Get Your Entry Critiqued!
Stories that make the final round of judging, and do not get published, get critiqued for free if the author would like that. However, we’ll critique any contest entry for US$15.
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 in US dollars 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.
Even though we now live and publish from Portugal, you can still send us a check. If you write us at Critiques@OnThePremises.com, we’ll explain how.
Our Philosophy of Critiquing
We believe critiques should help writers improve their fiction writing skills, not just one specific story.
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 and, where relevant, fiction writing skills in general.
One critique can’t turn a complete beginner into an award-winning professional author. However, over the years, many (we stopped counting at 12) authors have told us they revised their stories based on our critiques and had their stories accepted by another market. We can’t guarantee that result, but we’ll do our best.