Crafting and Marketing a Series

April 24, 2026
Independent Press Awards BookCAMP
Newark, NJ

Poet Lee Woodman will demonstrate how she created the umbrella, “SCAPES” for her poetry collections and how it spurs marketing. Her session at BookCAMP will show how she brings color and personality to a body of work. Woodman will share craft ideas that apply to all genres for place, character, and narrative, and discuss key elements of branding and outreach. Focus will include promotion calendars, blurbs and reviews, dynamic websites, presentations, mailings, and the importance of being a good writing citizen.

Workshops

POETRY WORKSHOP AT BARD COLLEGE

June 6-27, 2025
35 Henderson Circle Drive
Bard College, NY 12504

The Power of Poetry, Literature & Writing
Instructor(s) : Lee Woodman, Nina Lynch & Eleanor Wieder

Featured Events

Turning Art into Poetry with Lee Woodman

Saturday, Nov. 1 / 11am-1pm
Starr Library, Rhinebeck, NY
Community Room

Come explore the thrill of Ekphrasis (from the Greek word Description). A word hard to say, but easy to explain. Ekphrastic Poetry is poetry written in response to various forms of art—usually visual art, but also music, dance, theater. In this workshop, we will dive into several artworks, read the work of masters of ekphrastic poetry, noting their vivid descriptions and masterful language. Open to both experienced writers and beginners, we will practice the art of “slow looking” (staring!) and practice some creative writing exercises, which will likely lead to new insights and discoveries. Poet Lee Woodman, author of the “Scapes” collections of poetry, will guide participants through a deep joy of art and celebration of new interpretation through the magic of words.

Poetry and Prose: From New Delhi to New Hampshire 1952-1962

December 9, 2025 / 7-8:30pm
Poet Lore Editor, Emily Holland, interviews Lee Woodman about “Colorscapes”
The Writer’s Center
Bethesda, MD

The Writer’s Center welcomes poet Lee Woodman for a reading from her new collection, Colorscapes. Lee is joined by Emily Holland, poet and editor of Poet Lore, America’s oldest poetry journal.

NYC POETRY FESTIVAL

July 12 & 13, 2025
#NYCPoFest  #PWR  #PrintedWordReviews

Personal Transformation 2020-2021: A Poetry Reading from Lifescapes by Lee Woodman

October 13, 2021 /  7-8 PM
Bitter Grace Boutique
526 8th St. SE, Washington, DC

Owner Anne Marie Johnson and guest poet, Lee Woodman, discussed her collection about a fictional artist emerging from the darkness of a broken relationship during COVID and global crises.

Lifescapes Interview with Jane Rosenberg LaForge

August 17, 2021 / 6 PM ET
Virtual Event The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD

Lee Woodman, winner of the 2020 William Meredith Prize for Poetry, read poems from her new collection, Lifescapes. Novelist and poet, Jane Rosenberg LaForge, led a discussion with Lee and audience members about significant life issues: divorce, Covid, writers’ view of the future.

The Woodmans Present

July 20, 2021 / 3:45 PM ET (By invitation)
Arbor Ridge, Rhinebeck, NY

Sisters Betsy (novelist), and Lee (poet), read from their books. Betsy reads from “Jana Bibi’s Excellent Fortunes” and Lee from “Homescapes.” Both works reflect their ten years of growing up in India.

Readings sponsored by The Writer’s Hotel and The New Guard Journal, ME:

• June 2017 – The Bowery Poetry, NYC
• June 2018 – The Bowery Poetry, NYC
• June 2019 – The Bowery Poetry, NYC