BIRMINGHAM, Mich., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Community House, a nonprofit organization in Birmingham, MI dedicated to cultural, social and educational enrichment, will be launching the first annual "Elmore Leonard Literary Arts and Film Festival," November 10-13, 2010. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100608/DE17760LOGO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100608/DE17760LOGO ) The multifaceted event will include a competition for screenwriters and filmmakers as well as a separate teen short story contest for students, ages 13-18 years.

The Western Writers of America has announced its plans to honor author Elmore Leonard for his lifetime contribution to the genre. Leonard, 83, wrote the novel Hombre, as well as the short stories Three-Ten to Yuma, The Captives, The Boy Who Smiled and The Tonto Woman.

By Oline H. Cogdill "Quiver" by Peter Leonard (Thomas Dunne Books/St.

"Quiver" by Peter Leonard; Thomas Dunne Books/St.

By Bill Mcgraw, Detroit Free Press Jan. 30--Elmore Leonard, Class of '43, returned to the University of Detroit Jesuit High School Tuesday to have lunch and talk to students. Leonard talks like he writes: Short. Punchy. Witty. Ribald. Interesting.