We've Only Just Begun: Publishing Poetry After 65 with Jo Ann Mort

This workshop is geared to those of us who began publishing later in life or who are contemplating publishing later in life.  Whether you are 50, 60, or 70, join this workshop for a dive into how to promote and publish your work. Since getting poetry published often emanates from ties we make in college and soon after, in graduate writing programs and hanging out at readings more likely populated by a younger cohort, writing while older — or rather, breaking into publishing our work while older—can be difficult. 

This workshop will focus on how to build and sustain a community later in life, how to identify and reach out to publishers, and how to create a narrative for yourself that will catapult you into the poetry publishing universe. We’ll discuss ideas about which journals we find interesting, share stories and ideas for pitching literary and poetry journals and magazines, discuss…