Poetry Design Services

Hire top freelance poetry book designing professionals on Reedsy. Perfect your book design in three easy steps: sign up, upload your project brief, and request quotes from professionals of your choice!

Liz

Liz

San Diego, CA, United States

I’ve designed covers for many genres and authors from historical to YA, George Orwell to Virginia Woolf. I’d love to get to know your book.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Harcourt Trade Publishers
  • University of Chicago Press

Services: Design Cover Design Book Interior Design

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry

Jakob

Jakob

Portland, United States

Specializing in detail-oriented interior designs and layouts for print editions


Work experience:

  • Tin House
  • Self-employed
  • Submit Magazine
  • Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader

Services: Design Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Poetry, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Education & Reference, Thriller & Suspense

Camila

Camila

San Francisco, CA, USA

Book nerd, professional designer and emerging illustrator. Ready to breathe more life into your tales?


Work experience:

  • SuperDataScience
  • Human Made
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Coming of Age, Poetry, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Sex & Relationships

Hannah

Hannah

Lubbock, TX, USA

Professional and creative award-winning book designer with years of experience and knowledge in both traditional and self-publishing.


Work experience:

  • Texas Tech University Press
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Book Interior Design

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Poetry, Fiction, Short Story

Melissa

Melissa

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Designer and artist. I especially love designing poetry books, and have experience with fiction and academic texts.


Work experience:

  • University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Short Story, Literary Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Life Sciences, Math & Science, Biographies & Memoirs

Richard

Richard

Boulder, CO, USA

Richard is an award–winning book cover and interior designer with over 100 New York Times Bestselling cover designs to his name.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Regan Arts, New York (A Phaidon Global Company)
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Sullivan & Company, New York (www.sullivannyc.com)
  • D’Arcy Advertising (former DMB&B Clarion), Oslo, Norway

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Music, True Crime, Literary Fiction

Ian

Ian

West Linn, OR, USA

I've designed thousands of book covers and book interiors spanning every genre for over 20 years. I work with publishers and Indie authors.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Insight Editions
  • Clarence Lee Design and Associates
  • Gita Sporting Goods

Services: Design Cover Design Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, True Crime, Mystery & Crime, Historical Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Science Fiction

Brianna

Brianna

New York, United States

I'm a freelance book cover designer and illustrator with nearly a decade of in-house experience at a top publishing house.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design Production Management

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Poetry, Historical Fiction, Music, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sports & Outdoors, Thriller & Suspense

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Hire the best poetry book designers


Poetry is as much about how the words look on the page as it is about what they mean and how they sound when read aloud. From designing a gorgeous poetry book cover design that embodies the spirit of your work, to choosing typography that allows the ideas of the poem emerge, and coming up with a layout that ensures each poem fits on the page, hiring a poetry book designer to work on your poetry book means your book will get the polish it deserves.


Depending on your book’s needs, our designers are also able to provide illustrations or related art, suggest new ways to style the text, and answer any questions you may have, regardless of whether you’re publishing a collection, novel in verse, or anthology.


When you work with a book designer from Reedsy’s community, you can trust that they have the skill and experience needed to deliver the result you need for your poetry book. We vet our professionals carefully, accepting only 3% of applicants to guarantee their reliability and talent, so all you need to do is browse through the portfolios and reach out to them for a quote. To start your search and hire a poetry book designer, sign up for your free Reedsy account.

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