The Poet’s Guide to Publishing: How to Conceive, Arrange, Edit, Publish and Market a Book of Poetry

This guide to publishing poetry is designed for the poet on a journey from producing a pile of poems to celebrating at a book launch. If you have been writing poetry for some time and have accumulated a volume of work, this guide is designed to meet you where you are in your book creation or publication process. It is organized into five sections to mimic the distinct phases of conceiving, arranging, editing, publishing, and promoting a poetry collection. Each section provides a mix of theoretical materials and practical assignments to demystify and ground the publication process.

Katerina Stoykova is the founder and senior editor of Accents Publishing, where she has selected, edited, and published more than 100 poetry collections. She also serves as the director of the Kentucky Book Festival, the Director for the Center of the Book in Kentucky and hosts the Accents podcast on WUKY 91.3 in Lexington.