Tanka Playback (asynchronous online course with Alan Summers)

Call of the Page is running a series of online asynchronous tanka writing workshops led by Alan Summers.

At the start of every assignment, participants will be offered an optional prompt, via private pages on the Call of the Page website, from which to write and submit their tanka. The first assignment asks for one tanka only, and the second and third assignments are for two tanka. From assignment two onwards, there is an option to send a rewrite of a previous tanka for further feedback, in place of one of the new ones. Nine to ten days after the submission date (we allow a little longer than usual tanka feedback, for final video edits), the feedback video will be sent to the group for download and study.

At the end of the course, participants will have between 4 and 6 tanka (depending on how many rewrites are sent rather than new poems). Participants will also have access to the 3 videos, which they can continue to watch again in their own time.

Suitable for participants with some experience writing tanka.