Poetry Assessments
Get expert feedback on your poems
With the poetry assessment, you’ll work with an expert editor who will assess your poem/s, providing feedback and advice on style, poetics, structure, and more, alongside basic spelling, grammar, and punctuation. They will offer support in tackling the next steps and addressing problem areas. You’ll also have the opportunity to discuss the report directly with your editor once you’ve received it. Each poem will be looked at individually and addressed separately. Where appropriate, poems will also be considered as part of a collection, for example considering how they work together and their overall presentation to make sure your poetry collection stands out.
Jericho Writers was founded by writers, for writers. Four of us are published by the Big 5, while others are deep in the writing process. We carefully select the editors we work with — we choose the kind of people we’d want to guide us in our own writing. It’s this approach that has helped authors move forward with confidence, launch their careers, sign with literary agents and become Sunday Times bestsellers.
Your poetry assessment will include
Actionable feedback & advice
Advice on commercial potential
Support from your poetry editor
Work with one of our professional editors
We’ve worked hard over 20 years to hand-pick our team of expert editors. Once you buy a poetry assessment, our Writer Support Team will match you with the editor that best fits your work. Our editors specialise in trade fiction and non-fiction texts. They include traditionally published authors as well as publishing professionals such as literary agents and Big 5 publishers. Find out more about our editors, here.
Cecile Shanahan
Experienced editor & educator
- Bio
- Genres
Cecile is an experienced editor and proofreader who adores helping writers to make their words shine. Since 2015, Cecile has worked with authors across a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres.
Cecile has tertiary qualifications in Professional Editing and Proofreading, Secondary Education, English Literature and Journalism.
Since joining Jericho Writers, she has assisted more than 20 authors to progress their writing projects through agent submission pack assessments, manuscript assessments, developmental edits, copy edits, line edits, proofreading and post-editorial support.
- Contemporary
- Literary (Including ‘bookclub’)
- Crime/thriller/action
- Women’s
- Picture books
- Children’s
- Young Adult
- Historical
- Subject-led non-fiction
Louise Tondeur
Critically acclaimed author & poet
- Bio
- Books
- Genres
Louise Tondeur is a writer of fiction, poetry, plays, and non-fiction. Her published works include two novels, The Water’s Edge and The Haven Home for Delinquent Girls (Headline Review), a short story collection called Unusual Places (Cultured Llama, 2018), and non-fiction writing guides.
Louise has an MA in Creative Writing, a PhD, and has worked as a Drama teacher and Creative Writing lecturer. She has supported countless writers with both written and verbal feedback, and brings her knowledge of theatre and creative writing into conversations with emerging writers.
- Contemporary
- Literary (Including ‘bookclub’)
- Crime/thriller/action
- Women’s
- Romance and erotica
- Science fiction
- Fantasy
- Comic/satire
- Paranormal
- Short Stories & novellas
- Narrative non-fiction
- Subject-led non-fiction
Louise Walters
Former indie publisher
- Bio
- Books
- Genres
Louise is an author, editor, mentor, and former indie publisher. She is the author of Mrs Sinclair’s Suitcase (Hodder & Stoughton, 2014) and has self-published four further novels: A Life Between Us, The Road to California, The Hermit, and We Are Family, all published by Louise Walters Books.
As an independent publisher, Louise published literary novels and novellas as well as fantasy author Laura Laakso’s Wilde Investigations novels (now published by Bloodhound Books). Louise continues to work as Laura’s editor on the series.
- Historical
- Literary (Including ‘bookclub’)
- Women’s
- Fantasy
- Comic/satire
- Paranormal
- Short Stories & novellas
- Young Adult
- Plays and screen scripts
- Romance and erotica
- Memoir/autobiography
- Narrative non-fiction
Sharon Zink
Critically acclaimed author & poet
- Bio
- Books
- Genres
Dr Sharon Zink is an author and former English Literature academic who has over eleven years’ experience of editing and creative writing teaching.
Her first novel, Welcome to Sharonville (Unthank Books, 2014), was longlisted for The Guardian First Book Award and is currently being developed as a TV series. She has won numerous awards, such as being named as Young Poet of the Year and Writers Inc. Writer of the Year, as well as being shortlisted three times for The New Writer Short Story Award and for The Raymond Carver Prize.
