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On Friday, November 12, a small (maximum 10), select group of poets 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 and Martha Rhodes (Four Way Books). Attendees share thoughts from our conferences: COLRAIN POETS SPEAK! The Colrain manuscripts taken for book publication so far: PUBLICATION NEWS!.

The Colrain Mauscript Intensive is a very small (maximum, 10), select, highly focused, 3-day conference designed for the evaluation and discussion of book-length manuscripts by editors and publishers. The intensive features in-depth pre-conference work and candid, realistic evaluation and feedback from decision-makers.

In preparation, particpants will work on pre-conference assignments and then in workshops to review, arrange, and winnow their collections based on the pre-conference work in preparation for editorial consultation. In addition to the manuscript preparation workshop and editor consultation, there will be editorial Q&A, and after-conference strategy session.

NOTE: The Intensive also includes a pre-conference manuscript reading by Joan Houlihan.

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

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

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