Partial Manuscript Critiques

Submission Options

Pricing Information

• 1-5 pages
  (1,500 words max)
  • Non-member: $40
  • Member: $36
• 6-10 pages
  (2,500 words max)
  • Non-member: $80
  • Member: $72
• 11-15 pages
  (3,500 words max)
  • Non-member: $120
  • Member: $108

Submit up to 15 pages of your prose, fiction or nonfiction, and our Editorial Review Team will assess your strengths and shortcomings as a writer. And we’ll answer your most important question — about the potential for your work to be published.

The critique is done in mutual anonymity – your name will be removed from your sample prior to passing it on to our Editorial Review Team, and you’ll never know the name of your reviewer. This allows complete honesty from both sides and eliminates any concern that the comments are somehow personal.

Please allow six weeks for your sample to be critiqued.

We’re sorry, but we do not review poetry, picture books, play scripts, or screenplays.

Formatting guidelines

• Use Times New Roman font, 12 pt
• Double space your copy (no extra space between paragraphs)
• One space between sentences
• Align left justification, not full.
• 1” top and bottom margins; 1.25” side margins

Submissions must not contain profanity, sexually explicit content, or excessive violence.