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2010 Critique Mania
Fund Raising Event for Soundings Review
What: Critique Mania: Professional Authors and Editors will write critiques of your writing!
When: Submission between August 1 and August 31, 2010; authors have until October 1, 2010 to respond and return manuscripts.
Where: By mail! No gas to buy, no planes or ferries to catch, no clock to watch!
How: Submitters will mail one poem or one prose manuscript that is postmarked August 1 - 31. We have authors for all genres. Length varies – most accept work of up to two pages of poetry or up to 1,000 words prose, but some will take longer work. Check out our authors’ bios for length restrictions.
As work arrives, it will be disbursed in the order received; you can request your first three choices off the list; if that person has already received all the manuscripts they’ve agreed to review, your work will be sent to the next author on your list. If all your authors have maxed out, your work will go to another author (alphabetical) who works in your genre. First come, first serve.
How much: Twenty-five bucks! ($25) for the base length (2 pages poetry or 1000 words of prose). What a deal! For each additional page of poetry or each additional 500 words of prose, add $5.00.
In other words, a 4-page poem would cost $35; fiction of 2000 words would cost $35. Each submission is one fee (please do not send two separate manuscripts that total two pages of poetry or prose).
You’ll also need to enclose two stamped envelopes, one that will allow the material to be forwarded to an author/editor and one for her or him to send the material back to you.
Professional critiques normally range from $30 – $75, and most of these people aren’t usually available for this work.
Should you wish to include an additional donation toward Soundings Review, we’ll be ecstatic!
Why? Because receiving this sort of feedback is a terrific benefit to you AND because ALL the proceeds go to support our magazine, Soundings Review. Everybody wins!
Who Are The Authors/Editors? Link to participating authors.
Guidelines for Submissions to Critique Mania
1. Between August 1 and August 31, for each submission (yes, you can send more than one but in different envelopes, please) include one poem or one prose manuscript in double-spaced, 12-point font.
2. Include two stamped envelopes: one will be a return envelope to you with your address on it; the other will be used to forward your material to an author for a critique; do not address this one.
3. Items to include:
- Your manuscript (as stated above).
- A cover letter with your name, address, email and phone number.
- A check for $25 for a poem of up to two pages or prose up to 1,000 words –
( For each additional page of poetry or each additional 500 words of prose, add $5.00)
Checks should be made out to Soundings Review (you can also subscribe or donate at this time). - Your first, second and third choice author/editor preference (if all of these are “full,” your material will be sent to the next author on the list by genre). See our list of authors and their bios on the NILA Web site
4. Mail the above items to:
Soundings Review
Critique Mania
PO Box 639
Freeland, WA 98249
5. Submit as many manuscripts as you like, but please mail separately with separate stamped envelopes included and separate $25 checks (or more for longer work) for each. In other words, each submission should be separate (they might go to different authors).
6. To repeat: material will be disbursed to authors based on genre and alphabetical order EXCEPT for first choices, as possible (see number 3 above).
7. Participants agree not to contact the authors/editors about the critiques unless invited to do so. If you have concerns or questions about critiques, contact Marian Blue through Soundings@whidbey.com
8. If no authors are available in your genre, your submission and check(s) will be returned to you.