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Poetry Prescription

A unique critical service to help you improve your poetry. We work with a team of established professional poets to send you constructive advice, specific to your personal abilities.

The fee for up to 100 lines is £50 or £40 for members. The service includes an appraisal of your work and a prescription of further reading material and information.

You also receive information sheets which advise on the basic rudiments of poetry writing and the best way to present your work for submission to publishers; listings for current poetry competitions, festivals and writers' groups plus the latest issue of Poetry News (for non members).

Be prepared for an honest and rigorous response.

Next steps:

• Pay online - click on BUY (right hand side of this page) and follow the online instructions - this will include space to send up to 100 lines of your poetry
• We will then send you a questionnaire to complete
• Allow up to 6 weeks for the return of your appraisal.