Constructive critique for your short story,
or mini fiction. The suggestions we make in our critiques
can transform good writing into published or competition-winning
writing.
Short stories
A critique of a short story is of most value when we know
which market you’re aiming at. Short story requirements
for women’s magazines, for example, are very different
from those of literary magazines or competitions. Please
let us know when you submit your story for critique if
you have a particular magazine or competition in mind.
Up to 2,000 words: 1 critique £48; 2
critiques £68; 3
critiques £95; 4
critiques £115
Over 2,000 words: 1 critique £65;
2 critiques £85; 3 critiques £115;
4 critiques £135
Please note competition entries are very difficult to
gauge. Nothing can prepare the writer more than reading
entries by previous winners and runners-up, although if
the judges change every year, even this method has its
limitations.
If your short story is for a competition, then to help
us in reviewing your work please let us have the website
details of the competition when you submit – there
is a space for this information on the Submission Form.
Please allow plenty of time!
We can’t guarantee that, even if we think your story
is good enough to be published, or to take a prize in a
competition, that it will in fact do so. However, a Fiction
Feedback appraisal might be able to suggest how you could
improve your story which will in turn improve your chances.
Please read How to Submit, then
either click the link below or click on the submission
form link on the left hand panel that appears throughout
the site.
SUBMIT YOUR SHORT STORY
To submit, please hit the SUBMIT YOUR SHORT STORY link
above or click on the submission form link on the left
hand panel that appears throughout the site.
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Fiction Feedback recently sponsored a national writing competition, for urban
myths crafted into flash fiction.
Congratulations to the winners:
1st: Alison Oxley, Man in the
Attic 2nd: Heather Carey, The Tale of
Billy Begg 3rd: Steve Toase, Glass and Mercury The
winning and shortlisted entries can be read in Aware, the
annual, digital
publication
of Chorley & District
Writers’ Circle. Read Aware at the Circle’s
new site:
www.chorleywriters.org.uk Thank you to the judge, David
Gaffney, who did such a splendid job. The shortlist was of
a very
high standard
so he
had his work
cut out.
www.davidgaffney.org Finally, thank you to all who
entered and good luck with your next competition.
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