Online Poetry Workshops, Conferences & Bulletin Boards
Want to talk about poetry or get feedback on your own work? Visit these boards & workshops to find the Net poetry community that suits you.
How to Unblock! Write first time, every time!
A list of suggestions to get you writing poems again when you're blocked. About Poetry Guide Bob Holman has lots of ways to unblock, tap your poetic springs, get the poems flowing, write first time, every time.
A list of suggestions to get you writing poems again when you're blocked. About Poetry Guide Bob Holman has lots of ways to unblock, tap your poetic springs, get the poems flowing, write first time, every time.
About Poetry Forum
Part workshop, part coffeehouse, part reference library... our own Poetry Forum is a fine place to post your poems for comment, participate in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition, tap the collective wisdom of a growing group of poets & verbivores, & talk about poetry, performance and publication.
Part workshop, part coffeehouse, part reference library... our own Poetry Forum is a fine place to post your poems for comment, participate in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition, tap the collective wisdom of a growing group of poets & verbivores, & talk about poetry, performance and publication.
The Albany Poetry Workshop
This writing group began with face-to-face workshops in Albany, California, but they have quite successfully recreated the workshop online: Check the syllabus for reading & writing assignments, submit your own poems with questions for discussion & critique, or go straight to the forums to view the posted poems & comments.
This writing group began with face-to-face workshops in Albany, California, but they have quite successfully recreated the workshop online: Check the syllabus for reading & writing assignments, submit your own poems with questions for discussion & critique, or go straight to the forums to view the posted poems & comments.
Algonkian Poetry Workshops
Since 2002 former InterBoard Poetry Competition judge Joan Houlihan has been running these paid workshops at webdelsol. At Algonkian, The Art of Poetry begins with craft & critique, then moves on through “portfolio-building” to “manuscript preparation.”
Since 2002 former InterBoard Poetry Competition judge Joan Houlihan has been running these paid workshops at webdelsol. At Algonkian, The Art of Poetry begins with craft & critique, then moves on through “portfolio-building” to “manuscript preparation.”
Alien Flower
“Where poetry lovers practice poetry.” Now hear this text. Write now! A self-guided wordshop with poetry lessons, exercises, essays, a forum & a newsletter. Hie thee, Birdcage!
“Where poetry lovers practice poetry.” Now hear this text. Write now! A self-guided wordshop with poetry lessons, exercises, essays, a forum & a newsletter. Hie thee, Birdcage!
Blueline Poetry Forum
The New Blueline Poetry Forum asks that its members critique at least three other poems for every one that they post. It’s hosted by a staff of regulars plus a rotating “guest moderator” each month.
The New Blueline Poetry Forum asks that its members critique at least three other poems for every one that they post. It’s hosted by a staff of regulars plus a rotating “guest moderator” each month.
Cafe Utne
Cafe Utne is the “salon” offered by Utne Reader Online. You’ll have to join & get a password to read & post in the conferences, but it’s free & the Motet conferencing software is easy to use. When you get in, go to the literature conference & dive into one of the many poetry topics.
Cafe Utne is the “salon” offered by Utne Reader Online. You’ll have to join & get a password to read & post in the conferences, but it’s free & the Motet conferencing software is easy to use. When you get in, go to the literature conference & dive into one of the many poetry topics.
The Gazebo
Under the wing of The Alsop Review, The Gazebo provides discussion space for poems & critiques & also hosts paid online classes with Jaimes Alsop, Kim Addonizio, Jack Foley, Claudia Grinnell & R.J. McCaffery.
Under the wing of The Alsop Review, The Gazebo provides discussion space for poems & critiques & also hosts paid online classes with Jaimes Alsop, Kim Addonizio, Jack Foley, Claudia Grinnell & R.J. McCaffery.
Kalliope Online Poetry Workshop
Anitra Freeman’s email workshop offers original exercises in an open-ended format: new ones are periodically posted, members can do the exercises in whichever order works for them & then post their work to the email list for critique.
Anitra Freeman’s email workshop offers original exercises in an open-ended format: new ones are periodically posted, members can do the exercises in whichever order works for them & then post their work to the email list for critique.
The Melic Review RoundTable
The RoundTable, moderated by Melic Review editor C.E. Chaffin, had a good reputation for craft commentary & has been revived in a new location.
The RoundTable, moderated by Melic Review editor C.E. Chaffin, had a good reputation for craft commentary & has been revived in a new location.
Naropa Online
Naropa University’s online campus offers writing courses from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, including Lisa Jarnot’s Poetry Workshop - Great Companions.
Naropa University’s online campus offers writing courses from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, including Lisa Jarnot’s Poetry Workshop - Great Companions.
trAce Online Writing Centre
trAce, based at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, offers many avenues for writers to connect online: Web-based conferences for discussion & critique, an email list, a MOO for live meetings, a series of cyber-writers-in-residence (Christy Sheffield Sanford, Alan Sondheim, Alan MacDonald) & lots more. It’s a vibrant & vital nexus.
trAce, based at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, offers many avenues for writers to connect online: Web-based conferences for discussion & critique, an email list, a MOO for live meetings, a series of cyber-writers-in-residence (Christy Sheffield Sanford, Alan Sondheim, Alan MacDonald) & lots more. It’s a vibrant & vital nexus.
The WeLL Poetry Conference
The WeLL has long been known as a haven on the Net for intelligent conversation in threaded, hosted conferences. You have to become a member of the WeLL to get into the poetry conference, but it’s a great space to post your poems for comment or discuss anything & everything with other poets & poetry lovers.
The WeLL has long been known as a haven on the Net for intelligent conversation in threaded, hosted conferences. You have to become a member of the WeLL to get into the poetry conference, but it’s a great space to post your poems for comment or discuss anything & everything with other poets & poetry lovers.
WriteNet Virtual Workshop
The Teachers & Writers Collaborative’s WriteNet Web site has hosted four online workshops moderated by Hoa Nguyen, with exercises teachers can adapt for their own workshops & a forum where you can read the exercises & comments.
The Teachers & Writers Collaborative’s WriteNet Web site has hosted four online workshops moderated by Hoa Nguyen, with exercises teachers can adapt for their own workshops & a forum where you can read the exercises & comments.
Writer’s Block
Writer’s Block, which calls itself “the kinder, gentler BBS (with an attitude),” is the poetry discussion board of the multifarious webdelsol & one of the founding online forums in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition.
Writer’s Block, which calls itself “the kinder, gentler BBS (with an attitude),” is the poetry discussion board of the multifarious webdelsol & one of the founding online forums in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition.
Writers List (MIT)
Mike Barker, otherwise known as “tink,” runs this subscription listserv -- perfect for those who want to participate in a wide-ranging Internet conversation about writing via text email rather than graphics-intensive Web pages. Or use the Web version of exercises contributed by members of the list as your own private self-service workshop.
Mike Barker, otherwise known as “tink,” runs this subscription listserv -- perfect for those who want to participate in a wide-ranging Internet conversation about writing via text email rather than graphics-intensive Web pages. Or use the Web version of exercises contributed by members of the list as your own private self-service workshop.
Zeugma Poetry Workshop
Zeugma is a workshop consisting of submissions & critiques, plus an ancillary discussion forum & weekly chat sessions, open to “serious” poets by application only.
Zeugma is a workshop consisting of submissions & critiques, plus an ancillary discussion forum & weekly chat sessions, open to “serious” poets by application only.