Eratosphere Poetry & Writing Workshops is your one-stop online destination for the post and critique of poems, fiction,  and artwork: 

You will find metrical poetry and the corresponding critique on (you guessed it) the Metrical Poetry and Metrical - Deep End boards, and free verse is available on the Non-Metrical Poetry board. We also feature boards devoted to fiction, art, translation, literary criticism, member announcements, and conversation, usually related to poetry, writing, and art. 

We have three boards devoted to literary discussion-- the Musing on Mastery board where classics from present-day and past masters are posted, discussed and dissected by our members and other experts, The Discerning Eye, a board devoted to literary criticism and essay, and our Ask the Poet Lariat board, where a rotating lineup of  such established writers  as Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht, and Timothy Steele, to name a few, answer questions from members. 

The Fiction forum is a prose workshop.  We are especially inviting all writers to come over and use the unique resources of the Fiction forum for workshopping their stories. A similar invitation goes to artists and photographer for the Art Forum.  In addition, we have The Art Museum for discussion of established art and master works.  We invite you to workshop your original translations of poetry and short prose on our Translation board.

One indispensable feature of Eratosphere is a carefully chosen group of competent (and friendly) moderators. That said, your staff for the Eratosphere Forums & Online Workshops are as follows:

David Anthony, Kate Benedict, Dee Cohen, Kathy Evans-Bush, R. S. Gwynn, Paul Lake, Anthony Lombardy, Tim Love, Oliver Murray,  Sharon Passmore, Alex Pepple, Marion Shore, A. E. Stallings, Julie Stoner, Carol Taylor, Marilyn Taylor, Richard Wakefield and Clive Watkins.

Please note that only registered members may post in our forums. Hence, we encourage guests to register. Registration is a painless process that should be over in less than one minute. You have a one-page form to fill and, all but two fields are optional – the username and the e-mail address. All members agree to read the forum guidelines before posting to familiarize themselves with our short list of do’s and don’ts.

Welcome!
-- The Able Muse Staff.