Michigan Writer's Network
A wide range of multimedia resources for writers and teachers of creative writing and literature, the network provides a space where people can share ideas, discuss the craft of writing, and learn about the interests and current work of other authors. The site has a wide variety of interactive features, including listserv discussions, a "featured writer" section, a calendar of events, and pedagogical tools.

RCAH Center for Poetry
Located at Michigan State University, the RCAH Center for Poetry was established in 2007 to encourage the reading, writing and discussion of poetry and to create an awareness of the place and power of poetry in our everyday lives. An endowment gift from Andrew and Telaina Eriksen will enhance the center’s efforts to educate MSU students and community members in the craft, history, and enjoyment of poetry.

Michigan Writers
Michigan Writers, Inc. was launched in the summer of 2001 when more than two dozen area writers pooled talents and resources to form an organization dedicated to helping writers hone their craft and publish their work. Michigan Writers holds regular events, co-publishes the Dunes Review literary journal, and launched a Cooperative Press, which publishes outstanding chapbooks. Once a month it hosts Michigan Writers On the Air (IPR News Radio 91.5 FM), which features interviews with local and visiting writers.

Motown Writers Network
Established in 2000, Motown Writers Network and The Michigan Literary Network was created to strengthen Michigan’s Literary Community. Drawing readers, writers, authors, poets and more together, the networks’ mission is to connect readers to Michigan literary works, educate and connect writers and poets to resources, provide events for authors to showcase their work and a lot more.

Box Factory for the Arts
Originally a manufacturing plant for specialty boxes, the building has been rehabilitated by the Berrien Artist Guild into a place that celebrates artistic diversity. Programs include day and night writing groups and visual arts classes.

Michigan Reading Association
The Michigan Reading Association is 501(c)(3) whose mission is to be a dynamic and diverse organization whose mission is to promote literacy. Programs include an annual literary conference, education awards, and local advocacy.

Absinthe: New European Writing
A print journal featuring the best contemporary European writers. The journal includes poetry, prose, essays, interviews, book reviews, art, and author photos. Absinthe: New European Writing is published biannually in the spring and fall.

Atomic Quill Press
Atomic Quill Press is a division of Atomic Quill Media, a boutique cultural node for the production and appreciation of exceptional works in literature, music and graphic design.

Dzanc Books
Dzanc Books was created in 2006 to advance great writing and champion those writers who don't fit neatly into the marketing niches of for-profit presses. As a non-profit organization, Dzanc Books works in partnership with literary journals to advance their readership at every level. Dzanc is also fully committed to developing educational programs in the schools and has begun organizing many such workshops and Writers In Residency programs.

Hobart: another literary journal
Published in Ann Arbor, Hobart accepts fiction related to the theme of the issue.

New Issues Press
New Issues Poetry & Prose, a nonprofit, university-based publisher, was established in 1996. New Issues publishes eight to twelve new titles each year with a focus on contemporary poetry.

Michigan Quarterly Review
"More than a literary magazine," and founded in 1962, the University of Michigan's flagship journal publishes each season a collection of essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and book reviews. The MQR reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the University of Michigan, and one issue each year has been entirely devoted to a special theme.

Marick Press
Marick Press publishes literary novels, full-length short story collections and poetry. Since Marick Press produces relatively few titles each year, their books reflect the individual tastes of its small staff. Marick Press looks for writing that instructs, inspires, and/or entertains the reader, and that does so with a unique voice.

New Michigan Press
The New Michigan Press has been publishing broadsides and chapbooks since 1999. In collusion with the magazine DIAGRAM, it runs a yearly chapbook competition. NMP also has done an extensive collection of broadsides commemorating writers reading at the University of Alabama's Bankhead reading series and the University of Alabama's MFA reading series.

Passages North
Passages North, produced by the Department of English at Northern Michigan University, publishes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction by established and emerging writers. Contact Northern Michigan University, Dept. of English, Gries Hall, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette, MI 49855, call 906-227-1203, or email passages@nmu.edu.

Pank Magazine
Pank is a nonprofit literary magazine published annually in the Department of Humanities at Michigan Tech University.

