Our Online Feedback Clinics are for writers of all levels and are ideal if you prefer a flexible writing schedule.
Find out more about how these clinics are run by reading the Frequently Asked Questions here.
Workshop and feedback rounds
For the full experience, sign up for the workshop and feedback rounds. The workshop will introduce the topic and your tutor. You’ll then submit your own work for feedback from the tutor and your peers over the next three months via an online forum.
If you’d prefer to just dip a toe into the clinics, you can sign up just for a one-day workshop.
Start Your Novel with Alice Robinson
Workshop: Saturday 22 February, 10am – 4pm
Submission deadlines: Pieces of up to 1200 words due Tuesdays 25 March, 22 April, 20 May, 17 June
In this online workshop and feedback clinic, award-winning author Alice Robinson will give you the tools you need to start (and finish) your novel. After the one-day workshop, you’ll receive feedback on your project to help you develop a sustained writing practice. At the end of this workshop and feedback clinic you’ll be on track to continue to work on your manuscript.
Crime Fiction with Ruth McIver
Workshop: Sunday 23 February, 10am – 4pm
Submission deadlines: Pieces of up to 1200 words due Wednesdays 5 March, 2 April, 7 May.
In this online workshop and feedback clinic, award-winning author Ruth McIver will give you the tools you need to create page-turning crime fiction. After the workshop, you’ll receive online feedback on your project, enabling you to improve your skills over three months. This online course actively encourages sharing of your work with your cohort as well as with the tutor.
This clinic is suited for writers who are working on a crime fiction project.
The feedback component of this course is delivered via our online forum.
Online Feedback Rounds
Short Story Online Feedback
with Rashida Murphy
Submission Deadlines: Pieces of up to 1,500 words due Tuesdays 18 March, 15 April, 13 May, 10 June.
A short story ought to sustain both attention and imagination—a great short story leads the reader into a world where attention to detail is sustained by economy, complexity and depth. Rashida will provide targeted, individual feedback to improve your writing. This may include comments on plot, character, development and structure. Each month writers will be encouraged to focus on different aspects of the narrative form to create layered, nuanced stories. Some word prompts and links to specific texts may be provided to explore the links between language and form. Submit four stories or work on the same one through the clinic.
This online course takes place in our online forum.
Poetry Online Feedback
with Manisha Anjali
Submission deadlines: Poems of up to 60 lines due Tuesdays 18 February, 18 March, 15 April, 13 May
Join a supportive community of writers and cultivate your practice under the guidance of poet Manisha Anjali (Naag Mountain, Giramondo, 2024). Over four months (February to May), submit a poem each month and receive feedback from Manisha and your peers. Between submission rounds, your tutor will share insightful readings to inspire and inform your practice.