local restaurants, tickets to sporting events, family passes to the State Fair, massages, bottles of wine, Detroit jewelry, doggie day care, yoga with kitties, local chocolates, flowers and of course homemade ice cream!

Local merchants generously donated these items so we can raise funds to build more Little Free Libraries in Detroit! 

Our work over the last 18 months has prompted the city of Detroit to begin working the little libraries into 40 parks slated for renovation over the next 18 months - where residents said they wanted them in their neighborhoods. Meanwhile, communities such as Romeo, Rochester Hills, Grosse Pointe and Pleasant Ridge are putting them in neighborhoods, too.

We live in an era when most of us are distracted by smart phones and tablets. But we believe the planting of 150 little libraries in Detroit with our partners has renewed interest in reading, and build community.

Another important reason we keep planting little libraries in Detroit: There's only one book for every 37 preschool children in Hamtramck, and one for every five children in Detroit's University District neighborhood, according to a recent academic study by a former University of Michigan professor.

Meanwhile, many Detroit schools no longer have libraries and some public libraries have shuttered or scaled back hours. Additionally, transportation and financial issues can hinder residents' access to reading materials.

Please help us bring more Little Free Libraries to Detroit so we can bring more books to neighborhoods.

Buy your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/viva-libris-an-evening-for-detroit-little-libraries-tickets-24365926141

Until then, Viva Libris!

Kim

Kim Kozlowski

Detroit Little Libraries

(313) 595-4845

Detroit Little Libraries is a grassroots campaign working in partnership with the national Little Free Library, a 501(c)(3), to promote reading and community in Detroit through the take-a-book, leave-a-book movement known as the Little Free Library.

Our partners include Rx for Reading Detroit, Detroit Rotary, Detroit Kiwanis, Detroit SOUP, Detroit Bikes, Detroit Parks, Detroit Public Library, The Detroit News and Free Press, General Motors, Chrysler, The Mobile Homestead at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Grand River Creative Corridor, The Tangent Gallery, First United Methodist Church of Birmingham, Community United for Progress, Barefield DesignWorks, Novi teachers and several individuals, including many Eagle Scouts and B’Nei Mitzvah children. 

http://www.detroitlittlelibraries.org

http://www.littlefreelibrary.org

for more Michigan Literary Updates subscribe at www.MotownWriters.com

http://www.detroitlittlelibraries.org

http://www.littlefreelibrary.org

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Let's Read the News! via @literarydetroit May 24th #TechTown #Detroit [event] #MichLit

Here’s your chance to widen your outlook on the world and deepen the public conversation! Join us for Let’s Read the News: a lunchtime gathering of engaged citizens and journalists who gather around a common table for a lively discussion on the stories that matter to our lives. Our next topic of discussion: State of Emergency in Detroit. Detroit Public Schools has been under state-appointed emergency management for seven years. A wave of "sick-outs" has demonstrated the frustration of teachers working in schools that remain in crisis. What does this mean for the city's young people, workers, and their families? How does this fit into the context of historical battles for "power to the people" in Detroit -- stretching back to 1967 and beyond? Reporters CHASTITY PRATT DAWSEY and BILL MCGRAW will join us for this discussion. Both are veterans of the Detroit Free Press and are now at Bridge Magazine. Think of Let's Read the News as a “news club”—a journalistic variation on a book club. We'll read articles on a common theme before we meet up. Links to the stories for our May 24 gathering are below.  From that foundation, we’ll have a discussion while we eat a catered meal. The featured journalists will bring important background to the conversation, but this is not a panel conversation. At Let’s Read the News, every voice matters. We cap public attendance at 12 to ensure that you can contribute, or sit back and take it in, as you wish. We will gather on TUESDAY, May 24, 12:30pm to 1:30pm, in a reserved room in TechTown. Check in at the front desk when you arrive and tell them you're here for "Let's Read the News" Parking is free in the lot next door. Your registration fee covers your lunch from Alley Taco (meat and veggie options), including beverages. SEATING IS LIMITED. Get your $5 ticket now! Know that we will begin promptly at 12:30 pm, in respect for everyone’s daytime schedules, so please plan accordingly. Let’s Read the News is a collaboration of the Columbia Journalism Review the Institute for Nonprofit News, Bridge Magazine, and Literary Detroit. If you have any questions, please contact annaleighclark@gmail.com   THE STORIES WE'RE READING FOR MAY 24: Detroit Schools and the $715 Million Band-Aid - Chastity Pratt-Dawsey, Bridge Magazine http://bridgemi.com/2016/03/detroit-schools-and-the-715-million-band-aid/ DPS Sickouts Up Pressure on State Plan - Detroit News http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2016/04/30/union-chief-dps-pay-employees-june/83756218/ To Rebuild Detroit, Restore the Schools - Chastity Pratt-Dawsey, Bridge Magazine http://bridgemi.com/2015/12/to-rebuild-detroit-restore-the-schools/ In an African-American City, Black Clout Wanes - Bill McGaw, Bridge Magazine http://bridgemi.com/2016/03/in-an-african-american-city-black-clout-wanes/ A Quick Guide to the 1967 Riot - Bill McGaw, Bridge Magazine http://bridgemi.com/2016/03/a-quick-guide-to-the-1967-detroit-riot/ OPTIONAL: Six Hours, Eight Buses: The Extreme Sacrifice Detroit Parents Make to Access Better Schools - Erin Einhorn, Chalkbeat Detroit  http://detroit.chalkbeat.org/six-hours-eight-buses-the-extreme-sacrifice-detroit-parents-make-to-access-better-schools/ WHEN Tuesday, May 24, 2016 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM (EDT) - Add to Calendar WHERE TechTown Detroit - 440 Burroughs Street, Detroit, MI 48202 - View Map Literary Detroit by literarydetroit 7417 2nd Avenue, Apt. G4 Detroit, Michigan 48202 USA

