Join the Poetry Society
"Your support helps the Society put poetry in schools, run our unique progammes such as Poetryclass and Poetry Slambassadors, create opportunities for poets of all ages, and provide information and direction for readers and writers of poetry. If you love poetry, we’d love to have you as a Member.” Jules Mann, Director
Membership Benefits
- Poetry Review - 4 issues a year
- Poetry News - 4 issues a year
- Stanzas - poetry groups near you run by Poetry Society members
- Members' Profiles page
- Exclusive discounts and special offers with your Membership Card
- Members' Poems
- Advance notice of all Society events
- Monthly E-Bulletins - the latest Society news sent to your email
- National Poetry Competition - free 2nd entry
- Poetry Directory on joining - your poetry questions answered
- Poetry Prescription discount - a thorough critique of your poetry
- Poetry Surgery discount - 1-1 appraisals with published poet
- Members' Bookshelf - promote your poetry collection on our website
- Bookshop Discounts
- Poetry Cafe discount
Join us or renew your Membership
Full Membership from £40 (concessions available)
4 issues of Poetry Review and Poetry News a year + all Membership benefits
Gold Membership £100
As Full Membership
+ exclusive invitations to private prize-giving ceremonies
+ free tickets to Society events
+ your choice of Poems on the Underground posters
+ exlusive offers throughout the year
Patron Membership £1000
As Gold Membership
+ support our work with your generous donation
Poetry News Membership £18
As Full Membership but does not include Poetry Review
Also available:
- Youth Membership - 11-18 years - £15
- School Membership - Primary and Secondary - from £30
- Subscriptions - Poetry Review or Poems on the Underground posters - from £30
For CD versions of Poetry Review and/or Poetry News - contact membership AT poetrysociety.org.uk
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Offers
Derek Walcott, Colchester, 4 October
Free tickets available exclusively to Members - an afternoon with Derek Walcott. Email me to be entered into a prize draw. Winners notified on Monday 1 September. Saturday 4 October, 4.30pm, Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall, University of Essex, Colchester.
Rupert Brooke, York, 9 November
Free tickets available exclusively to Members - Rupert Brooke, Sunday 9 November 2.30pm. Email me to be entered into a prize draw. Winners notified on Monday 1 September. Rupert Brooke is a one-man show marking the 90th anniversary of the First World War Armistice. York Theatre Royal.
Bolivarian Hall - Evening of Poetry & Song - 11 September, 7pm
A pair of free tickets available exclusively to Members. An eveining in celebration of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela and in commemoration of the Popular Unity government in Chile - poets include Harold Pinter. Email me to be entered into a prize draw. The lucky winner will be contacted by Thursday 4 September. Bolivarian Hall, 54 Grafton Way, London. £10 (includes free glass of wine).
Advert
Costa Liverpool Poetry Café
As part of the Liverpool 08 City of Culture celebrations, Costa Café at 13 Bold Street will for two evenings each month become Costa Liverpool Poetry Café. Modelled on the Poetry Society's café in Covent Garden in London, the Liverpool Café will open on the second Monday and fourth Thursday each month from 7.30 -9.30pm. Admission will normally be free, though some special events will be ticketed. Read here for what's on.
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