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Critiques 4 U!

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Hello, beautiful people! I hope you’re all having productive, efficient, kick-butt weeks. It’s time for March’s critique contest, but I wanted to take a moment and thank all of you for your encouragement. Your kind words, reviews, and support, yes, keep it all coming :). But I get just as charged when I run this contest each month and see so many writers putting themselves out there, risking criticism, knowing that if they win, it means more work. You guys are amazing, and I wish you exponential growth and wild success on your journeys!

Critiques 4 U

CONTEST CLOSED!

If you’re working on a first page and would like some objective feedback, please leave a comment that includes: 

1) your email address. Some of you have expressed concern about making your email address public; if you’re sure that the email address associated with your WordPress account is correct, you don’t have to include it here. But if you do win and I’m unable to contact you through that email address, I’ll have to choose an alternate winner.

2) your story’s genre (no erotica, please)

Also, please be sure your first page is ready to go so I can critique it before next month’s contest rolls around. If it needs some work and you won’t be able to get it to me right away, I’d like to ask that you plan on entering the next contest, once any necessary tweaking has been taken care of. 🙂

ONLY ENTRIES THAT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED

Three commenters’ names will be randomly drawn and posted tomorrow. If you win, you can email me your first page and I’ll offer my feedback. Best of luck!

Reader Interactions

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  1. BECCA PUGLISI says

    And the winners are…

    Natasha Hanova
    Sanyukta Thakare
    Courtney!

    You three, I’ll be in touch shortly. Thanks so much for entering, everyone! See you next month 🙂

  8. Karin E. Nalepa says

    New at this, so here goes!

    email: kstrippel (at) gmail.com

    Genre: sci-fi short story

    Thanks for doing this!

  12. AM Lyvers says

    I can’t wait to see the picks, even if it’s not me, it’s still a learning opportunity–thank you!

    Adult Science Fiction
    AMLyvers (at) gmail (dot) com

  19. Val Harbolovic says

    Hi Becca,
    My first page is ready to go, and the genre is historical fiction.
    My novel is set in 1960-1 in the Portuguese African colony of Angola where I spent my childhood.
    Best wishes,
    Val

  29. Laura Selinsky says

    Hi Becca, I’d love to have the first page of my short-short critiqued. The genre is literary fiction (I hate writing that because I worry that people will think I’m disrespecting fantasy and science fiction).
    Thanks for the opportunity.
    Laura Selinsky lnselinsky@hotmail.com

  36. Frances Rove says

    I can’t believe it’s been a month since the last opportunity! Time flies when you are writing.

    Genre: Memoir