Plans are underway for the MHS Conference in the Fall of 2013.
The weekend conference will be held Oct. 4-6, 2013 at the Odawa Hotel in Petoskey. Watch this web site for the program details when available.
Also see Hemingway Society recap of the 2012 "UP IN MICHIGAN" conference
The Michigan Hemingway Society held its 22nd annual weekend conference October 14-16, 2011, at the Odawa Hotel in Petoskey.
The 2011 writing contest “Hemingway's Waters: Exploring the Depths” was a very popular event with a dozen outstanding entries. Congratuations to the winners. (To read the stories click on the title.)
1st Place: The River's Best by Chris Weston
2nd Place: The Water Scrape by Joseph Meany
3rd Place: Rowing by Jerri Gillette
Contest organizers Diane Fox and Susan Lightcap shown with the winners. 
Diane Fox, Joe Meany, Chris Weston, Jerri Gillette, Susan Lightcap
Click below for the
2011 FALL CONFERENCE PHOTO GALLERY
Thanks to Art Wagner and Susan Lightcap for these pictures.
If you have more pictures for the gallery just sent them to webmaster@michiganhemingwaysociety.org
The MHS membership year runs from January through December, and we encourage you to renew your membership at the beginning of each calendar year. However, if you have not yet sent in your 2012 membership dues please do so. Membership is $20 per calendar year for an individual, or $30 per year for a family (two adults at the same address). We also encourage you to support our organization by becoming a patron at $50 or more per year.
Click HERE for a Membership Form
Paper, printing, and postage costs increase every year. If you can help us by reading your newsletter online at our website (www.michiganhemingwaysociety.org) so that we can cut back on our mailing costs, please let us know. Contact me (Nancy Nicholson – MHS, Box 922, Petoskey, MI 49770 or email info@michiganhemingwaysociety.org) if you wish your name removed from the mailing list.
From time to time we offer news or announcements via e-mail on our MHS list-serve, hosted by Michigan Tech and Board Member Jack Jobst. The list-serve may also be used by any member to offer questions, make announcements, or to initiate discussions. If you are not a member of the list and would like to sign up, send an e-mail to sympa@mtu.edu. In the subject line write subscribe mihemsoc-L
A limited number of these DVD's are still available. The DVD includes Michigan sites of his stories and life, interviews of scholars and family as well as many historical photos. Created by Central Michigan University, Michigan Council for the Humanities, and the Michigan Hemingway Society (a CMU/WCMU-TV/PBS production). To order, please send $25 (includes shipping and handling) to: Nancy Nicholson - P.O. Box 922 - Petoskey, Michigan 49770
