Founded in 1970 by Bill Barnes, the Poetry Workshop is a self-governing group within the Society of Civil and Public Service Writers.

Membership is open to anyone who works, or has worked, in the Civil & Public Service.

Annual subscription for members of the Society of Civil & Public Service Writers is £5.00

For those who are not members of the Society, the subscription is £7.00

Membership of the Poetry Workshop provides:

• three lively Newsletters each year, plus a fourth, competition special issue
• the chance of publication in Waves (the annual collection of PW members' work)
• access to the popular Postal Folio scheme
• eligibility for the Bill Barnes Poetry Competition (exclusively for PW members)
• eligibility for the annual PW Weekend at the University of Birmingham

Anyone interested in joining the Poetry Workshop should contact Mike Boland, 11 Boxtree Lane, Harrow Weald, HA3 6JU

Cheques should be made payable to: Society of Civil & Public Service Writers Poetry Workshop A/C.