Calling All Independent Authors! 2016 @GreyWolfe_Pub Summer Book Festival July16th #MichLit

Calling All Independent Authors!

If you would like an opportunity to showcase your book to Detroit Area

readers, this is the day!

Date: July 16, 2016

Location: Troy Community Center  3179 Livernois Road, Room #304 Troy, MI

Cost: $75; Includes one six foot table, white table cloth, two chairs.

RSVP BY: June 25, 2016

Do you know an author who would like to share a table with you?  We'll let
you split the cost to save expenses!  Or, if you're an author who only
anticipates needing a half table space, we can accommodate you, too.
Please make the proper table selection at the payment screen.

Please make sure you have an attractive table display.  Floor banners or
signs that need to be attached to walls are not permitted.  Your entire
display should fit on your table space.  Be sure to have a sign at your
table that lets readers know what types of payment you will be accepting.
Remember to include Michigan Sales Tax when pricing your books.  Authors
are responsible for collecting all monies for book sales. (Don't forget to
bring change for cash sales.)

There are a limited number of tables available, so reservations are on a
first-come, first-served basis.  Fees are non-refundable, unless the event
is canceled by Grey Wolfe Publishing.  Please send all inquiries to
Info@GreyWolfePublishing.com

Light refreshments will be on hand for authors and guests.

Here is the table reservation link:
http://greywolfepublishing.submittable.com/submit/51438

I've also attached a graphic, should you have space for it.

Thank you for all you do to promote Michigan authors!

Halfway to @313Libraries via @kimberkoz #michlit June 9th Benefit for Literacy in #Detroit. #MotownWriters Please support

Greetings, Friends of Detroit Little Libraries.

Thanks to your support and many partners, we have reached the halfway point to planting 313 little libraries in Detroit!

To mark the occasion and continue momentum, we are gathering to celebrate and raise funds on Thursday, June 9, from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Tangent Gallery, 715 Milwaukee Ave., in Detroit's New Center area. 

Please join us at Viva Libris! A Night for Detroit Little Libraries, where we'll have delicious hors d'oeuvres and three musical acts to enjoy including the legendary jazz musician Jahra Michelle McKinney, 18-year-old songstress Mia Green and the fabled Exhaust Tones.

During the evening, patrons will have an opportunity to sponsor a Little Free Library - including one of the 13 very special libraries that were transformed by local artists --  on display most recently at the Mobile Homestead at the Museum of Contemporary Art and soon to be planted in the community.

