What Would Papa Say?

by Mona Cardwell, 04/05/2020, GRAWN, MI. Adult Category

#3

by Mimi DiFrancesca, 04/03/2020, Northport, MI. Adult Category

We Did Everything Right, We Thought

by Pearl Brown, 04/02/2020, Traverse City, Mi. Adult Category

3rd Place – Create

by Emma Laible, 04/02/2020, Traverse City, Mi

High School Category

“Oh my gosh! No school for three weeks! This is gonna be great!”
“Ugh, that means I have to turn in all of my late assignments by tomorrow.”
“Girls, this is serious. This isn’t something we should be celebrating.” . . .

Transit in the Time of Corona

by Don Driver, 04/02/2020, Chicagland, Il. Adult Category

Writers Series to launch Life in the Time of Virus

You’re hearing and reading a lot of stories about the Coronavirus in the media these days. But those stories aren’t your story. And that’s the one the National Writers Series (NWS) wants to make part of local history.

Author Next Door: Sally Jo Messersmith

Sally Jo Messersmith’s Hope For Korea We all have dreams for this world. Sally Jo Messersmith’s dream is for the two Koreas to become one again. She has helped bring this hope closer to reality in part by writing a children’s book and a young adult book which she hopes will leave a lasting impression […]

National Writers Series virtual event with Terry McMillan April 9

Author Next Door: Patricia Steele

By Erin Evans Twelve years ago, Patricia Steele — convicted of killing a Lake Ann man while driving drunk — was led off to prison, where she served seven harrowing years, including time in maximum security, side-by-side with the most notorious female criminals in Michigan. In 2015, she returned to her home in Interlochen, ready […]

National Writers Series welcomes author Peter Heller