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On Spec Magazine (https://onspecmag.wordpress.com/) editors Barb Galler-Smith, Lareina Abbott, and Ann Marston provide full editorial critiques on your story (or Chapter 1) in a 15-minute one-on-one discussion. All genres. No more than 3500 words (query if longer).
Maximum 8 participants. Must preregister and provide manuscript in advance (e-copies are best). You will receive submission details and guidelines upon registration.
Lareina Abbott pens Métis themed speculative fiction, essays and memoir. Her stories have a tie to the spiritual or natural world, and to ancestry. She received the Writers Guild of Alberta 2023 Howard O’Hagan award for her short story “Ma Soeur Marie” published in the Prairie... Read More →
Barb Galler-Smith has been a fiction editor with On Spec Magazine since 2008. She's an award-winning writer and co-author of an Aurora nominee novel Druids, Book 1 of an historical fantasy trilogy. She's been a judge for various writing competitions, a freelance editor, and has taught... Read More →
