Craft in community; the commitment you and your poetry are looking for to progress.
£260.00 *
£260.00 *
Craft in community; the commitment you and your poetry are looking for to progress.
£55.00 *
The working poet - what nobody tells you about organising your poetic practice, and the poetry it inspires.
£300.00 *
Intimate monthly seminars with Sascha Akhtar on Zoom, diving into her specialist area of Decolonial, embodied performance Praxis.
£45.00 *
Turn everyday details into striking poems in this beginner-friendly workshop exploring voice, perspective, and creative ways into writing.
The Poetry School and UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage are delighted to announce the winner of The Laurel Prize 2026 is Fiona Benson for her collection Midden Witch (Jonathan Cape). Fiona has been awarded £5,000 and a four-night writing retreat in mid-Wales courtesy of 2026 prize partners Write Within. WHAT THE JUDGES SAY “Fiona Benson’s…
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Welcome to our Forward Prizes 2026 ‘How I Did It’ series. This year we asked poets shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best Collection to write about the inspiration behind one of the poems from their book. Here’s Sarah Howe on what inspired her to write the poem ‘A History of my Relationship with my…
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Writing about death in poetry can be extremely challenging, so Sascha Akhtar, who is teaching her course Somebody’s Walking Over My Grave this October, has put together some tips for finding the right words to use in your writing. 1. Feel Emotion is frowned upon in Western culture, both in our workspaces, often within family…
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We can’t all be dreamy and disorganised writers – some of us have to know how to send an invoice. Christy Ku, who is running her course The Business of Poetry this Autumn, is here to provide practical knowledge to support your creative self as a working writer. 1. Create a payments tracker When you…
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Fiona Benson has been shortlisted for this year’s Laurel Prize 2026! Read more about her and her poem ‘Bluebells’ from her collection Midden Witch. Image credit: Jessica Farmer of Perspectives Photography About Fiona Fiona Benson lives in Devon with her husband and their two daughters. Midden Witch is her fourth collection and was preceded by Bright Travellers (Seamus Heaney Prize for…
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