Applications are OPEN 1 November – 1 December 2023 for Out-Spoken Academy - Standard Course (Feb–March 2024)
We are delighted to announce the next term of our Out-Spoken Academy Course, taking place over six weeks this winter, with tutors Pascale Petit, Wayne Holloway-Smith and Anthony Anaxagorou. Below you’ll find information about the course and how to apply.
Course dates: Monday 5 February – Friday 15 March (inclusive)
What is Out-Spoken Academy?
Our six-week long intensive poetry course offers the perfect opportunity for committed poets to work closely with award-winning tutors in a focused, supportive environment and take their poetry practice to the next stage.
At the heart of our course is the high level of active teaching hours you’ll receive, with two-hour workshops twice a week (7–9pm UK each Monday and Friday), as well as a weekly peer-feedback workshop (7–9pm UK, Wednesdays) and weekly individual tutorials, all delivered online in the evenings.
Workshop-based teaching and the high level of contact time means you'll receive plenty of feedback and have the opportunity to connect with your tutors and fellow students.
Our Tutors, Pascale Petit, Wayne Holloway-Smith and Anthony Anaxagorou have worked together to specifically tailor an integrated course syllabus to help you develop your practice from first draft to final poems. Throughout the course, the tutors will rotate each week, allowing you to benefit from their individual expertise and highly acclaimed perspectives.
If you feel ready to develop your voice and craft through a period of sustained focus with some of the country’s most lauded poets and educators, then apply now.
Course Outline
Tutors: Pascale Petit, Wayne Holloway-Smith and Anthony Anaxagorou
Duration: 6 weeks
Dates: 5 February 2024 – 15 March 2024
Each week will comprise:
- two two-hour workshop sessions from 7–9pm UK each Monday and Friday,
- a weekly peer-feedback workshop from 7–9pm each Wednesday,
- a scheduled half hour individual tutorial on a Tuesday or Thursday.
The programme is designed around a weekly tutor rotation. You will receive two weeks of teaching and tutorials from each tutor.
Workshops and tutorials will be delivered via Zoom. You will have access to a dedicated classroom space on Padlet, where you will be able to access course materials and ask any questions, and a separate Padlet board where you can share poems, feedback and discussion with other students.
Course delivery is wholly online. We welcome applications from students anywhere in the world, but applicants should note that all teaching is provided in evenings UK time.
This course is selective and strictly limited to twenty places.
Read more from our tutors about the what you can expect from the course on our Academy webpage here.
Our Tutors
Our tutors are renowned practising poets with over a decade of experience in teaching and mentoring:
Pascale Petit was born in Paris and lives in Cornwall. She is of French, Welsh, and Indian heritage. Her eighth collection of poetry, Tiger Girl (Bloodaxe, 2020), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize and for Wales Book of the Year. Her seventh, Mama Amazonica (Bloodaxe, 2017), won the inaugural Laurel Prize and the RSL Ondaatje Prize. Four previous collections were shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Pascale was a co-founder of The Poetry School, has been Chair of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Laurel Prize, and led popular poetry workshops at Tate Modern for nine years. Her debut novel, My Hummingbird Father, is due from Salt in 2024 and her ninth collection, Beast, from Bloodaxe in 2025.
Wayne Holloway-Smith has published two collections of poetry. The second, Love Minus Love (Blooodaxe 2020), was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and the Ledbury Munthe Prize. He won the National Poetry Competition in 2018 and The Poetry Society's Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2016. He lectures at the University of Hertfordshire, teaches for The Poetry School, and is the current editor of The Poetry Review.
Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator. He has published three volumes of poetry, one collection of short stories along with a craft book entitled How To Write It. His latest poetry collection, Heritage Aesthetics (Granta, 2022), won the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2023. He is the founder and artistic director of Out-Spoken Live, a monthly poetry and music night held at London’s Southbank Centre. He’s also the publisher at Out-Spoken Press and founder of Propel Magazine.
Pricing and Bursary Places
The course fee is £1200, payable in full prior to the course start date. Details of our payment and cancellation policy can be found in our Terms & Conditions.
We are pleased to be able to offer two bursary places, with fees fully covered, to low income writers. If you cannot afford the course fees and would like to be considered for a bursary place, DO NOT APPLY HERE — PLEASE COMPLETE THE BURSARY PLACE APPLICATION HERE: https://out-spoken.submittable.com/submit/277026/out-spoken-academy-bursary-application-standard-course-feb-march-2024
No evidence of financial circumstances is required.
