The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference is the only writers' conference focused entirely on book-length poetry manuscripts. Founded by poet
Joan Houlihan
Joan Houlihan is an American poet. She is the author of six books, most recently ''It Isn't a Ghost if it Lives in Your Chest'' (Four Way Books), winner of the 2021 Julia Ward Howe Award. Her other books are ''Shadow-feast'' (Four Way Books, 2018) ...
, the conference is held 9-10 times a year in locations around the United States and consists of book-length and chapbook-length poetry manuscript reviews by editors and publishers from established poetry presses, including
Graywolf Press
Graywolf Press is an Independent publisher, independent, non-profit publishing, publisher located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Graywolf Press collaborates with organizations such as the Co ...
,
Four Way Books
Four Way Books is an American nonprofit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well ...
,
Persea Books,
Omnidawn,
Barrow Street Press
''Barrow Street'' was a twice-a-year American poetry magazine founded in 1998 and based in New York City. The small journal published prominent poets and its poems have been reprinted in anthologies such as The Best American Poetry series.
Some o ...
and others, along with poets and editors including conference founder
Joan Houlihan
Joan Houlihan is an American poet. She is the author of six books, most recently ''It Isn't a Ghost if it Lives in Your Chest'' (Four Way Books), winner of the 2021 Julia Ward Howe Award. Her other books are ''Shadow-feast'' (Four Way Books, 2018) ...
(
Lesley University
Lesley University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of 2018-19 Lesley University enrolled 6,593 students (2,707 undergraduate and 3,886 graduate).
History ...
),
Fred Marchant (
Suffolk University
Suffolk University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. With 7,560 students (includes all campuses, 7,379 at the Boston location alone), it is the eighth-largest university in metropolitan Boston. It was founded as a l ...
) and
Ellen Doré Watson (
Smith College
Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith (Smith College ...
).
See also
*
List of writers' conferences
This is a list of worldwide authors' conferences for writers of all genres.
Europe
Bulgaria
* Sozopol Fiction Seminars – Sozopol
France
* Paris Writers Retreat – Paris
Iceland
* Iceland Writers Retreat – Reykjavík
Ireland ...
References
Interview, Massachusetts Poetry Festival* Poets & Writers Magazine, March/April, 2010
* Writer's Digest, December 8, 2008
External links
Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference SiteNew PagesAWP Directory of Conferences
American writers' organizations
Writers' conferences
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