This is the original: a three-and-a-half-day total immersion into the poetry manuscript. Faculty includes a variety of nationally-renowned and carefully selected poet-editors and publishers. Work with the best for the best results!
Our unique, realistic method of manuscript evaluation sets poets with manuscripts-in-progress on a path toward publication. Poets also get a look into the publication world and make important contacts with leading editors, teachers, and publishers.
- Stimulating pre-conference assignments
- Small group analysis with leading poet-editors
- Real-time enactment of process with renowned publishers
- Publication panel & readings
-Gracious, inspiring surroundings & gourmet meals
The Colrain Classic
The Quintessa Estate, Whidbey Island, Washington June 6 – 9, 2014
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A select group of poets will bring their completed or in-progress manuscripts to the Quintessa Estate in Whidbey Island, Washington. In a spacious estate in view of the Puget Sound, they will meet and work with nationally known poets, publishers, and editors. All poets with an in-progress book-length or chapbook-length manuscript are welcome to apply.
Joan Houlihan
Conference Founder/Lesley University
Fred Marchant
Suffolk University
Rusty Morrison
Omnidawn Press
Jeff Shotts
Graywolf Press
The Colrain Classic
White House Inn, Wilmington, Vermont
July 25 – 28, 2014
A select group of poets will bring their completed or in-progress manuscripts to the White House Inn in Wilmington, Vermont. In a majestic Victorian estate set on the crest of a high, rolling hill and surrounded by trees and formal flower gardens, they will meet and work with nationally known poets, publishers, and editors. All poets with an in-progress book-length or chapbook-length manuscript are welcome to apply.
Joan Houlihan
Conference Founder / Lesley University
Stephen Motika
Nightboat Books
Martha Rhodes
Four Way Books
Ellen Dore Watson
Smith College
The Colrain Classic
Truchas, New Mexico | September 19 – 22, 2014
A select group of poets will bring their manuscripts to this spacious house, newly constructed in the adobe style of the region, midway between Taos and Santa Fe, with panoramic views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and meet and work with nationally known poets, publishers, and editors. All poets with an in-progress book-length or chapbook-length manuscript are welcome to apply.
Richard Greenfield
Co-founder / Publisher Apostrophe Books
Joan Houlihan
Conference Founder / Lesley University
Fred Marchant
Poet-Editor / Suffolk University
Hilda Raz
Editor / University of New Mexico Press Poetry Series