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Epic Poetry

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Fairly new website offering the classics, especially for students of English. The range goes from Ovid to the Mahabharata.

Best Poems Encyclopedia

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Large collection of poems listed by author nationality.  Also offers poets the ability to submit their poems and get them published online.

Famous Poems, Quotes and Poetry

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A carefully selected collection of some of the best poems and quotes on a variety of topics written by famous poets and for different occasions, including Love, Easter, Christmas, Birthday, Weddings, Valentine's Day and Grief.

Deep Underground Poetry Community

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You can join this poetry community which invites you to read and publish edgy, dark and dirty poems. Not for everyone, but certainly rather challenging. http://deepundergroundpoetry.com

Sheer Poetry

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United Kingdom
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Subscription-based new site offering a collection of materials on poetry and poets by the poets themselves, with resources for teachers and students, workshops and libraries, interviews, essays and articles. http://www.sheerpoetry.co.uk/

Poem2Day

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Submit your poems to this site to get them published online, 48 hour response guaranteed. They are looking for 'warm, inspired, quality poems in English'. http://poem2day.blogspot.com/

Poetry Book Society

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United Kingdom
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Specialist book club founded by T S Eliot in 1953, which aims to offer the best new poetry published in the UK and Ireland. Members buy at 25% discount. The PBS has a handsome new website at  www.poetrybooks.co.uk

Poetry Bookshop Online

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Ambitious brand-new online bookselling site, set up by the Poetry Book SocietySpecialist book club founded by T S Eliot in 1953, which aims to offer the best new poetry published in the UK and Ireland. Members buy at 25% discount. The PBS has a handsome new website at  www.poetrybooks.co.uk, which offers 90,000 poetry titles available in the UK and continuously updated news, articles, poetry events, updates and information about poetry. www.poetrybookshoponline.com

Words That Rhyme

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If you're trying to find words thatt rhyme to write rhyming poetry, this site will help. http://words-that-rhyme.com/

World of Poetry

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United States
World of Poetry website
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If you'd like to share your poetry and see a constantly-changing array of poems, this website might be for you. There's a free trial but annual membership costs $34.95 (£17.15). http://www.worldofpoets.com

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10 June 2019 - What's new

June 2019
  • ‘First the length. In an age of ever-shortening attention spans, you have to have a pretty powerful message to keep anyone's interest for much over 75,000 words (about 300 pages).
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The Kindle Storyteller Award 2019

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Closing date: 
31 August 2019
Entry: 
Writers of 18 or over publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing between 1st May and 31 August 2019 No entry fee
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Grand Prize £20,000 cash, publishing agreement with Amazon Publishing and Amazon launch

The Kindle Storyteller Award 2019 is a £20,000 literary prize recognising outstanding writing. It is open to writers publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing between 1st May and 31 August 2019. There are some specific exclusions in the Terms and Conditions, which need carefuly reading.  Read more

'If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.'

— Stephen King

Writing your first non-fiction book

10 June 2019

‘First the length. In an age of ever-shortening attention spans, you have to have a pretty powerful message to keep anyone's interest for much over 75,000 words (about 300 pages). In fact, if you can't present your proposition in 300 pages, then you may have a problem with excessive verbiage you should deal with.  Read more

3 June 2019 - What's new

June 2019
  • ‘When...I started, there was the hardback and the paperback. Then there was the hardback, the trade paperback, and the paperback. Then there was the hardback, the trade paperback, the paperback, and the ebook. Then there was all that plus audio.
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