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A Poetry Manuscript Conference That Looks Promising
18 December 2007, the poet @ 8:39 pm

If you are looking for a conference that will help you prepare a manuscript for publication then I’d like to point you to an upcoming conference that looks promising. It’s called The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference.

Starting January 18, 2007, the conference looks like it will provide attendees with real benefit. Conference attendees will get a chance to meet and work with editors from some well-known publishing houses such as Tupelo Press, Ausable Press, and Graywolf Press. Conference faculty include Chase Twichell, co-editor of The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach, a book I absolutely loved reading, Jeffrey Shotts, Jeffrey Levine, Joan Houlihan, and Fred Marchant.

The conference will take place at the Brandt House in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The conference’s website describes it as perfect for anyone who has a poetry book manuscript that is finished or nearly finished. I’d attend the conference myself but the fee is $1,295 until December 21, 2007 and goes up $100 after the. The chances of a first book of poetry earning that much in return for a poet are pretty slim, so I think I’ll pass. But I’m sure this conference is right for someone.

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