Poetry Manuscript

So, you think you are ready to publish your poetry manuscript, but are you really? If you are a beginning poet, chances are that you are not ready for a manuscript publication. If you have been writing poetry for years, but have not established any legitimate publishing credits, chances are your manuscript is not ready for publication. While looking around on the web for articles related to poetry manuscripts, I found a website for the Colrain Poetry Manuscript conference which takes place in November of this year and again in January 2010.  After reading over their requirements, here is what I’ve determined makes a person ready for manuscript publication.

• You have a book-length poetry manuscript.
• You’ve been submitting your poetry to contests and presses for publication.
• You’ve had poetry and publishing professionals review your work for honest, unbiased feedback and you’ve used the feedback.

Personally, I have not yet entered my poetry into any contests. While I have submitted my works to presses for publication, I’ll be honest and admit I’ve only done that once or twice. So by the standards listed on their website, it would appear I’m not ready for publication. But, despite that, I think I would be a good participant in their conference, simply for the fact that I am genuinely interested in an unbiased evaluation and feedback of my work.  It may be worthwhile to look at attending the conference, especially if you are going after a first time full-length publication. I suspect their feedback would be worth the time and cost.

It is a limited group in size, so I suggest you contact them soon to be accepted into their conference. At the very least, by attending you will walk away with invaluable feedback that you can apply to making your poetry manuscript the best it can be.

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