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July 17th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE July 10th

Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/17/2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm


Hey all,

You can use this Google form to sign up and submit for the July 17th critique:

https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19

 

Register and submit your pages BEFORE Midnight of the submission deadline

*MONDAY July 10th MIDNIGHT

Submission Deadline for Region-wide Peer Critique

There's no Shoptalk meeting this month. See you at the critique!

Happy writing,

Kerry


July 17th 2023 Peer Critique Meeting–Register and Upload BEFORE July 10th

Date/Time

Date(s) - 07/17/2023

10:30am - 12pm

For the upcoming Region-wide Zoom critique meeting:

Members and non-members are welcome. Please upload a new ms, pages or a revision 

by Midnight of the deadline.

Submit your 5 pages here: 

https://forms.gle/aEG1sbi3HUzX7CM19

Remember you are welcome to come as an observer or "bleacher-creature" if you have never been to critique before and you'd like to see how it works before you submit yourself. Register through the Google form and choose the “lurker/bleacher-creature” option.

Kerry

p.s. If it is your first time submitting, please read the instructions below carefully:

Eastern NY Region-wide Zoom Critique Instructions:

  1. Add a logline to the top of your submission! For YA and MG submissions, if it is not your first chapter, add a very short summary to bring us up to speed in your story. (Very short summary means a paragraph or two.) 

  1. Upload your submission as a Word.docx by Midnight, of the deadline date. I will send out the groups the following day. 

  1. Read the submissions in your group before the meeting. You’ll get an email indicating your color/group.

  1. Leave comments on each Google Doc

  1. Come prepared to discuss each submission 

How to write a logline: https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/how-to-write-a-logline-c3331c4ae31c

Upload your submission* each month with this Google Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNfHV2fmqks0h53SExwugR05buzl7_s3Ynnku-KlxlmzF9zg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Upload your submission as a Word.docx (or PDF for illustrated dummies) by the deadline posted above.

*Format your picture book manuscript or 5 pages of your novel (double-spaced) following SCBWI recommendations (see page 2 of the pdf under heading “Formatting Your Manuscript”: https://www.scbwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/From-Keyboard_2014.pdf 

You will receive an email the day after the submission deadline with a link to the color-coded Google Sheet. This sheet will have the groups assigned by color and room number. You will read the submissions in your group before the meeting.

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