We'll also offer a Detroit-themed silent auction which will feature a night's stay at the Inn on Ferry Street  a package for two at Westin Book Cadillac Detroit; a tour for 20 and 1-year membership with Pewabic; a Detroit Library with books by local authors; a Detroit History Tour, gift cards to several local restaurants, tickets to sporting events, family passes to the State Fair, massages, bottles of wine, Detroit jewelry, doggie day care, yoga with kitties, local chocolates, flowers and of course homemade ice cream!

Local merchants generously donated these items so we can raise funds to build more Little Free Libraries in Detroit! 

Our work over the last 18 months has prompted the city of Detroit to begin working the little libraries into 40 parks slated for renovation over the next 18 months - where residents said they wanted them in their neighborhoods. Meanwhile, communities such as Romeo, Rochester Hills, Grosse Pointe and Pleasant Ridge are putting them in neighborhoods, too.

We live in an era when most of us are distracted by smart phones and tablets. But we believe the planting of 150 little libraries in Detroit with our partners has renewed interest in reading, and build community.

Another important reason we keep planting little libraries in Detroit: There's only one book for every 37 preschool children in Hamtramck, and one for every five children in Detroit's University District neighborhood, according to a recent academic study by a former University of Michigan professor.

Meanwhile, many Detroit schools no longer have libraries and some public libraries have shuttered or scaled back hours. Additionally, transportation and financial issues can hinder residents' access to reading materials.

Please help us bring more Little Free Libraries to Detroit so we can bring more books to neighborhoods.

Buy your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/viva-libris-an-evening-for-detroit-little-libraries-tickets-24365926141

Until then, Viva Libris!

Kim

Kim Kozlowski

Detroit Little Libraries

(313) 595-4845

Detroit Little Libraries is a grassroots campaign working in partnership with the national Little Free Library, a 501(c)(3), to promote reading and community in Detroit through the take-a-book, leave-a-book movement known as the Little Free Library.

 

Our partners include Rx for Reading Detroit, Detroit Rotary, Detroit Kiwanis, Detroit SOUP, Detroit Bikes, Detroit Parks, Detroit Public Library, The Detroit News and Free Press, General Motors, Chrysler, The Mobile Homestead at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Grand River Creative Corridor, The Tangent Gallery, First United Methodist Church of Birmingham, Community United for Progress, Barefield DesignWorks, Novi teachers and several individuals, including many Eagle Scouts and B'Nei Mitzvah children. 

 

http://www.detroitlittlelibraries.org

http://www.littlefreelibrary.org

for more Michigan Literary Updates subscribe at www.MotownWriters.com

[FREEDOM WITH WRITING] Paid Publishing Opportunities For Writers - CLICK LINKS FOR INFO

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$35,000 Book Prize for Diverse Writers

Penguin Young Readers, in partnership with We Need Diverse Books™ is hosting a book contest with a $35,000 prize.

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Did you know there is power in your words? G.L.O.W. Writing/Publishing/Marketing Workshop May 21st Westland #MichLit @OntheGowTiffany

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Have you desired to be an author yet don't know how to get started??

Well... Consuming Fire Christian Center has 3 women who will be able to help you finally show YOU HAVE POWER!!

JOIN US for a powerful Breakfast followed by a WRITING WORKSHOP WITH SOME OF THE LEADING LADIES OF THE LITERARY INDUSTRY Sylvia Hubbard, Kim Brooks AND PUBLICIST GURU MRS. Pam Perry!!

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Rochester Writers' News for Writers via @talktravel

Rochester Writers' News for Writers

Freelance Marketplace Writers' Group

The next meeting is Tuesday, May 17, at the Rochester Hills Barnes & Noble Bookstore at 7:30 p.m. Our meeting location could be anywhere in the store - look for us in the events area, the back end of the used book department, or anywhere in between. We meet the third Tuesday of the month to discuss the business of writing. It's free and open to new, working, and published writers. Come once, once in a while, or every time.

