Ruminate Magazine announces the 2019 Ruminate Broadside Poetry Prize! via @ruminatemag #motownwriters #michiganwriters

The prize will be judged by Ruminate poetry editor, Kristin George Bagdanov and is open to all forms of poetry. There are no geographical restrictions. $12 entry fee includes a complimentary digital copy of Ruminate. First place winner will receive a $500 cash prize, publication in Ruminate, and 15 copies of the limited-edition letterpress broadside. All entries will also be considered for publication in Ruminate. Submit two poems (of any form) per entry. We recommend that poems be between 10 and 30 lines in length, counting each blank line used as a stanza break as well as the title line and the blank line following the title. Poems that are outside 10-30 lines are still eligible but may require smaller type to fit well on the broadside.

For complete guidelines, please visit https://www.ruminatemagazine.com/pages/broadside-poetry-prize

*Ruminate is a nonprofit, contemplative magazine that celebrates slowing down, encountering honest art and storytelling, and living awake.

Deadline: 08-15-2019 (with a 3-day grace period)

Ruminate Magazine

Fort Collins, CO

Contact: Rachel King

email: editor@ruminatemagazine.org

Website: https://www.ruminatemagazine.com/pages/broadside-poetry-prize

The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship is a $5,000 award offered annually to an author of children's or young-adult fiction. via @PENamerican

The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship is a $5,000 award offered annually to an author of children's or young-adult fiction. It has been developed to help writers whose work is of high literary caliber and is designed to assist a writer at a crucial moment in their career to complete a book-length work-in-progress. Submission deadline: August 15, 2019

https://pen.submittable.com/submit/137965/2020-pen-phyllis-naylor-working-writer-fellowship

CALLING ALL #MICHIGAN READERS, WRITERS, AUTHORS, POETS, BLOGGERS, JOURNALIST & LITERARY ENTHUSIAST... Join our #MotownWriters / #MichLit FB Group

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You can meet us offline at http://meetup.com/michiganliterarynetwork (every 2nd Saturday @ the main Detroit public library)

Thanks!

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#RedInkConference wsg @TenitaJEditor @CynthiaLHatcher @SylviaHubbard1 @penofthewriter Aug17th in Chicago | Spend a weekend away from Michigan & Join us to grow in your literary endeavors

Over 500 Authors Attended The Red Ink Conference … And Now Many of Them are Bestsellers!
Chicago, IL—From sold-out audiences in Detroit three years in a row, to packed rooms
in both Atlanta and Charlotte, The Red Ink Conference is taking the literary map by storm!
And Chicago is next on the map! Whether you’re an aspiring author with only a creative
idea for a book, or you have 20+ books published, and you’re ready to take your books to the
next level, this is the conference for you! This one-of-a-kind conference empowers attendees to
write, edit and market their next bestseller—at a fraction of the cost. It all takes place in Oak
Brook, IL at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Suites on Saturday, August 17, 2019, from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Attendees can expect a time of not just quality information, food and fun—but they will
also experience on-screen editorial exercises, writing prompts, professional headshots, quality
networking and an industry-specific vendor showcase!

REGISTER NOW

Collectively, conference speakers, Tenita “Bestseller” Johnson, Valerie J. Lewis
Coleman, Cynthia Hatcher and Sylvia Hubbard-Hutula have over 30 years of industry experience
and run successful businesses that support indie authors nationwide. Attendees will learn new,
innovative information that will position them to build a solid platform as an authorpreneur and
speaker. Complete with information on marketing, crafting a solid professional bio and book
synopsis, as well as self-publishing industry secrets that save authors both time and money in the
publishing process, writers will leave inspired to take their book from the page to the stage and
beyond—allowing them to develop a six-figure income, even if they just have one book!
General admission tickets are only $129; VIP admission tickets are only $199! VIP
attendees receive an on-site professional photo shoot, as well as preferred seating, swag bags and
more! General admission cost after July 1 goes up to $229. There is also a student rate. Limited vendor space is also
available. To purchase tickets, visit The Red Ink Conference. For interviews or more
information, please contact Tenita Johnson at redinkconference@gmail.com, or 313.999.6942.
###
About the Organizer
Authors worldwide write better thanks to editorial guru and author, Tenita C. Johnson.
Perfecting manuscripts for hundreds of best-selling authors, she’s on a mission to end the
prominent everyday abuse of the English language and rectify punctuation pet peeves. Well
known by many as a human spell check, noun nerd and grammar police, she proudly wears the
badge of honor to correct and serve. Dubbed the editor’s editor, Tenita hosts the annual Red Ink
Conference to empower aspiring authors to write from the editor’s point of view to save time and
money in the self-publishing process. She positions writers as experts in the industry serving
them to create their own writing/editorial business and multiple streams of income.
To connect with Tenita, visit SoItIsWritten.net or email info@soitiswritten.net.
REGISTER NOW

Michigan Beginner Author Starter Book $20 #michiganwriters #motownwriters #michlit Grab your copy now!

