Upcoming: The Colrain Intensive
The Brandt House, Greenfield, MA | Jan. 17 – 20, 2014
A small (maximum 8), select group of poets will come to a turn-of-the-century Colonial revival estate, nestled in the pioneer valley of Western Massachusetts, and there they will work closely with poet and conference founder Joan Houlihan (Lesley University) and Martha Rhodes (Four Way Books). Intensive open only to Colrain alums and/or finalist or semi-finalist in a manuscript competition or equivalent. Those with previous book publication also considered.
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The Colrain Classic
White House Inn, Wilmington, Vermont March 28 – 31, 2014
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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 a book-length or chapbook-length manuscript are welcome to apply.
Peter Covino
Barrow Street Press
Daniel Tobin
Emerson College
Jeffrey Levine
Tupelo Press
Joan Houlihan
Conference Founder / Lesley University
DoubleTake (new)
The Brandt House, Greenfield, MA
April 10 – 14, 2014
DoubleTake is a new Colrain offering that provides feedback on participants’ poems by two faculty members each day. This is not a manuscript conference, but rather a small master class that gives participants the chance to hear their work (up to 6 poems) analyzed by two faculty members separately and then to hear both faculty members discuss the work together. All poets working at an intermediate or advanced level are welcome to apply. Maximum of 8.
Joan Houlihan
Conference Founder / Clark University, MFA Low-Residency Creative Writing Program, Lesley University
Martha Rhodes
Sarah Lawrence College, MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, Four Way Books
Daniel Tobin--Guest Speaker
Emerson College
The Colrain Classic
White House Inn, Wilmington, Vermont
May 16 – 19, 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 a book-length or chapbook-length manuscript are welcome to apply.
Fred Marchant
Suffolk University
Jeff Shotts
Graywolf Press
Joan Houlihan
Conference Founder / Lesley University