College of Poetry

Northeast Poetry Center Announces Spring Workshops

The Northeast Poetry Center’s College of Poetry has announced two workshops to be offered during the summer term to run from March 17 until May 5. Each workshop will meet for two hours a week during the eight week course in the rear room of 7 West Street in Warwick. Enter by the door on the right side of the building. Tuition for each is $150. Enrollees are regarded as “guest poets,” and workshops are presented in a casual and open manner designed to be useful for writers of all levels of experience.

8 Week Session: AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF POETRY: LET’S PUT TOGETHER A CHAPBOOK with Lynn Hoins

Saturdays 10 AM – 12 PM

In this experiential workshop, the process of putting together a poetry manuscript of about 16 to 24 pages (a chapbook) will be the main focus. Production of the manuscript as a book will be explored, as well as the possibilities of self-publishing vs traditional publishing. Approaches for the individual poet to become savvy at marketing will also be discussed. In the course of eight weeks discussion will focus on the history of chapbooks, the 4 page rule, bindings, signatures (not how we sign our names), front and back matter, and other things we need to know to make a book. Examples of chapbooks and turning the poems brought to class into a mini-book will be explored. How writing and marketing go hand in hand will be investigated, as well as talk about theme, length, and message for the book and corresponding marketing techniques. Lastly, the planning of all this hard work and success in the culmination of a book party will be explored. Mostly, a good time will be had by all!

LYNN HOINS is the author of You Were Always Music, which deals with love and loss. Her new chapbook, Called by Stones, is inspired by her long association with Pacem in Terris. She writes award-winning fiction and poetry.

Tuition: $150 per eight session course. To register contact

William seaton – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 845-294-8085

Courses held at northeast poetry center, a non-profit corporation

7 west street warwick, ny 10990