TUPELO WRITING CONFERENCES
Finding Homes for your Poems and Manuscripts!
Whether you’re heading toward a full-length manuscript, preparing individual poems for submission to literary journals, or wanting to push your writing to a new level for the pleasures of mastery and self-reliance, here is a don’t-miss opportunity to learn the twenty principles you need to get your poems to that new place (and find good homes for them), brought to you in an intimate setting by one of the most highly acclaimed of editors and publishers in the country.
Tupelo Press holds writers’ conferences throughout the year. Browse our offerings below:
PERFECTING THE MANUSCRIPT We have been offering our manuscript conferences for ten years. Over 100 books of poetry have been published by conference participants, many in the last three years! 2025 Manuscript Conference Dates August 1st – 4thSeptember 26th – 29th Fall dates to be announced! Our Wildly Popular Zoom-Based Poetry Manuscript Conference from […]
Join us for our six-week, online, Master Poetry Workshop. This workshop, which will be led by Tupelo Press Publisher and Artistic Director Jeffrey Levine, is offered at times throughout the year. Summer dates: September 7th – October 19th Workshop meet for six Sundays from 11am to 1pm, Eastern Time, no workshop on September 28th. Each […]
Fall Dates for 2025: October 31st – November 3rd The Tupelo Truchas Poetry Conference began as a writer’s retreat at a cherished location, Truchas Peaks Place in Truchas, New Mexico. Over the years we have built a powerful writing workshop and formed a warm community of faculty and alumni. Learn What Sets Tupelo Press Conferences Apart. […]
Four Days of Revelations New Online Conference For Writers in all Genres! Check back for future scheduling! Let us provide you with dynamic alternatives to the unrelenting grind of submitting work over and over again, everywhere, with fingers crossed. Learn a new model for taking charge of your destiny as a writer. During each conference, faculty Jeffrey […]
From Jeffrey Levine of Tupelo Press Jeffrey Levine Many poets have asked me recently about the Tupelo Press Writing Conferences: what sets them apart from other manuscript workshops and writing retreats? What can I expect to come away with? It’s important to me (and might be to you) to distinguish what Tupelo Press Writing […]
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