Everything you need to start your writing, publishing and marketing journey, but were afraid to ask, couldn't find or didn't know.

Great for Michigan Authors

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Everything a Michigan Author needs to start your writing, publishing & marketing journey but were afraid to ask, couldn’t find or didn’t know

Currently only available as a paperback

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In this book you’ll find:

• Six Month Writing Plan
• Checklist for Writing, Publishing & Marketing
• Detailed Independent Publishing Checklist
• Kindle Publishing Checklist
• Resources & Links
• Businesses that sell Michigan Author
• Important Publication Registrations
• Resources to Print the Book
• Book & Business Resource Listings
• Metro Detroit Library Listings
• Michigan American Bookseller Association Independent Bookstore List
• Links to
• Book Review Listings
• African American Book Clubs
• Book Blogger Listings
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Short Story Fiction Writing Contests from PAGES PROMOTIONS, LLC #motownwriters #writingcommunity #michiganwriters

Short Story Fiction Writing Contests from PAGES PROMOTIONS, LLC
https://www.dianakathrynplopa.com/writing-contests.html



​We’re looking for short fiction stories!
​Think you can write a winning story in 1,500 words or fewer? Enter the Creative Light Writer's Guild Short Story Contest for your chance to win a paid enrollment in the next Rochester Writer's Conference, Restaurant and Movie Gift Cards, and Publication in our next edition of The Center Piece Magazine!

Summer Contest: May 1 - August 31

Award Date: September 1

Autumn Contest: September 1 - December 30

Award Date: January 15

For more information and to enter, click here 

Have You Registered For The Produce Publish Promote Summit? (online conference) via @SORMAG

Join us at the Produce Publish Promote Summit In July CLICK TO REGISTER Check out the summit's goodies CLICK HERE Would you like to be a vendor? CLICK HERE Would you like to be a summit partner? CLICK HERE

SORMAG | 8816 Manchester Rd, #231,  sormag.blogspot.com/2012/02/sormag-promotes.html    Brentwood, MO 63144

Check out #MotownWriters Member, Glenn R. Murray @Glenn220 new book out called You Wrote it; Now Go Sell It #michiganwriters

Glenn Murray is the founder of 220 Communications, parent company to 220 Publishing and Food Wine and Spirits Ventures. He has held strategic positions in the top U.S. companies including General Electric, Leo Burnett, and Discover started as an events company 220 Communications expanded to include divisions publishing, experiential marketing, consulting and music distribution.  220 Publishing has produced over 50 titles under the 220 Publishing imprint in its 9 years of existence as well as several titles under its private label publishing program.

Mr. Murray has created promotional campaigns for the arts, film, music, and culinary events. He led viral social media campaigns that have generated over 1 Million impressions. Over the years, 220 Communications' marketing has expanded to include promotions and partnerships in Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Dallas, Atlanta, and Milwaukee. The company supports a number of charities including Surge For Water, One Hope United, South Central Community Services, Gilda's Club and a host of others through fundraising events and in-kind donations. He created the popular Food and Wine Crawl Chicago event and has expanded that to include 5 cities.

He has blogged for the NBC Chicago Street Team and is has contributed articles to 360 Magazine, and currently writes a blog titled "Stop, Look, Listen" for Chicagonow.com. An author, he was a contributor to "The Entrepreneur Within You" Book Series and wrote the book marketing guide "You Wrote It, Now Go Sell It". He spent a year as an on-air personality at WBCP in Champaign IL.  He was a contributor to the screenplay Love Miscarriage and has written a documentary titled "Praise and Worship".  He is overseeing the adaptation of 3 of the titles he's published to a screenplay. "You Wrote It Now Go Sell It" is his debut solo title.  He is contributing to several anthologies scheduled for 2020 release including "Perspectives Father and Son", co-written with his father and "Lessons for the Little Girl".

Social Media

Twitter: @glenn220

IG:  @glenn220

Facebook: 220 Publishing

Website: https://220communications.com/

BUY BOOK

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With his debut book, he's planning a workshop JULY 20 called Free Publishing Information Workshop

RSVP NOW | BUY BOOK

Date And Time

Sat, July 20, 2019

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CDT

Add to Calendar

Location

Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Public Library

9525 South Halsted Street

Chicago, IL 60628

RSVP NOW | BUY BOOK

Workshop for new and existing authors providing advice and answering your questions about publishing your first (or your next) book.

