A Rally of Writers, News and Information
Updated as events warrant


Next Rally: April 2009



A Look Back:

Most recent Rally: April 5, 2008

Keynote speaker: Jack Driscoll



Sessions by Jack Driscoll, Novel ·

  Lev Raphael, Historical Fiction ·
 
Jeff Vande Zande, Novel, Poetry
·
 
Ann R. Miller, Outdoor Writing ·

J.D. Dolan, Reading for Writers ·
 
Andrea King Collier, Essay & Memoir ·

Ken Meisel, Poetry ·
 
Diane Vogel, Inspirational ·

Mark Hoover, Scriptwriting ·
 
Ed Noonan, Digital Photography ·
Janet Mary Sinke, Picture Books
Linda Peckham, Basics
for New Writers ·
 Luncheon Speaker: Caldecott Judge Nancy Bujold ·

Pre-Rally Event at Schuler Books & Music
Eastwood Towne Center, Lansing
Friday, April 4, 7:00pm
Adriana Săvoiu-Thompson: Freelance Journalist in Communist Romania



Download PDF files of the 2008 Rally mailer
in yellow button below
Includes the promo cover,
event schedule, and registration form
(Adobe PDF formatted for 8.5x11 paper)
Adobe
Print, fill out the registration form at the bottom and send it in with your check

Conference price: $60 in advance, $70 at the door
Postmark deadline if you want to join us for the optional ($12.50) buffet lunch: March 25
Hang onto the schedule to plan your day!


2008 Rally Download

  

Click here for a full list of local area alternative lunch options





New Rally location
The Lansing Community College West Campus

LCC West Campus location
For reference, in the map above the LCC Main Campus is just across the Grand River (and Grand Avenue) from our old Lansing Center location.

Just a few short miles west of downtown Lansing, adjacent to I-496, the LCC West Campus is a brand new, state-of-the-art technical educational facility. Check out LCC's West Campus here.

Link to a downloadable printable Adobe PDF map and directions to LCC's West Campus here

ARA Campus Dining will be offering us a cold cuts buffet with salads, pasta, drinks and dessert.





If you'd like to be on our mailing list, make your request to arallyofwriters@att.net

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The new source of
official
Rally emails will now be arallyofwriters@att.net.
Any email sent with the domain address @arallyofwriters.com will (I hope) be automatically redirected to arallyofwriters@att.net, where it will be read and answered (if the forwarding system works!).

--Mark Wolfgang, Rally Webmanager


Michigan Humanities Council
This program is funded in part by Michigan Humanities Council,
an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities,
and Gibson's Books and Beans




 
Local Writing Groups & Michigan Writers' News
Peninsula Writers is a mid-Michigan writers organization with roughly 100 members, which sponsors writing retreats and conferences every year, including "Writing Camp Heaven" the third week of June and a weekend retreat in September at Glen Lake in the Leelanau Peninsula, plus a winter weekend retreat in Grand Haven, and Saturday spring conference (currently held in East Lansing). Visit the website for more details. There are always a few small groups in process, from Holland to St. Johns. Contact Small Group Coordinator Rich Travis at peninsulawriters@att.net

The Skaaldic Society is an informal group of Lansing area writers who meet on the second Wednesday of every month at Lansing Community College's Arts & Sciences Building (on the Washington Mall at Shiawassee Street), Room 165, from 6:30 till roughly... whenever.  For more information and a schedule, visit the Skaalds' website at www.skaalds.com for the latest updates or write to the Rally web manager via the link below.

An excellent list of local Lansing area writing groups can be found
on the Capital Area District Library website here!
Anyone having other information on writing groups and events, please let me know.
arallyofwriters@att.net







Links, Local and Otherwise

Schuler Books & Music
Meridian Mall and Eastwood Towne Center

Capital Area District Library

Be sure to visit the Curious Book Shop, 307 E. Grand River,  East Lansing
www.curiousbooks.com

Also check out the Mid Michigan Chapter of the Romance Writers of America

also Writers Digest and Writers Digest Conference Listings

Lansing.org