- Contemporary
- Literary (Including ‘bookclub’)
- Crime/thriller/action
- Women’s
- Romance and erotica
- Science fiction
- Fantasy
- Comic/satire
- Short Stories & novellas
- Young Adult
- Memoir/autobiography
- Narrative non-fiction
Sibyl Ruth
Critically acclaimed poet
- Bio
- Genres
Sibyl Ruth is a poet and an experienced teacher and mentor.
Sibyl has published two small press collections of poetry and won the Mslexia Poetry Competition. Her poems have been widely anthologised and broadcast. She has also scripted and presented two features for Radio 4. Listen to Them Breathing (2011) was about Quaker poets while Terezin Dreams (2010) considered the poetry written by her German-Jewish great aunt Rose Scooler, while she was in a concentration camp. She lives in Birmingham and has been the city’s Poet Laureate.
- Contemporary
- Literary (Including ‘bookclub’)
- Crime/thriller/action
- Women’s
- Comic/satire
- Young Adult
- Memoir/autobiography
Why choose Jericho Writers?
Many companies promise to get your book published, but we only offer services we believe will genuinely benefit you. Unsure if this is the right fit? Give us a call – we’ll be honest with you. This commitment to integrity has helped Jericho Writers thrive for over 20 years.
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Could you be our next success story?
Over the last 20 years, many of our clients have gone on to win prizes, become bestsellers, get film and TV deals, achieve huge global sales, and more. To name a few, John David Mann went onto become a New York Times Bestselling author; Paul Braddon’s The Actuality has been optioned for a TV series; Eleanor Anstruther won the Desmond Elliott prize; and Nussaibah Younis has been shortlisted for The Women’s Prize awards. Now it’s your turn.
Get feedback on your poetry to improve your writing in as little as one week
You can get an instant quote for your wordcount below.
POETRY ASSESSMENT
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Frequently asked
questions
How do I submit my poems/poetry collection?
To submit your manuscript for our professional editing service, follow these simple steps:
1) Select the appropriate word count in the box above (choose the one that matches your project’s total word count).
2) Click on “Add to basket”
3) Once you’ve made your payment, you’ll be sent an email with a link. Click on this and you’ll be able to upload your manuscript for review.
Do the poems need to be connected (e.g. from one collection)?
Your poems do not need to be connected, though it would be useful to include this information in your submissions form. For example, if your poems are connected and you would like the editor to give feedback on how they work together, please let us know. If your poems are not connected and you would like each one to be considered individually, that’s fine too – just make sure to include this information.
Can I send in a style guide?
Of course! If you use a certain format, layout, structure, or language that you would like to maintain, then you can include this information in your submissions form.
Do I need to be based in the UK for this service?
Not at all! Our editorial services are delivered online and are suitable for writers from all around the world.
How should I format my manuscript?
Please only upload Word documents via the online submission form. Don’t forget to number your pages and double space your lines, and use an easy-to-read font like Times New Roman 12.
It’s also helpful for our editors if you make sure paragraphs are indented and use page breaks where needed throughout your manuscript.
How do you choose the editor?
We match manuscripts based on over 20 years of experience working with our editors. We consider editor experience, their genres of interest, and whether they themselves feel they are the right fit for your work. All matches depend on editors’ availability.
Can I choose my editor?
If you have a particular editor in mind, we will of course do our best to match you with them. We cannot guarantee this, however, as all of our editors are freelance and there are times when they are unavailable due to demand and/or other commitments.
Once you have placed your order, you’re welcome to send a shortlist of 4-5 editors from our website. We’ll do our best to place you with one of your preferred choices.
How long will it take to match my manuscript with an editor?
We aim to match you with the right editor within 2-4 days. We’ll get back to you as soon as the choice has been confirmed.
How long does it take to receive my editorial report?
If you’ve ordered a standard editorial report, you can expect our team to deliver this around two weeks after they receive your manuscript.
Express reports can be delivered in as little as one week.
Will I be able to discuss my report with my editor?
Following your editorial report, there will be an opportunity to check in with your editor via email. At this stage, you are welcome to ask a few follow-up questions regarding your editorial report.
If you’d like to continue working with your editor on your short story, you could consider one-to-one mentoring. These are flexible, online sessions that can be tailored to your needs. Find out more about Mentoring here or get in touch with our Writer Support team.
Not the right service for you?
Whether you’re looking for detailed structural edits, line-editing, or you’re just getting started and need some feedback on your opening chapters, we have you covered.
