Monday, May 9, 2011

My First Critique Week Giveaway!

I've been wanting to do this for a while so I'm just going to go for it--Critique Week. I'm going to give away a picture book critique! Come all my fellow picture book writers and enter!

(As a side note, I've been thinking of how I can have a giveaway that includes all of my writer friends and all of the many genres they write in. So, the next giveaway will be for a query critique. When? When I have time, of course! I'll let you know around the net.)

As for this week's contest, here are a few guidelines:

  • Up to 1000 words (but 700 or less is preferable, just like for most publishers)
  • No rhyming (it's not my cup of tea a.k.a. I'm not good at it)
  • Fiction or nonfiction is okay
  • The winner should email me the manuscript within 3 days
  • I will finish the critique as soon as I possibly can, but I cannot foresee my future from day to day so be a little patient with me

Just put a comment on this post to enter. Entries are open up through May 16th. I'll announce the winner in the comment section of this post on Tuesday, May 17. Extras are fun, so one extra entry for each. (Please let me know in your comment):
  • follow my blog
  • tweet
  • facebook
  • blog
  • share it some other way--maybe there are social networking sites I don't even know about...maybe. :)
*disclaimer--I am not a picture book editor or agent, but I have done a lot of critiques! I will point out the things in your manuscript I see that can be improved and will give you an honest critique. I can promise nothing more than that.

30 comments:

Laura Renegar said...

WooHoo! I hope I win. :)

Amy D said...

Thanks for the opportunity! I am now following your blog and tweeted it too.

Amy Dixon

Megan K. Bickel said...

Great! I'm a follower and I'll go tweet it right away!

Megan K. Bickel said...

Okay, I also wrote about it on my blog. : )

Julie Hedlund said...

I can't believe I wasn't already following. anyway, now I am and I will tweet your contest.

Julie Hedlund said...

Here's the link to the tweet.

Corey Schwartz said...

I'm a follower and I'll tweet and facebook!

Heather Ayris Burnell said...

I saw that Laura tweeted so I am adding one more entry for her.

I'm excited that you all have entered. A week seems to long to wait all of a sudden!

MelissaPEA said...

I'll tell the people in my writer's group and some other writer friends too.

Veronica Bartles said...

I'm following your blog and I posted the link on my facebook page. I still haven't figured out twitter, but if I can figure it out, I'll post there too :)

Veronica Bartles said...

I think I posted the link successfully on twitter. At least, it shows up for me...

Mommy's Idea/Ellie Bags said...

I'm in!

Mommy's Idea/Ellie Bags said...

I'm following now too. :)

Jen said...

What a great thing, thank you! I'll post on FB too.

Cindyb said...

Put my name in!

Carolyn said...

Please put me in the running too! I will tweet your contest. Thanks for the opportunity.
Carolyn

Annette Gulati said...

I'm a follower. Thanks for the opportunity!

Grillyfish said...

I am following your blog and tweeted about the competition too! (check #picturebooks)

Thank you :)

Tricia Fressola Idrobo said...

Thanks for this opportunity!

Deb said...

Ooo! Thanks for this Heather!! I follow and I tweeted. Will also pass this along to my crit group!

Heather Ayris Burnell said...

Thanks for all the entries and tweets and such! Woot! Two more days to go and then I'll pick a winner!

Rebecca C said...

Thanks for doing this, Heather! And I hope tomorrow is my lucky day.

PamVau said...

Heather, thank you for offering your time, consideration and expertise! So grateful. Will tweet and facebook and love your blog! Will pass it on to others from conference connetions.

Suzanne Santillan said...

I RT'd the post on Twitter and shared it on my Facebook page. Thanks, Sue.

mgudlewski said...

I'm entering at the last minute, and I'll tweet it, too. Thanks, Heather.

Rebecca said...

Thanks so much for this wonderful opportunity! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!

Abigail Beal said...

Hello Heather Ayris Burnell :) What a great giveaway! Thank you for offering a pb critique. I'm following your blog & I'll mention this to my critique group. :)

Mindy Alyse Weiss said...

Thanks so much for having this critique giveaway, Heather. I'm following your blog and will tweet about your giveaway, too.

Heather Ayris Burnell said...

I gave you all numbers--lots of numbers--and put them into random.org, and the winner is...Corey!!!

And since I owe Corey anyway I decided to have two winners. So, the second winner is Veronica!!!

Send me your manuscripts ladies. I can't wait to take a look!

Thank you all for entering and sharing the contest with others. This really was a lot of fun! Hopefully I'll have time to do another one soon. Next time will be a query letter critique!

mgudlewski said...

Thanks for the fun contest, Heather. Congratulations to Corey and Veronica!