This is why Hannah Beresford is a great editor:

She will help you go from aspiring writer to published writer. Working as a professional editor in the indie publishing industry, she has an eye for what editors who are on the "buy" side need to see to say yes. She is as honest as she is enthusiastic. If she agrees to take you on, you will have someone in your corner who will help you shape your work the way only a seasoned editor can. Her ability to help prepare a document for its journey in the world is worth the investment.

— Kirsten Major (The New York Times, Catapult)

Hannah helped me over a period of a year to find my voice in poetry writing. She has a great ear, and showed me much about how a poem’s sounds carry or impede its message. Hannah attends to detail. She took the time to deeply read my work and prepared thoughtful, dignified, useful recommendations. Most of all, Hannah finds the heart of a poem, even, or especially, when the poet is laboring to do so.

— Catherine Martinez (artist and owner of Laughing Dragon Studio)

I came to Hannah with a messy first draft of a memoir I'd been trying to finish for years. In that first consult, Hannah gave me a path forward and a renewed enthusiasm for the work ahead. Together, Hannah and I mapped out a plan for revisions and a timeline that has helped me stay focused. I look forward to Hannah's emails and her thoughtful and detailed suggestions. Her feedback is concise yet expansive, from big picture insights to the smallest line edit. It sounds crazy, but even the words Hannah uses when offering feedback have helped me see my manuscript with fresh eyes and that small shift in perspective has made a world of difference. It is hard to put into words what an impact Hannah has had on my manuscript-- and my writing life. I no longer feel like I am writing into a void, but instead to a wise and trusted cohort who respects my work as much as I do.

— Kelly Harwood (Quaint Magazine, Detours Anthology)

A good editor helps an author fine-tune sentences, but a great editor like Hannah Beresford discovers every note and chord you’ve been fumbling for. She makes your story sing. A careful reader and whip-smart editor, trust your writing to Hannah Beresford.

— Chad Miller (Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, Cosmonauts Avenue)

Hannah Beresford has been an encouraging, perceptive, and supportive editor for me. When I first contracted with her for help preparing individual poems for an eventual chapbook submission, I wasn’t sure what to expect. My friends, acquaintances were generally receptive readers for my work, but I needed feedback from someone who was not a friend, not beholden to me in any way but who also had the critical skill to read poems with an eye for strengths, as well as for disjunctions, failures of clarity, musical infelicities, effective or ineffective lineation, etc. Hannah is just such a reader. She has helped me to see my poems as uninvolved others, editors of journals, readers unfamiliar with me might see them, and the effect has been salutary. Through her I have learned to see my work with increased objectivity. At the same time, I have learned to feel confident that my work is worthwhile. I want to offer my wholehearted recommendation of Hannah as a supportive and skilled editor.

— MacGregor Frank, Ph.D. (North Words anthology (National Poetry Foundation, Orono, ME), The Magnolia Review)

Hannah Beresford has the rare talent of seeing a story not for what it is but for what it can become. In working with my words, Hannah was able to move and shape the story with such care and insight that I could not have asked for it to land in better hands. It is a true gift for a writer to have the pleasure of Hannah's guidance on your work.

— Natalie Teal McAllister (Glimmer Train, SmokeLong Quarterly)

Hannah Beresford has a keen eye for what’s taking place on the page. Her editorial skill helped me become a better writer. She hones in on the areas of a poem that might be improved. Her suggested edits that are spot on. My poems sparkle a little more because of what I learned from her while she was my poetry coach/teacher.

— Emily Moon (author of It’s Just You and Me, Miss Moon, First Matter Press, 2020)

I trust Hannah's expertise as a writer and value her ideas as a reader. She brings encouragement to the editing process, taking care of each project like it is her own.

— Stephanie Gresham (Entropy, Winner of the Pigeon Pages 2024 Essay Contest)