How to Apply
The Academy course is selective and limited to eighteen places and two bursary places.
If you would like to apply, please complete an application through our Submittable portal here.
The application requires a covering note, setting out briefly how you feel the course would benefit your poetry practice, and a sample of 3–5 poems. If you would like to be considered for one of our two bursary places for low income writers please apply here:
All completed applications will be reviewed by the tutors.
Applications close at 11.59pm (UK) on FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER 2023.
Applicants will be notified of results during the week commencing Monday 18 December 2023.
Please read our Terms & Conditions and take a look at our FAQs here, before applying.
Applications are OPEN 1 November – 1 December 2023 for Out-Spoken Academy - Standard Course (Feb–March 2024)
We are delighted to announce the next term of our Out-Spoken Academy Course, taking place over six weeks this winter, with tutors Pascale Petit, Wayne Holloway-Smith and Anthony Anaxagorou. Below you’ll find information about the course and how to apply.
Course dates: Monday 5 February – Friday 15 March (inclusive)
What is Out-Spoken Academy? Our six-week long intensive poetry course offers the perfect opportunity for committed poets to work closely with award-winning tutors in a focused, supportive environment and take their poetry practice to the next stage. At the heart of our course is the high level of active teaching hours you’ll receive, with two-hour workshops twice a week (7–9pm UK each Monday and Friday), as well as a weekly peer-feedback workshop (7–9pm UK, Wednesdays) and weekly individual tutorials, all delivered online in the evenings.
Workshop-based teaching and the high level of contact time means you'll receive plenty of feedback and have the opportunity to connect with your tutors and fellow students.
Our Tutors, Pascale Petit, Wayne Holloway-Smith and Anthony Anaxagorou have worked together to specifically tailor an integrated course syllabus to help you develop your practice from first draft to final poems. Throughout the course, the tutors will rotate each week, allowing you to benefit from their individual expertise and highly acclaimed perspectives.
If you feel ready to develop your voice and craft through a period of sustained focus with some of the country’s most lauded poets and educators, then apply now.
Course Outline
Tutors: Pascale Petit, Wayne Holloway-Smith and Anthony Anaxagorou Duration: 6 weeks Dates: 5 February 2024 – 15 March 2024 Each week will comprise:
- two two-hour workshop sessions from 7–9pm UK each Monday and Friday,
- a weekly peer-feedback workshop from 7–9pm each Wednesday,
- a scheduled half hour individual tutorial on a Tuesday or Thursday.
The programme is designed around a weekly tutor rotation. You will receive two weeks of teaching and tutorials from each tutor.
Workshops and tutorials will be delivered via Zoom. You will have access to a dedicated classroom space on Padlet, where you will be able to access course materials and ask any questions, and a separate Padlet board where you can share poems, feedback and discussion with other students. Course delivery is wholly online. We welcome applications from students anywhere in the world, but applicants should note that all teaching is provided in evenings UK time. This course is selective and strictly limited to twenty places. Read more from our tutors about the what you can expect from the course on our Academy webpage here.
Our Tutors
Our tutors are renowned practising poets with over a decade of experience in teaching and mentoring:
Pascale Petit was born in Paris and lives in Cornwall. She is of French, Welsh, and Indian heritage. Her eighth collection of poetry, Tiger Girl (Bloodaxe, 2020), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize and for Wales Book of the Year. Her seventh, Mama Amazonica (Bloodaxe, 2017), won the inaugural Laurel Prize and the RSL Ondaatje Prize. Four previous collections were shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Pascale was a co-founder of The Poetry School, has been Chair of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Laurel Prize, and led popular poetry workshops at Tate Modern for nine years. Her debut novel, My Hummingbird Father, is due from Salt in 2024 and her ninth collection, Beast, from Bloodaxe in 2025.
Wayne Holloway-Smith has published two collections of poetry. The second, Love Minus Love (Blooodaxe 2020), was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and the Ledbury Munthe Prize. He won the National Poetry Competition in 2018 and The Poetry Society's Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2016. He lectures at the University of Hertfordshire, teaches for The Poetry School, and is the current editor of The Poetry Review.
Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator. He has published three volumes of poetry, one collection of short stories along with a craft book entitled How To Write It. His latest poetry collection, Heritage Aesthetics (Granta, 2022), won the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2023. He is the founder and artistic director of Out-Spoken Live, a monthly poetry and music night held at London’s Southbank Centre. He’s also the publisher at Out-Spoken Press and founder of Propel Magazine.
Pricing and Bursary Places
THIS IS THE APPLICATION FOR BURSARY PLACES.
We are pleased to be able to offer two bursary places, with fees fully covered, to low income writers. If you cannot afford the course fees and would like to be considered for a bursary place, please continue to complete the application here. No evidence of financial circumstances is required.
How to Apply
The Academy course is selective and limited to eighteen places and two bursary places. If you would like to apply, please complete an application through our Submittable portal here.
The application requires a covering note, setting out briefly how you feel the course would benefit your poetry practice, and a sample of 3–5 poems.
THIS IS THE APPLICATION FOR A BURSARY PLACE. If you would like to apply for a STANDARD PLACE, please use the application form here: https://out-spoken.submittable.com/submit/277025/out-spoken-academy-standard-course-feb-march-2024
All completed applications will be reviewed by the tutors.
Applications close at 11.59pm (UK) on FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER 2023.
Applicants will be notified of results during the week commencing Monday 18 December 2023.
Please read our Terms & Conditions and take a look at our FAQs here, before applying.
Applications are OPEN 1 November – 1 December 2023 for the Out-Spoken Academy Mini course
Our brand new Academy Mini course!
Learn from tutors Joelle Taylor and Malika Booker over a focused four-week course, with two-hour workshops twice weekly and an individual tutorial each week.
Dates: 6 Feb–29 Feb 2024
Classes: Tuesday & Thursday, 7-9pm UK
Tutorials: 30 minute scheduled one-to-one tutorial each week
Dive into our four-week Academy Mini course with award-winning poets Malika Booker and Joelle Taylor, to deepen and energise your practice. The Academy Mini offers the time and structure for a month’s intensive focus on your poetry. The programme is designed around a weekly tutor rotation. You will receive two weeks of teaching and tutorials from each tutor.
Workshops and tutorials will be delivered via Zoom. You will have access to a dedicated classroom space on Padlet, where you will be able to access course materials and ask any questions.
Course delivery is wholly online. We welcome applications from students anywhere in the world, but applicants should note that all teaching is provided in evenings UK time.
The Course Fee is £600. We are pleased to offer two fully-funded bursary places for low-income writers.
This course is selective and strictly limited to twenty places. Applications are open from 1 November to 1 December 2023, via cover note and poem sample through our Submittable.
Our Tutors
Our tutors are renowned practising poets with many years of experience in teaching and mentoring:
Joelle Taylor is the author of 4 collections of poetry. Her most recent collection C+NTO & Othered Poems won the 2021 T.S Eliot Prize, and the 2022 Polari Book Prize for LGBT authors. C+NTO is currently being adapted for theatre with a view to touring. She is a co-curator and host of Out-Spoken Live at the Southbank Centre, and tours her work nationally and internationally in a diverse range of venues, from Australia to Brazil. She is also a Poetry Fellow of University of East Anglia and the curator of the Koestler Awards 2023. She has judged several poetry and literary prizes including Jerwood Fellowship, the Forward Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. Her novel of interconnecting stories The Night Alphabet will be published by Riverrun in Spring of 2024. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the 2022 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year. Her most recent acting role was in Blue by Derek Jarman, which was directed by Neil Bartlett and featured Russell Tovey, Jay Bernard, and Travis Alabanza. Blue sold out its run across the UK and more dates are expected for the future.
Malika Booker is an international writer whose work is steeped in anthropological research methodology and rooted in storytelling. Her writing spans poetry, theatre, monologue, installation, and education. Clients and organisations she has worked with include Arts Council England, BBC, British Council, Wellcome Trust, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Arvon, and Hampton Court Palace.
Pricing and Bursary Places
The course fee is £600, payable in full prior to the course start date. Details of our payment and cancellation policy can be found in our Terms & Conditions.
We are pleased to be able to offer two bursary places, with fees fully covered, to low income writers. If you cannot afford the course fees and would like to be considered for a bursary place, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR A BURSARY PLACE DO NOT USE THIS FORM, PLEASE COMPLETE THE APPLICATION HERE: https://out-spoken.submittable.com/submit/277028/academy-mini-bursary-application-feb-2024
No evidence of financial circumstances is required.
