Is This Conference Right For You?
Yes:
If you have a book-length (or chapbook-length) poetry manuscript that has placed as finalist, semi-finalist, or has received feedback from a publisher that it is close to publication and/or If you have attended a previous Colrain conference and wish to confirm revisions to your manuscript before re-submitting to presses, or if you have a new manuscript you wish to submit for evaluation.
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. (The conference does include critiques of individual poems only 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, and to give participants a unique and 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 a further, in-depth reading at their press. The editorial session does not constitute an official submission to an editor, nor is the conference a "talent scouting" event. It is a concentrated, post-MFA and/or post-manuscript education.
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