Springmingle '07

15th Annual Spring Conference
"Opening Doors at Closed Houses!"
Friday, March 2-4, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia

CRITIQUE GUIDELINES

Manuscripts and Portfolios

Formal Manuscript Critiques

Conference attendees may pay an additional fee of $40 to receive a formal, one-on-one critique. Send a complete manuscript of a picture book, the first three chapters and a synopsis of a longer work (not to exceed 20 pages), an entire short story, or a collection of poems (up to six). Conference speakers and other published authors do critiques.
Manuscripts (Mss) for formal critiques must be received by January 26th. They're forwarded to the critiquer to read ahead of time. Mail entries to PO Box 26282, Birmingham, AL 35260. The critiquer will make notes to bring to the critique. The critiquer will meet privately with you for 12 minutes to discuss your work.

Mss must be properly formatted to be critiqued. Click here for formatting guidelines.

Due to the limited number of critique slots, manuscripts for formal critique are selected on a first-come first-serve basis.

Critique slots fill up quickly. Register early! Mss sent in, but not critiqued, will be returned to the author at the conference with a refund of the critique fee.

Formal Portfolio Critiques

Illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba will serve as our SM07 Formal Portfolio Critiquer. See her bio on page 12.

Do not mail portfolios. Illustrators are to bring portfolios to the conference. Illustrators will be assigned an appointment time to meet their critiquer privately for 12 minutes to discuss the work.

Portfolios should contain up to ten pieces of art that show versatility and uniqueness of the artist's style and strengths. If illustrator doesn't have a portfolio, a book dummy and/or 3-5 pieces of artwork/sketches are okay.

Informal Critiques

Writers may bring several copies of a manuscript for informal critiques. Those interested in participating will break into small groups in which they will read each other's work and make suggestions to strengthen the manuscripts.

Artists may also bring individual artwork, sketches or portfolios for informal critiques. Those interested in participating will break into a group(s) in which they will view each other's work and make suggestions to strengthen the art.