Dorset Prize Tip #3: A Doorway to Keep Going by Sandra Meek

We asked former Dorset Prize Winners to share their tips on “Making Your Dorset Manuscript.” Here, Sandra Meek, 2006 Dorset Prize Winner and author of “Biogeography” (Tupelo Press, 2008), shares her encouraging advice on beginning, ending, and letting go of your poetry manuscript: If you’re reading this, you’ve likely been here before, casting your manuscript into the … Read more

Dorset Prize Tip #2: Less is More by Ilya Kaminsky

We asked former Dorset Prize Winners to share their tips on “Making Your Dorset Manuscript.” Here, Ilya Kaminsky, 2002 Dorset Prize Winner and author of “Dancing on Odessa” (Tupelo Press, 2004), shares his laconic advice on curating your poetry manuscript: My advice is simple: make a very short book wherein every single poem works. Think of it … Read more

Dorset Prize Tip #1: Finding an Arrangement by Jeffrey Harrison

We asked former Dorset Prize Winners to share their tips on “Making Your Dorset Manuscript.” Here, Jeffrey Harrison, 2011 Dorset Prize Winner and author of “Into Daylight” (Tupelo Press, 2014), shares his sage advice on arranging your poetry manuscript: “The poem should be a mixture of revelation and arrangement,” Charles Wright has said. So, ideally, should … Read more