Calling all Novelists: Ever wish you could have the same publishing professional look at your manuscript a second time? After you made their suggested revisions? Well now you can! Two-Step Critique participants will meet with literary agent Lisa Gouldy to discuss their synopsis and the first 10 pages of a manuscript once in June, then have about 8 weeks to revise and resubmit for a second round of feedback in September.
Host Region: Eastern Pennsylvania
Contact: Kristen Strocchia epa-ara@scbwi.org
Cost:
Meeting Dates:
REGISTRATION CONFIRMATIONS
Upon completion of payment, you will receive a payment confirmation by email. You will also find a registration confirmation on the website that will include event-specific details. Go to your Member Home and click on My Events under the black bar at the top of the page. All events you have registered will be displayed on this page. If there are additional meeting details (i.e. Zoom links for virtual events or materials required for the event), this information will be found under the green Meeting Info button.
Please send up to 10 pages of your MG or YA manuscript (double-spaced; 12-pt Times New Roman; 1-in margins) and a one-page synopsis (single-spaced) in the same document. Translator submissions should include a brief note about the source work (also in the same document)--by SATURDAY, APRIL 26. We anticipate feedback to be returned by Monday, May 26, 2025. Please, review this in advance of your Zoom meeting.
Use the feedback you receive in Step 1 to revise your 10 pages and synopsis before the submission deadline for Step 2.
Send the revised first 10 pages of your MG or YA manuscript (double-spaced; 12-pt Times New Roman; 1-in margins) and the revised one-page synopsis (single-spaced) in the same document. Translator submissions should include a brief note about the source work (also in the same document)--by SATURDAY, AUGUST 2. We anticipate feedback to be returned by Monday, September 1, 2025. Please, review this in advance of your Zoom meeting.
For all submissions, format your work in 12 point font, with one-inch margins, and double spacing. (US Letter paper size-Include all materials in the same document; please don’t send two documents.)
For both Middle Grade/Young Adult (MG/YA): Please send up to 10 pages of your manuscript and a one-page QUERY LETTER (in the same document). Translator submissions should include a brief note about the source work (also in the same document).
⇒Please include your name on every page of your work as a header or a footer, as well as identifying information on page one: first & last name, email address, title, genre.
⇒Please SAVE YOUR FILE as Faculty Last Name_Your Last Name_TITLE OF MANUSCRIPT as a PDF or DOC or DOCx.
Example: Gouldy_Strocchia_THE DAY OF THE PURPLE CARROTS
⇒Then send your file to Kristen at epa-ara@scbwi.org. The subject should read: Webinar Faculty Last Name_Your Last Name_TITLE OF MANUSCRIPT (same as saved file name).
Also see Steps 1 & 2 above for anticipated critique return dates.