Join Sean West, founding editor of Blue Bottle Journal and a celebrated poet out of Meanjin, for this nuts-and-bolts workshop on all things publishing. In this one-hour workshop, Sean will guide you through the process of getting your green poems from page to publication, all the while overthrowing harmful publishing gatekeepers.

In this session, discover where to start sending your work, how to tailor your submission to an editor’s tastes, the do’s and don’ts of submissions etiquette, and how to overcome and reframe rejections.

A recurring theme throughout Sean’s career has been the cultural democratisation of poetry and publishing, smashing the gate-keeping structures that have upheld a power imbalance in the industry for far too long. Jump into this workshop and discover how to resist and liberate yourself from unhelpful and outdated publishing pathways and where to forge new, innovative connections.

Supporting each other through safe and accessible community is the aim of the game here!