How to Apply
The Academy course is selective and limited to eighteen places and two bursary places.
If you would like to apply, please complete an application through our Submittable portal here.
The application requires a covering note, setting out briefly how you feel the course would benefit your poetry practice, and a sample of 3–5 poems.
If you would like to be considered for one of our two bursary places for low income writers please apply here: https://out-spoken.submittable.com/submit/277028/academy-mini-bursary-application-feb-2024
All completed applications will be reviewed by the tutors.
Applications close at 11.59pm (UK) on FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER 2023.
Applicants will be notified of results during the week commencing Monday 18 December 2023.
Please read our Terms & Conditions and take a look at our FAQs here, before applying.
Applications are OPEN 1 November – 1 December 2023 for the Out-Spoken Academy Mini course
Our brand new Academy Mini course!
Learn from tutors Joelle Taylor and Malika Booker over a focused four-week course, with two-hour workshops twice weekly and an individual tutorial each week.
Dates: 6 Feb–29 Feb 2024
Classes: Tuesday & Thursday, 7-9pm UK
Tutorials: 30 minute scheduled one-to-one tutorial each week
Dive into our four-week Academy Mini course with award-winning poets Malika Booker and Joelle Taylor, to deepen and energise your practice. The Academy Mini offers the time and structure for a month’s intensive focus on your poetry. The programme is designed around a weekly tutor rotation. You will receive two weeks of teaching and tutorials from each tutor.
Workshops and tutorials will be delivered via Zoom. You will have access to a dedicated classroom space on Padlet, where you will be able to access course materials and ask any questions.
Course delivery is wholly online. We welcome applications from students anywhere in the world, but applicants should note that all teaching is provided in evenings UK time.
The Course Fee is £600. We are pleased to offer two fully-funded bursary places for low-income writers.
This course is selective and strictly limited to twenty places. Applications are open from 1 November to 1 December 2023, via cover note and poem sample through our Submittable.
Our Tutors
Our tutors are renowned practising poets with many years of experience in teaching and mentoring:
Joelle Taylor is the author of 4 collections of poetry. Her most recent collection C+NTO & Othered Poems won the 2021 T.S Eliot Prize, and the 2022 Polari Book Prize for LGBT authors. C+NTO is currently being adapted for theatre with a view to touring. She is a co-curator and host of Out-Spoken Live at the Southbank Centre, and tours her work nationally and internationally in a diverse range of venues, from Australia to Brazil. She is also a Poetry Fellow of University of East Anglia and the curator of the Koestler Awards 2023. She has judged several poetry and literary prizes including Jerwood Fellowship, the Forward Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. Her novel of interconnecting stories The Night Alphabet will be published by Riverrun in Spring of 2024. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the 2022 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year. Her most recent acting role was in Blue by Derek Jarman, which was directed by Neil Bartlett and featured Russell Tovey, Jay Bernard, and Travis Alabanza. Blue sold out its run across the UK and more dates are expected for the future.
Malika Booker is an international writer whose work is steeped in anthropological research methodology and rooted in storytelling. Her writing spans poetry, theatre, monologue, installation, and education. Clients and organisations she has worked with include Arts Council England, BBC, British Council, Wellcome Trust, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Arvon, and Hampton Court Palace.
Pricing and Bursary Places
We are pleased to be able to offer two bursary places, with fees fully covered, to low income writers. If you cannot afford the course fees and would like to be considered for a bursary place, please complete this application. No evidence of financial circumstances is required.
How to Apply
THIS IS THE APPLICATION FOR BURSARY PLACES
The Academy course is selective and limited to eighteen places and two bursary places.
The application requires a covering note, setting out briefly how you feel the course would benefit your poetry practice, and a sample of 3–5 poems.
If you would like to apply for a bursary place, please complete this application.
If you would like to apply for a standard place, please complete the application here: https://out-spoken.submittable.com/submit/277027/academy-mini-standard-place-feb-2024
All completed applications will be reviewed by the tutors.
Applications close at 11.59pm (UK) on FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER 2023.
Applicants will be notified of results during the week commencing Monday 18 December 2023.
Please read our Terms & Conditions and take a look at our FAQs here, before applying.