Poetry School

Poetry School is a national arts organisation, registered charity and adult education centre providing creative writing tuition, with teaching centres throughout England as well as online courses and downloadable activities. It was founded in 1997 by poets Mimi Khalvati, Jane Duran and Pascale Petit. Poetry School offers an accredited Master's degree in Writing Poetry, delivered in both London and Newcastle, in collaboration with Newcastle University.[1] Online courses are delivered via CAMPUS, a social network dedicated to poetry.

The Poetry School's annual Books of the Year list is released in December, and celebrates noteworthy books and pamphlets of poetry published during the year.[2][3]

Poetry School works with a number of partner organisations to deliver a range of projects, including the Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry, the Primers mentorship scheme, and, from 2018, a new poetry award and mentorship programme, The Women Poets' Prize, in memory of The Literary Consultancy co-founder Rebecca Swift.[4] The Women Poets' Prize offers three female-identifying poets a programme of support and creative professional development opportunities in collaboration with seven partner organisations, including, in addition to Poetry School, Faber and Faber, Bath Spa University, The Literary Consultancy, RADA, City Lit and Verve Festival.

  1. ^ "Writing Poetry MA - Postgraduate - Newcastle University". www.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ Onwuemezi, Natasha (22 December 2016). "Poetry School names its Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ Robinson, Rebecca (21 December 2016). "The Poetry Business Sweep the Board in The Poetry School's Books of the Year". Inpress Books. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  4. ^ Onwuemezi, Natasha (21 May 2018). "Foundation and poetry award launches in memory of Rebecca Swift". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 February 2019.