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Saturday June 12, 2010. - Michele Williams will be doing a brief reading from her book Happy Girl Michele, tales of a true renaissance woman at 11 AM Sat (June 12) at the Columbia College tent at Harrison and Dearborn.
Also on Saturday, you will be able to see Michele under the IWPA tent at the Chicago Tribune's Printers Row Lit Fest. Stop by and she will gladly sign your copy of Happy Girl Michele.
Her book’s website is www.blurb.com.

Monday, November 25, 2009. - East Lansing, Mich. - Lana Weiss Brown of Bourbonnais, IL., has received the prestigious Crystal Apple Award from Michigan State University's College of Education.

Lana was among 21 outstanding educators to receive the honor during the Crystal Apple Awards Dinner Nov. 29 at the Kellogg Canter in East Lansing. She was nominated by Cassandra Book... MORE

Saturday, October 17, 2009, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. IWPA members Mary T. Wagner (Running with Stilettos) and ); Rachel Madorsky (Symphony of Your Karma and Create Your Own Destiny); will be among nine Chicago authors sharing their stories at “Meet the Authors Day” at the Beverly Library ( 1962 W. 95th St. , Chicago ). This is co-sponsored by Beverly Library and the Chicago Writers Association of which another IWPA member Randy Richardson (Lost in the Ivy) is the current president.

Jan Lisa Huttner dressed up for a Labor Day trip to Hull-House in honor of American Girl's new Rebecca Rubin doll.

	For more info: Chicago Yivo

The third official "Jane Addams Day" in Illinois will be December 10, 2009. Among her many accomplishments, Jane Adams was one of the founding members of IWPA.

July 28, 2009 Mary T.Wagner, author of Running With Stilettos was interviewed on southeastern Wisconsin's, The Morning Blend.

The Morning Blend
Guest: Mary T. Wagner author
Running with Stilettos
Living a balanced life in dangerous shoes
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 9:00 am
Channel TMJ4

Watch Mary T.Wagner, award winning author of Running With Stilettos will be interviewed by Commissioner Frank Avila on Avila Book Talk. The broadcast can be found on Chicago's community cable channel 19, CAN-TV on Friday, August 14, 2009 at 9:30 pm, and on Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 4:30 pm. It is already available on the internet via this link: http://blip.tv/file/2299349

Avila Book Talk
Running with Stilettos
Host: Commissioner Frank Avila
Guest: Mary T. Wagner
Author, Running with Stilettos
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Channel 19

www.runningwithstilettos.com

Congratulations to Suzanne Hanney, she is the 2009 Silver Feather Award honoree. Suzanne is Editor-in-Chief of Streetwise, the No.1 street newspaper in North America according to the North American Street Newspaper Association. Suzanne accrued the most total points for her winning entries which included four First Place, three Second Place and one Honorable Mention for her columns, special articles and feature stories in the “Non-Daily Newspaper”, “General”, “Social Issues”, “Government and Politics”, “History”, and “Physical and Mental Health, Fitness, Self Help” categories.

Congratulations to Lana Brown, she is the recipient of the 2009 Communicator of Achievement Award from the Illinois Woman’s Press Association (IWPA). Lana will represent Illinois as its nominee for the National Communicator of Achievement Award from the National Federation of Press Women. Brown serves IWPA as its First Vice President and Program chair.

Congratulations to Mary Wagner, author of Running with Stilettos: Living a Balanced Life in Dangerous Shoes just picked up a Silver award in the "humor" category of the national 2009 IPPY competition (Independent Publisher Book Awards). Woo hoo! This comes on the heels of the book taking first place just this past Saturday for "non-fiction biography/autobiography" in the Illinois Woman's Press Association 2009 communications contest.
www.runningwithstilettos.com

Congratulations to Dr. Margaret L. Young was recently awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at Bradley University. Young has been a member of NFPW for 25 years and an IWPA member for 20 years. She has been responsible for many new student members through the years, encouraging them to enter the Communications Contest to build their portfolios. She has worked in the field for more than 30 years as a deejay, actress, reporter, designer/account rep, and advertising/public relations director. An award-winning writer, she has co-authored three books and has contributed many articles for both academic/popular journals across North America.

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