Summer Writing Contest Now Open

The Rochester Writers' Summer Writing Contest is NOW accepting submissions. Low Entry Fee - Cash Prizes - Four Categories

Our Friends at Detroit Working Writers

The DWW Writers' Conference is Saturday, May 21. Deadline to register is May 18. DWW Members $70, Non-Members $155

Save the Date

9th Annual Rochester Writers' Fall Conference is Saturday, October 8, 2016 in Rochester, Michigan
Lamb's Retreat for Songwriters, November 2016 in Harbor Springs, Michigan
30th Annual Rally of Writers will be April 8, 2017 in Lansing, Michigan

Now on Meetup 

The Writers' Group, Contests, Conferences, and More. It's free to sign-up and comes with reminders for the things you like. http://www.meetup.com/ Rochester-Writers-Writing- Groups-Conferences-Contests/ 

www.RochesterWriters.com

Help The #Michigan Metaphorical Melee #fundraising via @deonteosayande #KnightsArtChallenge

I'm currently in the fundraising stages of producing The Michigan Metaphorical Melee. What that is is a biannual four part festival dedicated to poetry in the state of Michigan. There will be a team poetry slam featuring teams from 8 different cities in the state, a theatrical production where poets will be directed into both writing and performing their own parts in a play, workshops for writers and performers, and a showcase for local poetry publishers and writers.

https://www.patronicity.com/project/the_michigan_metaphorical_melee#/

In November I was one of the Knight Arts Challenge winners with the Knight Foundation last year and in order for me to receive the grant that the foundation is awarding me for this project I have to match the funds in the amount of $4,000. This online fundraiser is one in a series of efforts that will acquire that funding match. The online fundraiser is aiming for only $1,000 to get enough to secure the venues for the festival and to lock down specific dates for the event. There is more information at the link that I'm posting in this email. I know you said to include pictures so I added one of the logos for the festival and one of me in case people want to know who is behind the project.

Thank you, I appreciate if you're able to share it and I think it will be a phenomenal addition to the literary community in the city and statewide.

https://www.patronicity.com/project/the_michigan_metaphorical_melee#/

​

The online fundraiser ends on May 17th

Deonte Osayande is a former track and field sprinter turned writer from Detroit, Mi. He writes nonfiction and poetry. His poems have been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology, a Pushcart Prize and published in numerous publications. He has represented Detroit at multiple National Poetry Slam competitions. He's currently a professor of English at Wayne County Community College, and teaching youth through the Inside Out Detroit Literary Arts Program. 

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#MotownWriters Monthly @Meetup w/@KellyGLive72 Topic: Blogging

• Saturday, May 14, 2016

  10:00 AM

• Detroit Library - Main

  5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI (edit map)

• (Please forward this to a friend and bring several friends with you.) 
  
  See ya Sat and please bring a donation to help us out. 
  
  Also bring your literary challenges, new books to announce and achievements. [url=http://motownwriters.com][img]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwwEjDk-qa694h2ZoZT-sRbUnHIrd7iudRBgIOKP5fmi3eqFa-iLIsE1G6PRc4tE8fnOT-td70hxzoOAmidbfTIW7wYRTdmTIIPYXU-hXAk78ATGzL55dc-H1iGhIXtpsrFIzeU7PKDVt/s1600/mwnevents-762307.JPG[/img][/url]

  Special Guest :

  Kelly Greene hails from Detroit, MI. He noticed a gift for writing while attending 
  Detroit Lutheran West High School. When he wasn't involved in football or 
  wrestling, he spent time writing poetry. Poetry later gave way to lengthy personal 
  notes. Years later after losing his Job at American Axle where he worked 14yrs, he 
  rekindled his passion for writing. While getting his degree in computer electronics 
  from ITT Tech, his talent for writing was discovered by his composition instructor 
  Ruth Klayman. She immediately suggested that he go into professional writing. 
  Shortly thereafter he started the blog hollaifyouhearme.com where he writes 
  about his love for the City of Detroit. He has also just launched his new site 
  iamkellygreene.com

  
  He is a member of the Motown Writers Network and the Detroit Chapter of the 
  National Association of Black Journalists (DC- NABJ). He was also given the Titan 
  Award by the Motown Writer's Network in 2012. Currently Blogging for Preachers 
  of Detroit cast member Bishop Corletta J. Vaughn. 
  

  Twitter: @KellyGLive72 
  Instagram: @KellyGLive 
  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/TheWriterKGreene 
  

  
  Networking is key to our survival as writers and authors! This is your chance to learn, network and connect!

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