The Prose And Poetry which follows is mainly the work of younger writers, most of whom have started to work seriously at writing over the past two years. In the light of this, the material selected and presented here is more than satisfying in its variety and in its high standard. We are confident that some of it at least is also durable.

Seven poems by Peter Bland are included and this is the largest selection of his poems to be printed together up to the present time. We believe that these poems show a considerable advance on anything that he has published previously, and that they are exciting evidence of a real poetic talent.

Arthur Barker's free verse fragments are a new departure for him, and are further proof of an acute sensibility.

We wish to thank all those writers whose work is printed here and all who took time and trouble to prepare and submit their work.