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- ↑ The Poetry Society: author profile
- ↑ Library of Congress: book listing
- ↑ British Library: book listing
- ↑ The Poetry Society: The Poetry Stanzas
- ↑ "Review: The Secret of Archery, by Alessio Zanelli, Greenwich Exchange, 2019". Society of Classical Poets. 21 December 2019.
- ↑ "Review: The Invisible, by Alessio Zanelli, Greenwich Exchange, 2024". London Grip. 26 March 2024.
- ↑ "Review: Amalgam, by Alessio Zanelli, Cyberwit, 2021". British Science Fiction Association. 2021.
- ↑ "Poetry on the Lake International Competition". Poetry on the Lake.
- ↑ "At a Loss – The Poetry Society: Poems". The Poetry Society.
