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On Friday, June 12, 2009, a select group of poets (maximum of 6) will come to this place: 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 as well as editor and publisher Jeffrey Levine (Tupelo Press). COLRAIN POETS SPEAK! Conference attendees share thoughts from our first six conferences. And, we already have success stories: So far 26 Colrain manuscripts have been taken for book publication. Read our PUBLICATION NEWS.

The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference is able to provide the faculty, connections, and method necessary to produce the first poetry conference realistically designed to set poets with a manuscript-in-process on a path towards publication. Poets will also get a look into the poetry publication world and make important contacts as a result. In preparation, poets will work on pre-conference assignments and then in workshops with poet Joan Houlihan to review, arrange, and winnow their collections based on the pre-conference work. In addition to the manuscript preparation and evaluation workshops, there will be evening poetry readings and publication strategy session.

Please review our criteria for who should participate and who should not.

The acquisition editors attending the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference represent prestigious poetry presses. Their bios, as well as more information on the workshop leaders can be found here.

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