RSVP NOW | BUY BOOK

About this Event

Free to attend!

RSVP NOW | BUY BOOK

Organizer220 Publishing

The organizer of Free Publishing Information Workshop

• Organizer Website Website

"Bringing You The World, One Page At A Time"

220 Publishing is an independent publisher based in Chicago, IL. With over 20 titles in the market across all genres including fiction, self-help, inspirational and instructional. We are actively seeking talented storytellers and game-changers. Let us help you tell your story.

WE WELCOME ALL AUTHORS FROM FIRST-TIME TO EXPERIENCED.

Welcome new members from #MotownWriters @Meetup

Motown Writers Meetup Group

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You now have 3165 members! Nice work!

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Send news through our contact page and join us on facebook as well, http://facebook.com/groups/motownwriters 

Invite other Michigan authors and readers to this group.

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Author & Founder of Motown Writers Network & The Michigan Literary Network.

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Black Business Book will be released Sunday, July 21st, 4-7pm, Bert's Entertainment Complex #Detroit #michiganreaders #motownwriters

Black Business Book will be released Sunday, July 21st, 4-7pm, Bert's Entertainment Complex, 2727 Russell St. in Eastern Market District, complimentary admission at an event titled ''Black History in Detroit". Anthony Brogdon cites in his book over 200 black history facts with an emphasis on the history of black business in America.  The program will also feature historian and author Ken Coleman, historian Jamon Jordon, President/Ceo of National Business League Dr. Kenneth L. Harris, Founder of Arise Detroit Luther Keith, Founder of Project BAIT David Rambeau and historian David L. Head.  

The First Two Chapters of Cold Dark Lies via #MichLit Author, @donald_levin #crimewriter #thriller #bookpromo #excerpt #motownwriters #michiganmurderandmayhem

Author's Website | Buy Book | Author's Twitter

This week’s blog post is a teaser: the first two chapters of the latest Martin Preuss mystery, Cold Dark Lies.

The ideas for the book go back a long way. As in all the novels, the final version braids together several strands that come from “real” life. The main plot thread comes from an article I read in a Detroit newspaper many years ago about an auto executive from Bloomfield Hills who was found dead in one of the no-tell motels in Ferndale. It was a minor blip in the news day, but it stuck with me all this time. I was intrigued by the dissonance between his privileged, upper-middle class existence and his desire (or need) to take a walk on the wild side at the skeevy motel, with tragic results for himself and the family he must have left behind.

The idea for one of the subplots in the book comes from a student who came to talk to me once about a research study she was undertaking to find out if she was really related to a criminal gang in Detroit in the 1920s, as family lore had insisted.

As always, by the time both of these threads made it to the final version, I had changed much—characters, situations, names, details, circumstances, motivations, and so on. Then I set it all in an imaginary context consistent with a mystery story—so I made up lots of bad actors, bad actions, and events that didn’t happen . . . but that could have. 

At first, I imagined the motel guy as a character in a poem called “The Secret Life,” but I knew there was more to the story than the poem could explore. When I started thinking about the next book in the series after An Uncertain Accomplice, I took the story out of my back pocket where I had kept it all these years and started thinking about using it in a Preuss mystery.

This is pretty typical of how I’ve been working with these books. Only in the first book, Crimes of Love, did I make up the inciting episode; in all the rest, I started out with a situation I knew about either because somebody told me the story or I read about it somewhere. (Henry James’s advice to writers: “Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost.”) After that, it was a matter of imaginatively transforming the original real inciting situations to make them fit with my own purposes and the demands of the plots.

So here’s the beginning of how that process turned out in Cold Dark Lies. Enjoy!

read more 

Author's Website | Buy Book | Author's Twitter

Introducing #MotownWriters Member, Glenn R. Murray @Glenn220 has a new book out called You Wrote it; Now Go Sell it & an upcoming workshop July20th

Glenn Murray is the founder of 220 Communications, parent company to 220 Publishing and Food Wine and Spirits Ventures. He has held strategic positions in the top U.S. companies including General Electric, Leo Burnett, and Discover started as an events company 220 Communications expanded to include divisions publishing, experiential marketing, consulting and music distribution.  220 Publishing has produced over 50 titles under the 220 Publishing imprint in its 9 years of existence as well as several titles under its private label publishing program.

