Our Online Feedback Clinics are for writers of all levels and are ideal if you prefer a flexible writing schedule.
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 for a one-day workshop. If you’re more confident in your drafting skills, you can choose to focus solely on the feedback rounds.
Find out more about how these clinics are run by reading the Frequently Asked Questions here.
Short Story with Julie Koh
Workshop: Saturday 10 February 2024, 10am – 4pm
Submission deadlines: Pieces of up to 1000 words due Tuesdays 9 April, 14 May, 11 June
In this clinic, Julie Koh will introduce exercises and techniques for drafting strong short stories, focusing on elements including plot, character and voice. You’ll form a community with your peers, commenting on one another’s work and receiving feedback that helps you move forward with short fiction.
Creative Non-Fiction with Sam Van Zweden
Workshop: Sunday 11 February 2024, 10am – 4pm
Submission deadlines: Pieces of up to 1200 words due Thursdays 11 April, 16 May, 13 June
In this online course, develop your non-fiction prose under the mentorship and supervision of Sam van Zweden. You’ll have an opportunity to concentrate on developing your own non-fiction with expert advice before submitting short pieces or excerpts and receiving feedback, developing your work and identifying opportunities and areas for improvement. This online course actively encourages sharing of your work with your cohort as well as with the tutor.
Online Poetry Clinic with Elena Gomez
Workshop: Sunday 25 February 2024, 10am – 4pm
Submission deadlines: Poems of up to 80 lines due Tuesdays 9 April, 14 May, 11 June
There are no rules in poetry, which means dialogue with other poets and discussion of your drafts is vital to developing your own sense of poetic form and style. In this course, you’ll learn to draft poems while forming a community with other poets working in a range of different ways, under the expert guidance of Elena Gomez. After a day-long workshop on drafting, you’ll submit poems and receive feedback each month.
Children’s Books with Jane Godwin
Workshop: Sunday 3 March 2024, 10am – 4pm
Submission deadlines: Pieces of up to 1200 words due Thursdays 11 April, 16 May, 13 June
This online course offers a full-day workshop which will provide you with ways to approach your writing, plus targeted, personalised feedback on your work from Jane Godwin, an experienced publisher and author of over forty books for young people. The course runs over four months and you can submit the same piece of work multiple times or a different work each session. If you are keen to workshop your writing with other writers, as well as receive specific feedback from Jane, then this is the opportunity for you!