Get
Your Entry Critiqued
Stories that make the
final round of judging, and do not get published, get critiqued for
free. However, we’ll now critique any
contest
entry for $10.
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 $10 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.
Our second-most preferred method is a check sent through the US
mail. You can write us at Critiques@OnThePremises.com and we’ll give
you a postal address to send the check to.
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 cannot 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.