Here you can read the profiles of the Level 3 Ladder Writers so you can see who will be critiquing your work. When you reach Level 3 you will also have the chance to have your profile on the website!

Noel Williams is Resident Artist in Creative Writing at Sheffield's Bank Street Arts Centre, developing a project called Poetry Off the Page supported by the Arts Council). He has read in many places in and near Sheffield, has around 80 poems in print or accepted, in over 35 anthologies and magazines such as The North, Orbis and Envoi. Next year he'll be featured poet in The Coffee House. He's won several prizes and many recommendations: recently he was a finalist in the Aesthetica Creative Works competition, runner up in the Troubadour competition, and one poem was considered for the Forward prize. He's also published poetry reviews.

As a prose writer, he was joint winner of the Ladder Writers article writing bonus competition in October, has a story in Words magazine, had one story highly commended in the City of Derby competition and was runner up in The New Writer competition. He was also shortlisted as judge for the 2008 Costa Book Awards.

Wally Smith is a retired civil servant who has enjoyed writing for many years, especially poetry and short stories. Since joining a local writing group, www.sloughwriters.org.uk , he has also tried his hand at article and playwriting with some success. He started writing in his teenage years, inspired by the likes of Roger McGough, a fellow Liverpudlian, Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. He has found that writing requires hours in isolation which probably accounts for his three divorces! Wally won November's bonusround: a letter writing contest.