Is This Conference Right For You?
Yes:
If you feel you have a complete or nearly complete book-length poetry manuscript and you want honest feedback from an editor at an established poetry press. If you are still in the process of completing a manuscript, you might attend for a different reason as described below.
Yes:
If you've been working on your collection for a few months or a few years (or more) and you feel you need a candid assessment to determine whether or not you are headed in the right direction. Perhaps you are not sure about the organization, state of completeness, the narrative "arc", (or whether you need one), the strength of individual poems, the opening and closing sections, and so on, and/or you've received conflicting advice about these matters. Working with workshop leaders who are also current or former editors and then consulting with an established poetry press editor/publisher who is focused on your work enables you to determine the right direction at this point in your manuscript cycle.
Yes:
If you wish to learn more about the poetry publishing business from editors and publishers in an atmosphere that allows for productive interaction.
No:
If you are looking for workshops that focus on study, line-by-line critiques, and/or hands-on exercises that demonstrate the application of poetic craft, this conference will not be comprehensive enough to benefit you (though the conference does include critiques of individual poems insofar as they further the purpose of the manuscript as a whole, and depending on time).
No:
If you are not looking for honest evaluation.This conference is designed to provide poets an opportunity to show their work to top editorial professionals, to give a realistic look "behind the curtain" of the editorial decision-makers, and, most importantly, to give the poet honest--and useful--feedback.
No:
If you expect an on-the-spot acquisition decision from an editor. Editors will be doing initial evaluation of your manuscript only, providing candid feedback and a determination as to its suitability for publication and/or further reading. The editorial session does not constitute an official submission to an editor.
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