• Feel free to write comments and suggestions on individual pages.
• Critiques must be in print or written by hand - no electronic critiques.
• Take a moment to explain your comments. The better the author understands what you're trying to convey, the easier it will be to make necessary changes.
• Please write a summary on the back page of the work (likes, dislikes and suggestions). Don't waste your time repeating what you've said on individual pages, just offer up an over-all opinion of the submission.
• Afterwards please sign the critique. We do this so that if the author is unclear of a critique he/she may call or e-mail you and ask you to elaborate.
• Be sure to return the work to the author. This allows them to see the problems the reader had as they were reading the work.

Visitors must attend three meetings before joining. Only members may submit.

Below you will find the guidelines for submitting.

• All genres are accepted with the exception of pornography.
• Submissions must be in print, not on electronic media.
• The first page should have your name, contact information, title of the story and approximate word count (if known.)
• Subsequent pages should have the title of the work and your name in the header or footer of the document in case the staples come loose. (This happens more often than you think it does.)
• Please specify whether your work is a short story or a novel in progress.
• If the work is a novel in progress, include a synopsis of previous chapters for the reader. Be sure to define key characters and events. (The synopsis can be single spaced.)
• Number the pages.
• Use one inch margins.
• Proofread and spell-check your work before submitting.
• Make sure you supply a sufficient number of copies for the group (one for each member and a couple of extra copies for new members).
• All submitted work must be typed, double-spaced and in a legible font (Example: 12 point Times New Roman).
• There is a 50-page limit per submitting member (this total limit includes submitting multiple works).
• If submitting multiple works, staple them separately. Do not bind them together.
• If submitting mulitple works, each member is allowed two submissions of prose or five submissions of poetry.

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