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IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.

Free, weekly round-table critique 

groups that meet online.

Join Us

IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.IT'S NOT JUST CRITIQUE. IT'S COMMUNITY.

Free, weekly round-table critique 

groups that meet online.

Join Us

How The Critiquery works

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CRITIQUE

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Let us know you'd like to sit in on our next live critique group. 

I'm ready!
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READ

CRITIQUE

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Read the week's submission from one of your group-mates.

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CRITIQUE

CRITIQUE

CRITIQUE

Note what you liked about the piece and write some possible areas of improvement. 

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ATTEND

ATTEND

CRITIQUE

Meet with your group live on ZOOM, and share your thoughts with an incredible group of supportive writers!

The Critiquery member's first critique group submission.

SUBMIT

ATTEND

SUBMIT

After 4 weeks, submit your own work for critique.

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REPEAT

ATTEND

SUBMIT

Find a home for your passion, and grow into a better writer every week.

Everything improves with the right support.

The Critiquery offers free, facilitated critique groups to prose writers of all genres and lengths. Our mission is to make writing accessible to anyone who wants to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). That is why we hold our free critique groups remotely over ZOOM and provide each one with a trained facilitator.

Critique in Action

In this week's critique group, we workshop the opening chapters of Jared’s untitled mystery novel. We focused on characterization, narrative structure, surrealism, and dark humor. 

What makes us different

We offer weekly, live critiques. There are no financial commitments. We don't make any intrusive requests about your personal information. All workshops are held over ZOOM so you can participate from anywhere in the world. The Critiquery is simply a group of writers who want to help each other get better every week. 

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Founders

JARED LINDER

JARED LINDER

JARED LINDER

Jared Linder, co-founder of The Critiquery.

He/him. Founding member. Administrator extraordinaire. Former Senior editor at Typehouse Literary Magazine, and a true delight at parties. He’s a regular participant and facilitator in a variety of focus groups. He also holds a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing, as well as a JD.

E M ISSAM

JARED LINDER

JARED LINDER

E M Issam, co-founder of The Critiquery.

He/him. Founding Member. Tech wiz. Very proud finalist in the 2021 Tucson Literary Festival of Books. An engineer by education, he has published short fiction in a number of online publications including the Dillydoun Review, Aesthetic Circle and others.  He’s also a regular participant and facilitator in the prose-fiction critique groups.

How do we do this for free?

Right now, all administrative work is performed by volunteers. The few costs we have accrued (like for this website) are paid for through a microgrant from The People's Colloquium which is funding The Critiquery for the foreseeable future. 

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