New Fall Manuscript Class

Well, my summer poetry manuscript class is winding down, and it went really well, so I am going to offer it again for the fall.

Wish you had someone to read over your poetry manuscript before you send it out to this year’s contests and open submissions? This eight-week class is limited to five writers and will start October 1. It’s run on a private blog and discussion board (so your work can’t be searched or googled) and you will get feedback on your poetry book (or chapbook) manuscript as it develops over eight weeks from both me and your classmates, and you’ll be reading and commenting on your classmates’ manuscripts as well. We’ll cover topics like organization, style, publishing, and filling in the gaps in your manuscript. We’ll do some writing exercises and one (short) book review. It’s going to be $300 for eight weeks. Any questions? Leave a comment! If you’re interested, send a short bio and a sample of your work – a couple of poems – to me at jeannine.gailey@live.com.

Oh yes…you want to know who I am? Well, let’s see, here’s my bio: Jeannine Hall Gailey is the author of Becoming the Villainess, published in 2006 by Steel Toe Books. Poems from the book were featured on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor, Verse Daily, and in 2007’s The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. She’s also the author of the upcoming She Returns to the Floating World, which will be published by Kitsune Books in late 2011. She won the 2007 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize and was awarded a 2007 Washington State GAP grant. She teaches part-time at National University’s MFA program, volunteers for Crab Creek Review, and has published reviews, interviews, and articles for Poets & Writers online, The Poetry Foundation web site, and the 2010 and 2011 Poet’s Market.