PROGRAM UPDATE: The Wordplay Workshop at the McGregor branch on Saturday, Sept. 30 has been cancelled.

Call for entries in the Minnesota statewide author contests

Minnesota Author Project creates opportunities for self-published authors  and community writing collaborations Minnesota public libraries are pleased to announce the call for entries in this year’s Minnesota Author Project statewide contest for independently-published Young Adult and Adult Fiction.  This is the contest’s fourth year.  The Minnesota Author Project Communities Create category, introduced last year, is also […]

Winners announced for Minnesota Author Project

Winners have been announced for the first annual MN Writes MN Reads Minnesota Author Project, which recognizes the best self-published  authors in the state of Minnesota.   Congratulations to these great authors!   Adult Fiction Winner: Betting on Paradise by Lizbeth Selvig                   Young Adult Fiction Winner: Journey’s […]

Libraries launch statewide author contest

Minnesota Author Project helps promote self-published authors. Minnesota writers of young adult and adult fiction have a chance at winning $1,000 and bragging rights to the top self-published books in the state through a new contest just announced by East Central Regional Library and libraries statewide. Along with a $1,000 prize, winners in each category […]