Fortnightly Feedback with Edward Doegar

Knock loose poems into shape with some concentrated feedback from poet, critic, and tutor, Edward Doegar.

Do you have a heap of poems that just won’t work, no matter how many revisions you make? Our Fortnightly Feedback course provides a place for improvement of left-for-dead poems in need of resuscitation. Submit drafts once a fortnight for advice and feedback from your peers, before giving a final draft to the tutor for detailed comment, criticism, and direction. These courses are ideal for those looking to get a selection of poems ready for magazine submission.

*This is a feedback-only course, with no generative assignments, intended for workshopping pre-existing poems*

12 Jan – course start
26 Jan – 1st poem submission (feedback from tutor posted by 2 Feb)
9 Feb – 2nd poem submission (feedback from tutor posted by 16 Feb
23 Feb – 3rd poem submission (feedback from tutor posted by 2 Mar)
9 Mar – 4th poem submission (feedback from tutor posted by 16 Mar)
23 Mar – 5th poem submission (feedback from tutor posted by 30 Mar)

Submit 5 poems (no more than 1 side of A4 per poem) for detailed feedback over the 11 weeks. No live chats. Suitable for UK & International students.

Concessions & Accessibility

To apply for a concession rate, please send relevant documentation showing your eligibility for one of our concessions to [email protected]. Conditions of eligibility are detailed here. If you have any questions or wish to be added to the waiting list of a sold-out course, please email [email protected].

What to Expect

Please check the left hand side of this page for information on how this course works in practice, under the heading ‘Course Style‘. If you’re unsure as to what any of the terms there mean, or if this course is a good fit for you, please visit our What to Expect page which includes some further information on how our courses function.

About Edward Doegar View Profile

Edward Doegar is a poet and editor based in London. He was the commissioning editor for the Poetry Translation Centre between 2019 and 2022 and is a consulting editor at The Rialto. His works include For Now (clinic; 22017), Adaptation (Kelder Press; 2022), a collaboration with the artist Shakeeb Abu Hamdan, and, most recently, sonnets (Broken Sleep Press; 2024).

"On this course I really learned not to compare myself and my work so much against others, but to work in my own voice and make what I'm doing the best version of itself. Everyone was so good, and different from each other -- what a pleasure to read all that new poetry. I feel like I learn new things on every course."

- Summer 2025 Survey Response

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