2009 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, 2009; authors have until October 7, 2009 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 (50 lines maximum) or prose ( 1,000 words maximum -- could be anything from a complete short-short to the opening of a memoir) postmarked August 1 - 31. Work will be disbursed in the order received; you can request you 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 the list who works in your genre. First come, first serve.

How much: Twenty-five bucks! ($25) What a deal! Plus two stamped envelopes, one that will allow the material to be forwarded to an author/editor and one for the author 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. Submit one poem of up to fifty lines or the first four pages (1,000 words), double-spaced and 12-point font, or prose (any genre) (note that Carol Frischmann and Eric Witchey will do longer manuscripts -- see their bios for more information; for each 275 words beyond the 1,000 words, include an additional $5). All submissions must be postmarked between Aug. 1 - Aug. 31

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 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).
  
  

  The names of authors/editors available to critique your work are posted on the WIWA Website

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 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 writers@whidbey.com or blueyude@whidbey.com.

8. If all authors are full, your submission and check(s) will be returned to you.