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If you have specific questions about the exciting new edition, featuring short stories, poetry nature photography, and even mixed media exploring the unique experiences and natural beauty of this amazing Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula (Upper Michigan, or the UP)region, please use our older, longer email address: editor@walloonwritersreview.com!

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On it’s way into bookstores and into libraries here in Michigan! Our beautiful cover: © Kate Allore O’Neal Lake Speaking To Herself, 2024

Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition is co-edited by Jennifer Huder and Glen Young.

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Sunday, March 2, 2025

Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition is on it’s way to booksellers in Michigan!

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Cover photo copyright Kate Allore, 2025

Exciting News!

Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition is on the way to bookstores! Look for copies at your favorite book shop in Michigan or online at independent bookstores! We will update our “Where To Find Walloon Writers Review” tab as we get word copies are on the shelves.

Thanks to everyone for supporting our celebration of Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula!

Out of the area? Many booksellers offer excellent low shipping rates. McLean & Eakin – Petoskey ; Check with Between The Covers- Harbor Springs, Bay Books – Suttons Bay, and The Bookman – Grand Haven, too! Please keep an eye for who has our latest edition in their store or available for order on our website tab!

WALLOON WRITERS REVIEW EXCITING NEWS…

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WALLOON WRITERS REVIEW NINTH EDITION TO BE RELEASED THIS MONTH!

© Kate Allore O’Neal Lake Speaking To Herself, 2024

Our Contributors Make Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition Exceptional!

We are so honored to share our List of Contributors to Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition!

Storm Ainsely – Winters, California

Kate Allore – Boyne Falls, Michigan

Margaret Anderson – Vancouver, BC Canada

Julie Angeli – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Pamela Atsoff  – Birmingham, Michigan

Michele Austin – Daytona Beach, Florida

Raegan Badik – Mackinac Island, Michigan

Tom Barrat – Petoskey, Michigan

Elizabeth J. Bates  –  Marquette, Michigan

Milton J. Bates – Marquette, Michigan

Curt A. Benson – Grand Rapids, Michigan

Susan Boback – Ishpeming, Michigan

Jim Bolone – Toledo, Ohio

Monique Bova – Wolverine, Michigan

Carrie Cantalupo – Maple City, Michigan

Nancy Carey – East Jordan, Michigan

Tamar Charney – Ann Arbor, Michigan

Thomas Ford Conlan – Charlevoix, Michigan

Brenna Dean – Saginaw, Michigan

April DeOliveira – Battle Creek, Michigan

Sarah DiViasmeņi – Petoskey, Michigan

Patty Durell – Cheboygan, Michigan

Elizabeth Fergus-Jean – Harbor Springs, Michigan

Katherine Foote – Mt Pleasant, Michigan

Lisa Fosmo – Escanaba, Michigan

Chris Gerst – San Pedro, California

CJ Giroux – Saginaw, Michigan

Sheri Greene – Grand Haven, Michigan

J. L. Hagen – Fennville, Michigan

Nancy Hayes – Lake Leelanau, Michigan

Caroline Helmstadt – Saginaw, Michigan

Betsy Hayhow Hemming – Whitehall, Michigan

Deborah Hochberg – Oak Park, Michigan

Steve Hooper – Negaunee, Michigan

Becky Jensen – Bath, Michigan

Hank Kaufmann – Saginaw, Michigan

Taylor Keiser – Pellston, Michigan

Bridget Klaasen – Suttons Bay, Michigan

Mary Anna Scenga Kruch – Williamston, Michigan

Candace Lee – Traverse City, Michigan

John Lennon – Petoskey, Michigan

Kristin Bartley Lenz – Petoskey, Michigan

Jeanne Blum Lesinski – Saginaw, Michigan

Cassie Lindholm – Petoskey, Michigan

Ellen Lord – Charlevoix, Michigan

Max Old Bear – Traverse City, Michigan

Amy Pendell – Okemos, Michigan

George Perreault – Reno, Nevada

Doug Pfaff – Charlevoix, Michigan

Anne M. Rashid – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Karen Reasoner – Farmington Hills, Michigan

F.W. “Skip” Renker – Petoskey, Michigan

Jennifer Uehlein Reynolds – Charlevoix, Michigan

Katherine Roth – Traverse City, Michigan

David James “DJ” Savarese – Iowa City, Iowa

Ralph James Savarese – Iowa City, Iowa

Gary Schils – Harbor Springs, Michigan

Scot Siegel – Wilsonville, Oregon

Michael Sipkoski – Williamsburg, Michigan

Kirk Small – Bellaire, Michigan

Don Spezia – Traverse City, Michigan

K. Matthew Springfield – Clawson, Michigan

Ellen Schettling Whitehead – Mancelona, Michigan

This edition is edited by Jennifer Huder and Glen Young.

Stop by our page soon for our release date!

Happy Holidays from Walloon Writers Review!

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Walloon Writers Review thanks all of our contributors and everyone who supports this collection! Special shout out to the independent booksellers in the region and throughout Michigan who make our publication available to everyone. Thank you!

COMING SOON! WALLOON WRITERS REVIEW NINTH EDITION featuring new contributors alongside a few familiar names, and a fresh take on exploring this beautiful region. Check back soon for our new cover reveal!

