Fall 2009 Writing Workshops Led by Tom Daley

Tom Daley recently had a fantastic reading at Stone Soup the other night, which I failed to hype up on this blog and my website various reasons of incompetence. To make up for it, I am posting a list of his upcoming online and in-person workshops for the next few months. For those poets not in the know, Tom Daley is one of the best poets and instructors of poetry I've ever known. The classes below are of varying levels of affordability, so it will be hard for you to pass up on all of these. Read below, and take you pick.


Preparing Poems for Publication in Journals and Magazines

A seven-week online workshop at the Online School of Poetry
(http://onlineschoolofpoetry.org/TomDaleyWorkshop.html)

September 13-November 1, 2009
Cost: $275 (includes a ten dollar registration fee)

New applicants should send a group of three poems to the instructor at tom@onlineschoolofpoetry.org no later than September 12, 2009


Slam Poetry! The Art of Performance

Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE)
Instructors: Regie O'Hare Gibson former National Poetry Slam Champion, and Tom Daley

A discussion of the pros and cons of "Slam" and performance poetry with a chance to try your own hand at a performance poem
122 Arlington St., Boston
2 sessions: Tuesday, September 22 and Tuesday September 29, 2009
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM;
Tuition: $60.00
To register online, contact the BCAE at http://www.bcae.org/ or call
617-267-4430


"Before the Cantab" Poetry Writing Workshop

5:30-7:25 pm for four Wednesdays
(September 9, 16, 23, and 30)
Au Bon Pain in Central Square, 684 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Optional exercises with a focus on revising poems.
Cost: $80 To register and for information contact Tom Daley at
tom.daley2@verizon.net


Joint Workshop in Poetry and Memoir Writing

Eight Mondays starting September 14, 2009
Two sessions: 5:30-7:30 pm
and 7:45-9:45 pm (advanced)
at the instructor's home in Cambridge
Cost $200 To register and for information contact Tom Daley at
tom.daley2@verizon.net


One-day Poetry Writing Workshop Sponsored by The Lowell Poetry Network

With a focus on revising poems
Saturday, September. 26, 2009 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Mogan Cultural Center, 40 French St. Lowell
Cost: $35.00 cash due at workshop
Refreshments with lite food fare served.
To register contact: Janet Stevenson at JANETIZE@aol.com


Poetry writing workshop, Lexington Community Education

Seven Wednesdays 6:15-7:45 pm
Dates: October 7, 14, 21 28, November 4, 18, and December 2, 2009.
cost: $85/Seniors $65
workshop held at Lexington High School, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA
To register call 781-862-8043 or go online http://lexingtoncommunityed.org/


Joint workshop in poetry and memoir writing
held at Brewed Awakening 321 Marrett Road, Lexington
Eight Wednesdays 1:30-3:30 pm
Dates: October 7, 14, 21 28; November 4, 11, 18; and December 2, 2009.
Cost $180 To register and for information contact Tom Daley at
tom.daley2@verizon.net


Poetry writing workshop, Boston Center for Adult Education
Tuesdays, 5:45 PM - 7:45 PM;
8 sessions starting September 15, 2009, ending November 3, 2009
Cost: $209.00 To register online, contact the BCAE at http://www.bcae.org/ or
call 617-267-4430


Save the Date! Tom Daley will be performing a one-man version of "Every Broom and Bridget—Emily Dickinson and Her Servants" on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 2:30 pm at The Chelmsford Public Library, Main Branch, 5 Boston Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824. There is no admission charge. The library's telephone
number is (978) 256-5521. For directions, go to the library's website: http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/library_info/directions/index.html. Co-sponsored by the Lowell Poetry Network


In addition to his post at the Online School of Poetry (http://onlineschoolofpoetry.org/), Tom Daley serves on the tutorial faculty of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and has lectured on ekphrastic writing at Brown University.


Tom's poetry has been published or is forthcoming in numerous journals, including Harvard Review, Prairie Schooner, Barrow Street, Del Sol Review, Diagram, 32 Poems, Salamander, Perihelion, and Hacks: The Grub Street Anthology. His manuscript, Shim, was a finalist for the Emily Dickinson First Book Prize and the Brittingham and Pollak Poetry Prizes. His poetry was nominated for inclusion in the anthology, The Best New Poets 2007. He is a recipient of the Charles and Fanny Fay Wood Academy of American Poets Prize.