During the month of May, Black Lawrence Press author David Rigsbee is on board to critique poetry manuscripts. David, the author of 21 books and chapbooks, has been recipient of two creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has appeared in AGNI, The American Poetry Review, The Georgia Review, The Iowa Review, The New Yorker, The Iowa Review, The Ohio Review, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, The Sewanee Review, The Southern Review, and many others.
David is accepting single poems, folios, chapbooks, and full-length collections for critique. The fees and parameters for each of these categories is as follows:
- Single poems, up to 2 pages in length, $25
- Folios of up to 5 poems, not to exceed 7 pages in length, $55
- Chapbooks, up to 40 pages in length, $225
- Full-length collections, up to 80 pages in length, $350
All manuscripts should be formatted in 12-point font. The deadline to submit work for this consultation program is May 31. David will complete his work and respond to all participants by June 30.