Wishing you a very happy holiday season! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukah! Happy New Year!

Ninth Edition Updates!

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Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition is in the hands of our design team!

We are so excited to share this news! More steps are ahead before this edition will be available in bookstores, but the first completion step is done. Watch for updates, including sneak peaks at our Contributors list, our cover reveal, which organization benefits from a portion of our Submission fees from this edition, and how you can pre-order copies! In a few weeks, we will share our expected release date.

We are grateful to everyone who sent in submissions for consideration. Walloon Writers Review carefully reviews each submission multiple times before making our final selections. With such an incredible response to our Call For Submissions this year, the process to select as many outstanding pieces as we could possibly accept was tough. Thank you for sharing your work with us.

Thanks goes to Co-Editor Glen Young for all of his dedication and contribution to this publication and to each of you for your support. We are always grateful to all of the amazing independent booksellers in Northern Michigan, the UP, and downstate Michigan for making Walloon Writers Review available for their customers. So many of our readers, visitors, and part-time neighbors travel from all corners of this beautiful state to enjoy Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula and they are a perfect spot to make that connection. Your support of purchasing, gifting, and sharing copies of Walloon Writers Review goes a long way in making this possible. Thank you! – Jennifer Huder

Meanwhile, in Northern Michigan…

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It’s a magical fall this year in Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Right now, editors Glen Young and Jennifer Huder are weaving through the pages and have almost reached our final draft of Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition!

Thank you so much to everyone who shared your writing and photography with us. It’s an honor to receive and experience the stories and poetry, brilliant and interesting images of the region, and inspiring creativity. The enthusiastic sharing of what makes this part of the world so special fuels this endeavor.

We appreciate your patience while we’ve immersed ourselves in the largest number of submissions we have ever received to create an exciting collection. With the outpouring of pieces to review, comes the difficult task of selection. Know that each submission we receive is appreciated for the interest and effort it represents.

We are looking forward to sharing this outstanding collection as soon as possible. Keep an eye on the site – we will update everyone soon!

Call For Submissions for Ninth Edition is Closed

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Thank you to everyone who has shared their writing and photography with us. Our Call for Submissions has resulted in the largest number of submissions to date! Our review team is in process at this time. Please watch the email you provided to us for updates.

-Co-Editors Jennifer Huder and Glen Young

Call For Submissions for Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition July 15 – August 30, 2024

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Through the first decade since its founding in 2014, Walloon Writers Review has provided a safe harbor where writers and photographers celebrate the sights and sounds of Northern Michigan. Through fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and photography, contributors continue to highlight the river bends and hilltops, as well as all the places in between, that mark this region as eternal.

As Walloon Writers Review embarks on our second decade, we seek both to build on this strong foundation, while also reimagining how the landscape of Northern Michigan continues to inspire and to influence writers and photographers. – Glen Young, Walloon Writers Review

General Guidelines

Walloon Writers Review is intended for a general audience, to be shared at the cottage, at camp, on the deck, or cabin bookshelf for all to enjoy. Our regional focus is on Northern Michigan, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (and the islands in between).

Submissions are accepted through Submittable.com during the above dates. Please visit our Submittable page for guidelines specific to this edition.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer feedback on submissions. In effort to include as many contributors as possible, only two submissions per person will be accepted for this edition.

Walloon Writers Review charges a reading fee of $6.00 per submission. Funds collected are used to offsets costs of producing this annual print publication and we also make an annual small donation to a regional non-profit organization working to protect the natural beauty of the region.

We include original poetry, short stories, and other creative writing (max: 4,000 words) and nature photography. Nature photography should not include people.

We hope you will share your Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula inspired original work! Thank you for your support.

Please visit our Submittable page at https://walloonwritersreview.submittable.com/submit to learn more about specific guidelines and to submit your original creative writing and or nature photography for our upcoming edition!
Volume 1 First Edition

Nature Photography from Walloon Writers Review at Jordan River Arts Council now through June 22nd

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What an exciting event! While you are out and about in this beautiful part of Northern Michigan, add a stop at Jordan Rivers Arts Council in East Jordan and experience the impact of the gorgeous photography on display from our Seventh and Eighth Editions! These photographs bring the gallery walls to life and bring you into the moment of experiencing rich and stunning beauty of our region.

We are so honored to share the art of these Walloon Writers Review contributors and see the full impact of their work! Jordan River Arts Council is open daily 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. and many of prints are framed or on canvas wrap and are available to purchase. Be sure to stop in and enjoy the exhibit. The vibrance of each piece is remarkable and we are so grateful for their support and yours!

Here is the list of photographers whose work fills the gallery with excitement, artistry, story, moments, and adventure:

Tamar Charney

Lisa Fosmo

Caroline Hemstadt

Laura Story Johnson

Taylor Keiser

Jennifer Reynolds

Kim Ruley

Moon Seagren

Melissa Seitz

Michael Sipkowski

Karen Walker

Lindsay Way

Ellen Schettling Whitehead

Sara Wright

Our deepest thanks to the Jordan River Arts Council Board of Directors, Staff, and Volunteers for all of their hard work in putting this first time exhibit together. We are honored.

Jordan River Arts Council is located at 301 Main Street in East Jordan.