Red Cedar Review
Michigan State University's premiere literary digest has, for over thirty-five years, maintained this student-run biannual with a prestigious publication record.

Third Coast
This notable, biannual literary magazine is published by the Department of English at Western Michigan University and sponsors the Prague Summer Program in partnership with Charles University of Prague.

Ann Arbor Book Festival
The Ann Arbor Book Festival’s mission is to promote reading, heighten awareness of literacy challenges, and showcase the rich culture of the written word in Michigan and beyond. A diverse group of community leaders committed to literature, language and the arts in Michigan are hard at work planning the Festival.

Aquinas College Contemporary Writers Series
Aquinas College inaugurated an annual series of readings by well-known authors in 1997. In addition to doing public readings, visiting writers will meet with creative writing students in workshops and will offer readings for students in the college's first and second year core courses.

Bear River Writers' Conference
A three-day conference at Camp Michigania that features workshops in poetry and fiction with a first-class faculty.

Ludington Writers Conference
A weekend conference featuring intensive workshops in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and screenwriting, as well as faculty and participant readings, panel discussions, and informal gatherings.

Michigan Writers Series
Recognizes and highlights the literary work of important writers who live and work in Michigan. Hosted by the MSU Libraries, the series features individual Michigan writers for an evening of readings and discussion with their audience. The readings, which are free and open to the public, take place on most Friday evenings during the academic year in the Library.

The Writer's Conference at Oakland University
The Annual Writers' Conference, held on the Oakland University campus in Rochester, Michigan, co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and Detroit Women Writers, is an intensive two day event in October for beginning and established writers. The program features private and group manuscript evaluations, one-day retreats for writers, a keynote speaker, and a choice of 32 presentations.

University of Michigan Reading Series
The UM English Department features three reading series, includiong the Zell Visiting Writers Series, the Mark Webster Reading Series, which presents emerging writers, and the J. Edgar Edwards Reading Series, which showcases the work of poets and fiction writers who are in their first year of the MFA Program in Creative Writing.

Aquinas College
Offers a minor in creative writing, and students pursuing this minor are strongly encouraged to write for campus publications, to work as peer writing tutors, and to attend readings by nationally acclaimed authors in the Contemporary Writers Series.

Central Michigan University
At the undergraduate level, the English department offers B.A. degrees in several concentrations as both a major and a minor, including creative writing. At the graduate level, the department offers M.A. degrees in three specializations, including English Language and Literature, which now includes an option in Creative Writing. Faculty in the department are active in a number of areas, producing literary works as well as doing research in literature, linguistics, and pedagogical theory.

Eastern Michigan University
The MA Program in Creative Writing at EMU is designed to promote innovation, experimentation, and conceptual rigor in writing and the arts. It provides opportunities for writers in digital technologies, multimedia, collaborative projects, performance, community arts, hybrid and mixed genres, as well as poetry and fiction. The program is small, with ten to twenty students.

Northern Michigan University
The English Department offers a master of fine arts degree in creative writing. The program offers three areas of specialization or tracks: fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. Candidates design, in consultation with the director of the MFA program and their adviser, a plan of study including workshops, courses and seminars.

University of Michigan
The Michigan Department of English Language and Literature has long been recognized as one of the top English departments in the nation. The Hopwood Writing Program—offering some of the most prestigious financial awards available to students at the University—has helped launch the careers of many successful authors. Outreach programs like the New England Literature Program, Bear River Writers' Conference, and the Prison Creative Arts Project continue to lead to curricular innovations, productive community alliances, and deep learning experiences for students.

Wayne State University
The English Department offers degree programs for a Bachelor of Arts in English or Film Studies, a Master of Arts in English, and a Doctor of Philosophy in English with specializations in literary and cultural studies, film and media studies, and composition studies. The MA in Creative Writing is available.

Western Michigan University
Creative Writing at Western Michigan University is a thriving literary community with an international focus, in one of America’s most pleasant, culturally rich, yet affordable college towns. Its graduate and undergraduate programs offer B.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. degrees, with specialization in four genres: fiction, poetry, playwriting, and creative nonfiction.