Chloe Elliott (Poetry School)Our Autumn Term is now live! We have a whole host of brilliant tutors and poetry courses ready for you to pick from and, as they tend to sell out really fast, we’ve made this Autumn 2026 Quick Course Guide to help guide you to the right course.
Online Courses
INTERNATIONAL
Asynchonrous Online courses with no “Live” elements, suitable for students in all time zones.
Location, Location, Location – scouting the power of poetics where we are.
Explore how the world of prose can offer fresh new perspectives on your poetry and vice versa.
Once upon a poem, making your own mythologies poetic as folk.
A Mythopoetic course exploring Archetypal Gods as inspiration for your own poems.
Distance makes the poetry grow stronger – writing yourself back home.
Writing away from convention and towards making memoir memorable.
Ekphrastic People; making/looking/making, art as poetry trampoline.
Writing form-forward work by looking at formally inventive work old and new.
Nature poetics beyond capturing the scene.
TRANSREADING
Transcend culture, languages, and genres to write poems and translations in response to wide readings.
Get inspired by nonhuman ways of Being to create innovative, more-than human poetic work.
Re-imagine Homer’s cast of Olympians, sea-monsters, Lotus Eaters, and mere humans with Emily Wilson’s ground-breaking translation.
Making space – poetry of the experimental and visual.
Get inspired in this survey of contemporary Middle Eastern poetry.
MASTERCLASS
Advanced and in-depth poetry courses focusing on craft and theory.
Against closure – writing like you’re not sure if you mean it.
There’s a lot happening globally – but let’s not give up on the world just yet.
Poetry and the line –poetic lineation for the nation.
Now that’s what I call sound poetry – expand your poetic mind with a joyful guided listen to the best of sound poetry.
FEEDBACK
Receive thoughtful critiques of 5 poems from your peers and an esteemed tutor.
Knock loose poems into shape with some concentrated feedback from poet, editor, and tutor, Natalie Whittaker.
STUDIOS
Short, intensive poetry courses focusing on writing and inspiration.
Conjure, invoke, charm, and create with the raw magic of poetic language.
Oh speaker, my speaker. Varying the narrator – personae with potential.
Get Cuter. The doe-eyed and dangerous does poetic drama.
The splendidly soggy: writing the wondrous of the wild and the wet.
Video/In-Person
SHORT COURSE
Spark your creativity and take your first steps into the world of poetry!
Join a supportive community for close reading and developmental feedback on your new poems!
Listen closely to language and explore the effects of poetry’s metrical engine in your own work.
Waking the dead – buried treasure in the poetics of the passed.
1-2 DAY WORKSHOPS
What nobody tells you about organising your poetic practice, and the poetry it inspires.
Breaking type – poetry that confounds the printers.
Horrible Poetries.
PATHWAYS
Pathways Through Poetry is our structured programme for poets, running over two years and comprising of 6 x termly modules of 10 sessions, each with a different focus and curriculum. Each module builds on the previous one and aims to give students a thorough journey through, and grounding in, poetic craft, technique, and culture. If you have any questions about the programme please email [email protected].
A blank page – do or don’t? The first module in our Pathways Through Poetry series. Jump in and we’ll guide you through the journey to poetic success!
The second module in our Pathways Through Poetry series: ‘Syllable, Stress and Metre’. Take the next step on your journey to poetic success! You can only book this course if you completed Pathways Module 1. If you did not attend this workshop last term, please email us at [email protected].
The third module in our Pathways Through Poetry series: ‘Forms and the Performance of Forms’. Take the next step on your journey to poetic success! You can only book this course if you completed Pathways Module 2. If you did not attend this workshop last term, please email us at [email protected].
3 TERM COURSES
Please note our Advanced Workshops are by application only, so if you are a new student or wishing to book a workshop with a tutor you haven’t worked before, please send across 3 samples of your poetry to [email protected] before you book your place.
Develop your writing through discussion and feedback in this advanced workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou. Application only.
Challenge yourself, explore contemporary poetry’s cutting edge, and elevate your own writing. Application only.
Mix up your writing and learn new skills and techniques with Jacqueline Saphra.
Bring your writing to the next level and explore contemporary poetry’s cutting-edge.
An exciting advanced workshop group with the much-loved Rachel Long and the benefit of special guest tutors each term. Application only.
An exciting advanced workshop group with the much-loved Rachel Long and the benefit of special guest tutors each term. Application only.
Our long-running weekly workshop with Tim Dooley, for poets looking to develop their individual voice and technique.
An advanced weekly workshop group with the inimitable Mark Waldron. Application only.
Craft in community; the commitment you and your poetry are looking for to progress.
A thrilling year-long deep dive into Asian diasporic work with expert tutors, poet Q&As, and the chance to perform yourself! Application only.
New week, new work! Responding to generative guidance from the finest of prompts with Natasha Hakimi Zapata.
Join this group for close discussion of your writing with acclaimed poet, Richard Price. Application only.
Monthly all-day Saturday workshops with Kathryn Simmonds.
If you’d like to read more about what each course offers, please visit our Courses page. If you need any information on concessions or bursaries, please have a look through our Financial Support page or send an email to [email protected] and we’d be happy to help.
Happy booking!
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