Tentacles In-Person Poetry Workshops: Course 1

Come and create in community! Write poetry in this series of facilitated workshops for disabled writers. All levels welcome.

Join Tentacles for a new series of facilitated poetry workshops for anyone who considers themself to be d/Deaf, disabled, neurodivergent and/or chronically ill.

Work on developing your poetic voice and honing your craft in this series of online poetry workshops. Meet with the same cohort each week, for 4-weeks, to explore new ways of expressing yourself through poetry. When you sign up for the series, you will receive access to the Tentacles Discord to share and get feedback on poems alongside the opportunity to be part of a showcase performance and an anthology publication. We are running 1 hybrid taster and 2 full courses with online and in-person versions of both.

The workshops will be led by Neal Pike and August Stone using guided writing exercises. We use a variety of art as inspiration: poems, music, visual art, to help get the creative juices flowing and get you writing new and exciting things!

As these are cohort workshops, you are signing for all 4 weeks and agree to attend all sessions.

Winter 2026 In-person Course 1 dates:

• Wednesday 4th Feb
• Wednesday 11th Feb
• Wednesday 18th Feb
• Wednesday 25th Feb

Please note this is the in-person version of our last course, Course 1, that ran online. Keep an eye out for our upcoming in-person and online versions of Course 2.

Pricing

We know finances can be a barrier to accessing creative workshops, which is why we’ve set up ticketing as donation based. However, we ask that you consider the guidelines below for how much you pay for this course. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances - you won’t be asked for any proof, we just ask that you are honest. We think it’s important to make workshops accessible for disabled people, and we also believe in valuing disabled people’s work! These prices cover all 4 weeks of workshops (6 hours tuition), plus editing support, anthology submission feedback and private community access.

• 0-£6: Discounted rate for those who would struggle to pay the standard workshop fee. For people who frequently stress about meeting basic needs and don’t always achieve them
• £7-£15: We think this range fits in the ‘standard fee rate’ and is for folks who stress about meeting basic needs but still regularly achieve them
• £16-35: The ‘pay it forward’ rate. For those who want to support initiatives like this and are able to financially do so

If you have a personal support/care assistant, you do not need to pay for them to attend. However, if you are planning to attend in person, please book an ‘in person assistant’ ticket for you PA as we need to know how many people are going to be in the room for health and safety reasons.

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