Teaching levels

Most of our courses and workshops accommodate writers with a wide range of experience, but some are specifically designed for beginners or more practised poets. Here are our definitions:

Absolute beginner? Download our 'How to Write Poetry' course (£10) for some no-nonsense basic advice to get you writing.

Beginner - someone who is in love with words, and wants to start arranging the best of them into the best order. You may have written a few poems already, and you'll have an idea about who your favourite writers are.

Intermediate - have you been writing for a few years or more, and are you ready to submit poems to magazines and competitions, or perform at readings? Perhaps you do so already.

Advanced - are you on your way to a large portfolio of your own writing, and becoming confident about what you want to say and how you want to say it? Are you thinking about a pamphlet, or a first collection, or headline spots at poetry readings?