Sunday, July 22, 2018

Motor City Literacy Fair July28th in #Detroit | #Michiganwriters #motownwriters #mittenlit

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AVOC Publishing/ AVOC Services, LLC along with Awesome Authors Kids, invites you to join us Saturday July 28th @ 12pm for The Motor City Literacy Fair. There will be local talent and authors from around the country, live entertainment, activities for children and more!
We have an early bird special for authors and vendors! Limited number of single tables are $50- $55.00, $100.00 for publisher's and multi-author tables. Limited number of early bird tables for food vendors are $100. After June 1st, Single tables are $65.00 and $125.00 for publishers and multi-author tables and Food vendors. Come out and celebrate literacy in the city of Detroit! Children, Young Adult, Adult, Non-fiction and all authors are welcome! Crafters, Artists, and Vendors welcome as well.

Motor City Literacy Fair

LOCATION

Grixdale/Hildale Mini Park, Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48203
Detroit, Michigan 48203

RSVP or vendoring information https://www.eventbrite.com/e/motor-city-literacy-fair-tickets-45168113042

Saturday, July 21, 2018

#SterlingFest Local Author Book Sale July28th 10am to 4pm Metro #Detroit | #michiganwriters #motownwriters #mittenlit

Local Author Book Sale

https://www.sterling-heights.net/1493/Local-Author-Book-Salehttps://www.sterling-heights.net/1493/Local-Author-Book-Sale

Saturday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The library will host a special book sale and signing event during Sterlingfest. Readers of all stripes are invited to purchase the signed copies of books from several creative Michigan authors! Adult, children, fiction and non-fiction will be available. This year, author tables will line the covered walkway between the police department and the library.

Authors in attendance will be:

Tony Aued
Mr. B
Josef Bastian
Danielle Bernock
Wendy BooydeGraaff
Linda Bradley
Nicole e. Castle
Peggy Christie
Denise Coughlin
Veronica Dale
Kelly DiPucchio
Devon Drake
Michael Dwyer
Michael A. Ferro
Don Frederickson
Thomas Galasso
Maria A. Gardner
Siete 16 Guevara
Rikki M. Harrison
David C. Hayes
Janet Ruth Heller
D.A. Henneman
R.L. Herron
Katy Hojnacki
Terry Hojnacki
Sylvia Hubbard
Jeff Jantz
Annette Johnston
Sonya Julie
Shad Kelly
Andrew Charles Lark
C.J. Lawson
Donald Levin
L. Broas Mann
R.C. Matthews
Elizabeth McClellan
Alicia McKay
Jodi McKay
Anna Milagrits
Weam Namou
Amy Nielander
A.J. Norris
Randy D. Pearson
Diana Kathryn Plopa
Wendy Popko
Jeff Pryor
Lisa Rose
Ghazwan Saaid
Jordan J. Scavone
Greg Schindler
G. S. Scott
Linda K. Sienkiewicz
Nora Cook Smith
Lori Swick
Carl Virgilio
Joan Dee Wilson

Friday, July 20, 2018

Michigan #SistersInCrime presents On Human Trafficking Aug4th @RomeoLibrary | @Mi_SinC #michiganwriters #motownwriters #sinc

http://michigansistersincrime.org

The Michigan Sisters In Crime speaker, Lt. Wendy Reyes of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, is on the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force.

Human trafficking affects individuals across the world, and right here in Michigan. It is commonly regarded as the second largest criminal enterprise after drugs. Human trafficking affects every community in Michigan across age, gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic backgrounds.

Open to members and non-members - Free Event

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2018

Time: 10:45am - 1:00pm

Location: Romeo District Library

Cost: FREE

For more info and to register, go to: https://tinyurl.com/ya95xh64

Michigan Sisters in Crime Member Info:

* We will be represented at Bouchercon. If you have a published book and want to donate it in a Bourchercon gift basket, bring it along on Aug. 4

* Also, for published members, send a headshot and link to your website or Amazon page to MichiganSinC@gmail.com and we'll post it on our webpage.

https://www.facebook.com/MichiganSinC/

https://twitter.com/Mi_SinC

http://michigansistersincrime.org

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Rochester Writers Group Contest | 4 Categories, Cash Prizes, Low Entry Fee | Due Aug 1st | via @RochWriters @Talktravel #michiganwriters #motownwriters

2018 Summer Writing Contest is Now Taking Submissions

Four Categories, Cash Prizes, Low Entry Fee

Margo LaGattuta Poetry Submission: 200 words or fewer, any style, one complete poem.
Flash Fiction Submission: 400-500 words, one complete short story.
First Page of Novel Submission: 250 words or fewer, the first page of a novel.
Colorful Memoir: 300-400 words, non-fiction. From a personal experience, describe a color without using the color’s name. Tell a story in which the reader thinks of one particular color by the end. Do not use the name of the color in the story or in the title, but include it with your contact info.

Deadline to enter is August 1, 2018: Winners will be announced at the Fall Conference. Visit the Contest Page for more details.

Save the Date: The 11th Annual Rochester Writers' Conference is Scheduled for Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Oakland University. Details and Registration starting in August.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

GET INVOLVED! Special Detroit NABJ convention book

Dear Friends!

NABJ is bringing nearly 3,000 reporters, editors, anchors, news directors and photographers - and many of the people they cover - to Detroit August 1-5 for its annual convention.

Our chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists is offering a special opportunity to our local businesses, restaurants, barbers, salons, nail shops and nonprofits. We want you to tell your story to these journalists, many of whom will be looking for stories to write about Detroit.

You can do that in a special local convention book that will be given to journalists at registration. This Welcome to Detroit book tells our guests about the Detroit they should know and some of the businesses, restaurants, salons, nonprofits, churches and other places they should visit and the community missions and charitable work they should know about. The theme is: If you haven't been to Detroit lately, you don't know Detroit.

Share your stories with the reporters in town. Why did you open your establishment? Why do you do what they do? Why are you newsworthy?

Please review the attached ad sheet and get your spot in this commemorative project. Use your ad to tell your story!! Be mindful of the deadline, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JULY 19, and make your check payable to Detroit NABJ.

Thanks so much for supporting your local journalists and their training and scholarship efforts! If you have questions, call NABJ18 Honorary Co-Chair Rochelle Riley at 313 378 5135.

Best,

Detroit NABJ