Tutorials

Open up your poems to individual critical attention. A one-to-one session with a poet can give you personalised feedback on a selection of your work, advise you on submitting to magazines, discuss translation issues or help you with the preparation of a manuscript - tell us your particular requirements and we'll find someone to help at a convenient time and place for you.

"Last month I used the Poetry School's individual tutorial facility. The tutor [David Constantine] was most helpful. He had clearly read my poems before the meeting and, clearly, had given them considerable thought. I came away feeling that I had just had a master class in how poetry works and how poets should set about developing their craft. Thank you."

(Michael Mackay - student)

Tutorials can either take place in person or via email or post.

• Email (or postal) tutorials cost £85 for a c1,000 word critique of a 200 line submission of poetry. How you want to fill in the lines is up to you.
• Tutorials in person cost £85 and this fee is for an hour of tutor preparation time, and an hour meeting, based on a submission of 200 lines of poetry.

Poets who give tutorials are Moniza Alvi (Norfolk/ Wymondham), Simon Barraclough (London), Linda Black (London), Rachael Boast (Bristol), Alison Brackenbury (email only), Kayo Chingonyi (London), Martyn Crucefix (London), Robert Vas Dias (London), Carrie Etter (Bath), Katy Evans-Bush (London), Helen Farish (email only), Graham Fawcett (London), Nigel Forde (Yorkshire), Linda France (Hexham/Newcastle), Judy Gahagan (London), John Glenday (Inverness), Eve Grubin (London), Emma Hammond (London), Jenny Lewis (Oxford), Grevel Lindop (Manchester), Aoife Mannix (London), Karen McCarthy-Woolf (London), Anna Robinson (London), Myra Schneider (London), Seni Seneviratne (Sheffield), Kathryn Simmonds (London), Rommi Smith (Leeds), Todd Swift (London), Alice Kavounas (Penzance), Julian Turner (Manchester), Jack Underwood (London), Clive Watkins (West Yorkshire), Susan Wicks (Kent), Sam Willets (Gloucester), Jane Monson (Cambridge), Anne Wittman (London, performance coaching only) and Tamar Yoseloff (London). 

Visit Our Tutors for more information about our tutors and their biographies, this will help you find a tutor you'd like to work with. 

How to book

We pair students and tutors up through a combination of the former’s interests, skills and preferences and the latters’ availability.There are two ways to book a tutorial.

Via Email: Please email administration@poetryschool.com with 'tutorial request' in the subject line, and we'll send you a short questionnaire to get a better idea of your personal requirements, interests and skills before the session. It also helps us understand what sort of tutorial you are looking for so that we can deliver the best guidance for your poetry we can.

Online: Alternatively click on the 'Add to Basket' button below to complete the questionnaire online and pay for the tutorial.