At Purple Ink, we understand the importance of constructive feedback in a writer’s journey. Our feedback services are tailored to provide insightful critiques aimed at nurturing your creativity.
Here’s a breakdown of what we offer:
With each feedback option, you will receive a letter discussing the strengths of your poem and opportunities to improve, as well as recommended readings and suggestions on where else to submit your work.
- Single Poems:
- Up to 2 pages in length.
- You will receive a 1-2 page letter.
- Price: $40
- Single Poems-Feedback from two editors:
- For submissions up to 2 pages in length.
- You will receive a 1-2 page letter from each editor.
- Price: $75
Longer Poems and Folios:
- Up to 7 pages in length, to include at most 5 poems.
- You will receive a 7-10 page letter.
- You will also receive line notes for each poem.
- Price: $150
- Chapbooks:
- 16-40 pages in length.
- You will receive a 10-15 page letter.
- You will also receive line notes for each poem.
- Also included suggestions for the narrative arcs, themes, and poem order.
- Price: $295
- Full-length Collections:
- 45-80 pages in length.
- You will receive a 15-20 page letter.
- You will also receive line notes for each poem.
- Also included are suggestions for the narrative arcs, themes, and poem order and sections.
- Price: $375
Please send all documents single-spaced and in 12-point Times New Roman font, Georgia or Garamond. Our feedback process is structured to provide comprehensive insights while respecting your time and investment. Here’s what you can expect:
Detailed Feedback:
For every submission, our experienced editors will provide in-depth critiques addressing strengths and areas for improvement. All feedback options include a detailed letter; most include line notes, recommended readings, and suggestions on where else to submit your work.
Timely Responses:
We value your time. You can expect to receive feedback within a reasonable timeframe. We guarantee your feedback within eight weeks. Please note that the 8-week timeframe begins upon receipt of payment and all necessary documents.
Actionable Suggestions:
Our feedback isn’t just about pointing out flaws; it’s about empowering you with actionable suggestions to refine and elevate your writing to publication-ready.
Personalized Approach:
We recognize the unique voice and style of each writer. Our feedback is tailored to your needs, ensuring it aligns with your artistic vision.
Transparent Pricing:
Our pricing structure is transparent and competitive, offering valuable feedback at reasonable rates. All of our readers for the feedback service have degrees in writing and professional editing experience for reputable, long-standing literary publications.
Our written comments will be comprehensive, aiming to provide detailed insights into your work. While the length of the comments may vary depending on the complexity of the submission and the depth of feedback required, you can expect each critique to be substantial enough to offer valuable guidance for improvement.
At Press Purple Ink, we’re committed to supporting writers at every stage of their creative journey. Whether refining individual poems or preparing a full-length collection, our feedback services can help you hone your craft and achieve your literary goals.
Edited work that has gone through our feedback services is not guaranteed acceptance for any of our publications. However, we are open to considering works depending on editorial needs if the writer requests consideration for a particular project.
Contact us for more information purpleinkpress@gmail.com
Meet Your Feedback Editors
Yael Valencia Aldana
Editor in Cheif
Art Director
she/her
Yael Valencia Aldana is the author of the chapbook Alien(s) (Bottlecap Press) and the forthcoming poetry collection Black Mestiza (University Press of Kentucky, 2025). She is the winner of the University Press of Kentucky New Poetry and Prose Series Prize 2023 in poetry and a Pushcart Prize. She is a previous guest editor at five well-known literary magazines. She teaches creative writing at the college level and online. She lives in Southern California with her son and too many pets. https://linktr.ee/yaelwrites
A.D. Kellerhals
Associate Editor
A.D. Kellerhals is a writer, editor, and multi-disciplinary creative from DFW, Texas. He earned his BA in English from Texas Tech University, and MFA from Naropa University, and worked as fiction editor and co-lead editor for both of his previous universities’ presses respectively. He has had two poems published in Harbinger, and is currently seeking publication for a manuscript of poetry while finishing an experimental fiction novel. He’s most often found drooped over a guitar, and enjoys film photography, manga, and meditation.
Sarah Buck
Associate Editor
Sarah Buck (she/her) is a writer and editor with degrees from Ursinus College and the University of Edinburgh. She worked for The Lantern literary magazine at Ursinus College from 2019 to 2022, earning the title of Editor in Chief for the 2021-22 academic year. Her favorite genres to write and to read are science fiction and fantasy, and she loves reading work with disability, neurodivergent, and queer representation. She currently lives in New Jersey. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting, reading, and overly analyzing every new superhero movie.
Elm Friend
Associate Editor
Elm Friend is a queer writer and editor from Southwestern Pennsylvania currently residing in Northwestern Maryland. They have earned a BS in English Writing from Slippery Rock University and a Developmental Editing Certificate from the University of Washington. They previously worked for SLAB Literary Magazine as a Genre Editor and Assistant Managing Editor. They are often found crocheting, book-binding, and spending too much time yelling at deer to get off the road from their farmhouse window.
Michelangelo Franchini
Associate Editor
Michelangelo Franchini is an Italian author and translator. He is the founder and chief editor of The Rome Review. His short stories and translations have appeared in many Italian and English zines, such as Carmilla, Pastrengo Rivista, Serendipity Periodical, Isit Magazine, Neuro Logical, The Big Windows Review, Maudlin House, Sublunary Review, Okay Donkey, Fresh Words Magazine, Bat City Review, and Shoegaze.
Jude Marr
Guest Editor
he/him
Jude Marr is a Pushcart-nominated trans poet, editor, and teacher. Jude’s full-length collection, We Know Each Other By Our Wounds, came out from Animal Heart Press in 2020, and he liked the press so much that he now works with them as an editor. Jude’s work has also appeared in many journals and anthologies, most recently Ghost City, Cutleaf, Reed Magazine, and Masculinity: An Anthology of Modern Voices (Broken Sleep Books, 2023.) Born in the UK, Jude lived in the US for ten years and is now planning a move to Portugal in 2025. Contact Jude via his website, judemarr.com