Mr. Murray has created promotional campaigns for the arts, film, music, and culinary events. He led viral social media campaigns that have generated over 1 Million impressions. Over the years, 220 Communications’ marketing has expanded to include promotions and partnerships in Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Dallas, Atlanta, and Milwaukee. The company supports a number of charities including Surge For Water, One Hope United, South Central Community Services, Gilda’s Club and a host of others through fundraising events and in-kind donations. He created the popular Food and Wine Crawl Chicago event and has expanded that to include 5 cities.

He has blogged for the NBC Chicago Street Team and is has contributed articles to 360 Magazine, and currently writes a blog titled “Stop, Look, Listen” for Chicagonow.com. An author, he was a contributor to “The Entrepreneur Within You” Book Series and wrote the book marketing guide “You Wrote It, Now Go Sell It”. He spent a year as an on-air personality at WBCP in Champaign IL.  He was a contributor to the screenplay Love Miscarriage and has written a documentary titled “Praise and Worship”.  He is overseeing the adaptation of 3 of the titles he’s published to a screenplay. “You Wrote It Now Go Sell It” is his debut solo title.  He is contributing to several anthologies scheduled for 2020 release including “Perspectives Father and Son”, co-written with his father and “Lessons for the Little Girl”.

Social Media

Twitter: @glenn220

IG:  @glenn220

Facebook: 220 Publishing

Website: https://220communications.com/

BUY BOOK

BUY BOOK

With his debut book, he’s planning a workshop JULY 20 called Free Publishing Information Workshop

RSVP NOW | BUY BOOK

Date And Time

Sat, July 20, 2019

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CDT

Add to Calendar

Location

Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Public Library

9525 South Halsted Street

Chicago, IL 60628

RSVP NOW | BUY BOOK

Workshop for new and existing authors providing advice and answering your questions about publishing your first (or your next) book.

RSVP NOW | BUY BOOK

About this Event

Free to attend!

RSVP NOW | BUY BOOK

Organizer220 Publishing

The organizer of Free Publishing Information Workshop

• Organizer Website Website

“Bringing You The World, One Page At A Time”

220 Publishing is an independent publisher based in Chicago, IL. With over 20 titles in the market across all genres including fiction, self-help, inspirational and instructional. We are actively seeking talented storytellers and game-changers. Let us help you tell your story.

WE WELCOME ALL AUTHORS FROM FIRST-TIME TO EXPERIENCED.

#MadeInMichigan Festival free #Michigan author Showcase #michiganwriters #motownwriters Sept28th #allenpark

MICHIGAN AUTHOR SHOWCASE

Join your peers and meet your fans.  Promote, sell, and sign your Michigan book.  FREE for all family-friendly Michigan authors and publishers.

Saturday, September 28

12:00-3:00 PM

Downtown Allen Park

Email jkibby@cityofallenpark.org  for application.

Part of the 4^th annual Made in Michigan Festival, a celebration of the state’s best artists, food, music, and brews.  Over 15,000 people expected for two great days of eating, drinking, shopping, and dancing – Michigan style.

#RedInkConference - Time to Grow! Have you registered? @TenitaJEditor ‏#motownwriters #literary #authors #books #publishing

Over 500 Authors Attended The Red Ink Conference … And Now Many of Them are Bestsellers!
Chicago, IL—From sold-out audiences in Detroit three years in a row, to packed rooms
in both Atlanta and Charlotte, The Red Ink Conference is taking the literary map by storm!
And Chicago is next on the map! Whether you’re an aspiring author with only a creative
idea for a book, or you have 20+ books published, and you’re ready to take your books to the
next level, this is the conference for you! This one-of-a-kind conference empowers attendees to
write, edit and market their next bestseller—at a fraction of the cost. It all takes place in Oak
Brook, IL at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Suites on Saturday, August 17, 2019, from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Attendees can expect a time of not just quality information, food and fun—but they will
also experience on-screen editorial exercises, writing prompts, professional headshots, quality
networking and an industry-specific vendor showcase!

