Beginning in 2012, for an additional fee of $575, the Advanced Seminar will offer to a limited number of participants the opportunity to discuss a full-length poetry manuscript with Seminar Director Patrick Donnelly. Participants who chose this option will come to the Seminar a day or two early for this purpose. Donnelly's extensive editorial experience includes his time as associate editor with Poetry International, as contributing editor of the online scholarly journal Trans-Portal, and a decade (1999-2009) as Associate Editor with Four Way Books. He has offered manuscript review to numerous authors since 2002, including those who have gone on to publish their books, and is a knowledgeable and experienced mentor on publishing issues. The review will take the form of a detailed conversation about your manuscript, which can be recorded for your future reference.
If you are interested in scheduling a manuscript review, please let us know in your cover letter with your application. Upon acceptance for the Seminar, you will be asked to make an additional $100 deposit to schedule the review. If you would like to know more about the review format or have other questions, please email Patrick Donnelly directly.
"A job well done! You've said that your editing services don't guarantee the publication of a book, but that's exactly what they did for me! I'm writing with the wonderful news that the manuscript Freak Show…was just picked up by Black Lawrence…. I could never have gotten to this milestone without your feedback. Your comments were my rudder." —Valerie Bandura Finn
"Hiring Patrick Donnelly is one of the best professional decisions that I've made. Patrick's line edits gave me definitive insight into poems that I'd been revising for years, and I'm deeply grateful for his advice on organizing my manuscript as a whole. Patrick's criticisms were sensitive, thoughtful, and completely to the point. Patrick is one of a kind." —James Arthur, author of Charms Against Lightening, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press
"…[T]hank you so very much for giving me such rich, HELPFUL, VITAL suggestions…I especially savored your critique of the sections where I need more work, where you indicate where and why the poems are not yet fully realized…Your advice…has given me a clear path toward revision." —James Richardson
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