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Critiques!
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Are you ready for a challenge?  Do you want to know how a publisher might view
your work?  Our critique service is your opportunity to find out.  And as a special
incentive, each student can receive one FREE critique by a member of our faculty.

No doubt, attending a conference is a great way to advance your writing career.  
And books can teach you a great deal about grammar and style.  But how about
your story, in particular?  How does it measure up?  Several of our faculty members
have agreed to provide critiques for our conferees.

This professional review, a “big-picture” evaluation, can provide you with a valuable
analysis of your manuscript and writing skills.  We'll assess your work on the basis
of several important issues:

What are your strengths and challenges?  

Is your message coming through?  

Do your arguments support your thesis?  

Do you have an engaging personal style?

Are your characters genuine and believable?  

In addition, we can help with your plot, structure, pace, and dialogue.

Or suppose you'd like to have a second opinion, or an evaluation of another ten pages, or a completely different manuscript.  Additional critiques are available at
the special rate of $30.00 each.  

Interested?  Print your manuscript(s), up to 10 pages each, double-spaced, on 8.5 x
11” white bond paper.  Make sure that your name appears in the header on every
page.  Use 12-point Times New Roman font, with one-inch margins on all sides.  
When you're done, place it
unfolded into a 9 x 11.5” envelope.  Enclose a check for
your registration fee (plus any applicable critique fees), payable to Quartz Hill
School of Theology.  Mail it to:

    Antelope Valley Christian Writers' Conference
    Attn: Critiques
    5022 Avenue N, Suite 102-128
    Palmdale, CA 93551

Otherwise, you may send by email attachment.  Use the same formatting as for
paper submissions, above.  (MS Word files with .doc extension only, please.)  Email
to
avwriters@yahoo.com. At that time we will send you an invoice for your
registration fee (plus any applicable critique fees), which will enable you to make
your remittance through Pay Pal. Your manuscript will then be forwarded to a
faculty member who handles your genre.

By either method, all submissions must be received no later than April 1, 2009, in
order to have your critiqued manuscript returned to you at the conference.  


Critiques, Plan B

If you don't have your manuscript ready in time for pre-submission, all is not lost.  
Our panelists will be available for private 15-minute appointments, to take a quick
look at your writing and offer their evaluations.  In some cases, by mutual
agreement, our speakers can make themselves available for ongoing critiques and
mentoring after the conference.  They are independent contractors, not employees
of our organization, and they set their own policies and fees.