REGISTER NOW

Collectively, conference speakers, Tenita “Bestseller” Johnson, Valerie J. Lewis
Coleman, Cynthia Hatcher and Sylvia Hubbard-Hutula have over 30 years of industry experience
and run successful businesses that support indie authors nationwide. Attendees will learn new,
innovative information that will position them to build a solid platform as an authorpreneur and
speaker. Complete with information on marketing, crafting a solid professional bio and book
synopsis, as well as self-publishing industry secrets that save authors both time and money in the
publishing process, writers will leave inspired to take their book from the page to the stage and
beyond—allowing them to develop a six-figure income, even if they just have one book!
General admission tickets are only $129; VIP admission tickets are only $199! VIP
attendees receive an on-site professional photo shoot, as well as preferred seating, swag bags and
more! General admission cost after July 1 goes up to $229. There is also a student rate. Limited vendor space is also
available. To purchase tickets, visit The Red Ink Conference. For interviews or more
information, please contact Tenita Johnson at redinkconference@gmail.com, or 313.999.6942.
###
About the Organizer
Authors worldwide write better thanks to editorial guru and author, Tenita C. Johnson.
Perfecting manuscripts for hundreds of best-selling authors, she’s on a mission to end the
prominent everyday abuse of the English language and rectify punctuation pet peeves. Well
known by many as a human spell check, noun nerd and grammar police, she proudly wears the
badge of honor to correct and serve. Dubbed the editor’s editor, Tenita hosts the annual Red Ink
Conference to empower aspiring authors to write from the editor’s point of view to save time and
money in the self-publishing process. She positions writers as experts in the industry serving
them to create their own writing/editorial business and multiple streams of income.
To connect with Tenita, visit SoItIsWritten.net or email info@soitiswritten.net.
REGISTER NOW

Black Business Book will be released Sunday, July 21st, 4-7pm, Bert's Entertainment Complex #Detroit #michiganreaders #motownwriters

Black Business Book will be released Sunday, July 21st, 4-7pm, Bert's Entertainment Complex, 2727 Russell St. in Eastern Market District, complimentary admission at an event titled ''Black History in Detroit". Anthony Brogdon cites in his book over 200 black history facts with an emphasis on the history of black business in America.  The program will also feature historian and author Ken Coleman, historian Jamon Jordon, President/Ceo of National Business League Dr. Kenneth L. Harris, Founder of Arise Detroit Luther Keith, Founder of Project BAIT David Rambeau and historian David L. Head.  

Rochester Hills Public Library Seeks Authors for First Author Fair #michiganwriters #motownwriters

Rochester Hills Public Library
Contact: Amanda Harrison Keighley
Phone: 248-650-7124
Email: Amanda.Keighley@rhpl.org

Rochester Hills Public Library Seeks Authors for First Author Fair  

(ROCHESTER HILLS- July 8, 2019) Rochester Hills Public Library has partnered with Rochester’s Writers to host its first author’s fair on Shop Small Saturday, November 30. Authors of all genres are being encouraged to apply for a space by July 25.
“This is a unique opportunity to highlight talented Michigan authors while participating in Shop Small Saturday,” said Amanda H. Keighley with the Rochester Hills Public Library. “We would like to offer a wide variety of genres and experiences at the event.”
"Rochester Writers is pleased to collaborate with the Rochester Hills Public Library to bring local authors together. This event will be a wonderful chance for readers and writers to meet each other. We encourage published authors of the community to apply to be a part of this inaugural book sale," said Michael Dwyer, founder of Rochester Writers.
Rochester Hills Public Library is currently recruiting authors for the event. If you or someone you know is interested in participating please apply by July 25 at rhpl.org, under “Use the Library”, “Special Events Information”.
Additional event details will be announced once authors are selected.
If you're an author and would like to sign up, click here!
About:

The Rochester Hills Public Library provides life-long learning opportunities, instills a love of reading, and offers equal access to information. The library serves as a community town square, where over 45,000 monthly visitors enjoy innovative ways to learn and socialize through a variety of programs including Sunday concerts, a summer reading challenge, parent-child workshops, and weekly lectures. The library’s expansive and user-friendly database system allows its 70,000 card holders access to eBooks, movies, and music downloads, language and genealogy services, and consumer reports from the comfort of their own home at no cost. Find more information on Rochester Hills Public Library’s unique offerings at rhpl.org.

If you're an author and would like to sign up, click here!

Amanda Harrison Keighley

Community Relations Specialist

248-650-7124

 

 

 

Auburn Hills Writers July Session @@AHPLibrary from Facilitator, MYCHELLE MARTIN July18th #auburnhills #michiganwriters #michlit #motownwriters

Hello Writers!

    Yes.  Our group meets Thursday, July 18th from 6:30 pm to 8:30pm in the the Auburn Hills Library located at 3400 Seyburn in Auburn Hills.  

Agenda:

• Writing News
• Writing Exercise
• Critique

Critique Session:

• bring writing tool of choice
• manuscript for critique (2 pages, double spaced, 12 font), bring 7 sets
• book that has been helpful to your writing

Critique Guidelines:

• Be kind
• Be specific 
• Be encouraging
• Be careful (critique on style and technique, not your opinion)

See you Thursday!

Mychelle Martin, Facilitator

"Nurturing the Auburn Hills Writing Community since 2011"

Please forward this email to any writer you feel may benefit from its contents.  

And as always, please let me know if you wish to be removed from our list, thank you.