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Putting Together A Poetry Book
A ​Virtual Seminar


Many poets are eager to release their first book of poetry. But hand in hand with the eagerness comes multitudes of questions. What size should the book be, a chapbook or a full length collection? How should I structure the poems? Is a theme necessary? How do publishers like a poetry book to be submitted? Do I never need to use a traditional publisher? What about the cover? 

The publishers of Local Gems Press who have produced over 200 poetry titles are here to answer all these questions and more. 



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Next Virtual Seminar:
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In This Seminar You Will Learn:

The Components of a Poetry Book

~Learn all the parts of a poetry book and how to get them and structure them. 

How To Organize Your Poems

~ Explore the idea of whether or not your book should have a theme, and how to go about organizing your poems for publication. 

The Differences Between a Chapbook and a Full Length Collection

~ Learn about the pros and cons of each and why you might want to choose one or the other for your specific goals. 

How To Submit Your Book To Publishers

~ Learn about manuscript format, and the best ways to send your poetry manuscript to publishers, or if you even need a publisher and decide to self-publish your manuscript. 

and much more...


How Does It Work?

Purchase your ticket. Follow paypal's link back here to a private web broadcast set for the time scheduled. Two hours before the seminar you will be emailed a slide presentation. You can read it in advance, and use it to follow along on the live broadcast. During the broadcast there will be time allotted for questions and answers. Everyone signed up will be given the teleseminar number to call, and questions will be answered in order of call-in. 

What If I Can't Make The Time?

Got something the time of the live broadcast? The benefits of being virtual is flexibility. Everyone who signs up will be given a downloadable audio file of the live seminar once the seminar is complete. Have a question you still want answered even if you can't call in? Email it to us before the broadcast and we will answer it live. 

Tickets: Seminar Full 

On the left tell us your name, email address (a real one, because that's how we will send you the information you will need) and tell us what you are most interested in learning in the virtual seminar. 

​Once you submit the form, you will be taken to the order page where you will be able to purchase your ticket to the seminar. 

Tickets Close Feb 12th at Midnight EST
​(Or when full.) 

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