Carson Wolfe

The Craft brings you the intimacy of a workshop with the energy of a live event. Hosted by four published poets with a wealth of experience in teaching and editing – Nikki Allen, Lexi Pelle, Melissa Sussens, and Carson Wolfe.In a landscape ripe with open mics and generative workshops, we offer something different – insight into the editing process and direct access to the craft of revision. No pre-reading, no homework, no lesson plans – we just show up and edit your poems.Using a fishbowl style of teaching, as inspired by the renowned online poetry course, Poems That Don’t Suck by Megan Falley. We pull four names at random from the attendee list and live-edit these ‘fishes’ before audience participants, followed by a short Q&A.The Craft is for you if:1. You love editing poems as much as we do2. You are curious about the editing process and want to learn3. You are ready to receive constructive feedback and join the conversation with a tender heartIf you want to enter your name into the metaphorical fishbowl for a chance to have your poem live-edited, then please purchase a fishbowl ticket and arrive at the event with your poem ready to share.If you’d rather sit back, relax, and observe, that’s totally ok too. Purchase an audience ticket and enjoy the show.The Hosts:Carson Wolfe is a Mancunian poet and Grand Prize Winner of The Disquiet Literary Program (2024). They hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University, and their work has appeared in POETRY, The Rumpus, The Common, and Rattle. In 2023, they won New Writing North’s Debut Poetry Prize, received awards from The Aurora Poetry Prize and The Edward Thomas Fellowship, and were longlisted for The Poetry Society’s National Competition. Their second chapbook, Coin Laundry at Midnight, is forthcoming with Button Poetry in spring 2026.