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A professional critique is like having your own private tutoring session or becoming an apprentice to a well-published poet and well-practiced poetry instructor. To be more specific, a critique by The Poetry Editor gives you
- An objective, informed, and respectful reading of your poems. (To be even more specific, several readings....)
- An assessment of the strengths and any area of weakness
- Helpful suggestions to consider as you revise or improve your poems
- Light editing, assuming there’s no need for you to rewrite or revise
- An evaluation of marketability and the reader identification needed for other people to “connect” with your poetry
Ready to take your poems to the next level of professionalism? Great!
Enclose your SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope with adequate return postage) along with your poem(s) and a check, money order, or cashier’s check in U. S. funds only made payable to Mary Sayler.
For one to three double-spaced poems with each starting on a separate page, send the minimum fee of $25.00.
Add $5.00 for each additional page to a maximum of 15 pages of poetry.
[Note: If a single, long poem goes over a double-spaced page, count the number of pages, not the number of poems. For poems of 1 to 4 lines, you can type up to 4 on a double-spaced page.]
For a poetry chapbook or book of poems with more than 15 pages of poetry, send $3.50 per page.
Also, include your main theme or purpose, the title, your intended group of readers, and your publishing plans.
Mail to your check or money order, poems, and SASE to:
Mary Sayler, P. O. Box 62, Lake Como, Florida 32157-0062.
Expect a short batch of poems returned in one to two weeks and longer poetry manuscripts in two to three weeks.
If you live in another country and would like your poems critiqued by email, this can be arranged if you can save your file in a format compatible with Word 2003. However, you will usually have more feedback in a critique done by mail. Also, email does not speed up the process of the critique itself, which involves much thought and many readings and, therefore, takes some time.
If you have a deadline, email Mary before you send your poems since she may be working on a deadline too.
To speed the process itself, get a cashier’s check in U. S. funds from almost any reputable bank then use overnight mail through the U. S. Postal Service. Or use Western Union. For the latter option, email Mary your first name, last name, country, and money transfer control number (MTCN) exactly as they appear on the Western Union form.
If you would like professional feedback on a children’s picture book text, book proposal, or other poetic manuscript, contact The Poetry Editor with a brief description of your project. Also, state your theme or purpose, your intended readership, your publishing goal, and what you hope to gain from the critique.
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