Get
Your Entry Critiqued!
Stories that make the final round of judging, and do not get
published, get critiqued for free. However, as of January 2012
we’ll now critique any
contest
entry for $15.
Yes, $15. Still
less than most places charge, but a bit more than we used
to.
Want to see what a critique looks like? Here’s a
real critique one of our contestants
allowed us to publish as an example. (And here’s the story we helped him turn his
originally rejected contest entry into!)
How it Works
If you submit a contest entry and are eventually told “Sorry,
your entry did not make the final round of judging,” you may
send us $15 and ask us to critique your non-finalist entry.
Make sure
you also write to Critiques@OnThePremises.com so we have an e-mail address to
send the critique to!
Our preferred method of payment for this service is PayPal
(Critiques@OnThePremises.com is our PayPal address). If you use
PayPal, be sure to include in your notes what story you’re
asking us to critique, and what e-mail address to send the critique
to.
You can also send us a check. If you write us at
Critiques@OnThePremises.com, we’ll give you
our postal address.
Our Philosophy of Critiquing
We
believe critiques should help writers improve their fiction writing
skills.
Our goals in critiquing a contest entry are to give you:
1) Reasons why your entry did not make the final round of
judging.
2) Suggestions for improving the submitted story, your writing in
general, or both.
One critique can’t turn a complete beginner into an
award-winning professional author. However, we’ve had authors
tell us that they revised their stories based on our critiques and
sold their stories to another market. We can’t guarantee that
result, but we’ll do our best.