The critiquery's diverse writing and critique 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.

Free, weekly round-table critique

groups that meet online.

Join Us

How The Critiquery works

join

MATCH

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

I'm ready!

MATCH

Get matched with the critique group that's right for you.

READ

MATCH

CRITIQUE

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

CRITIQUE

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

ATTEND

CRITIQUE

ATTEND

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

SUBMIT

CRITIQUE

ATTEND

After 4 weeks, submit your own work for critique.

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

Jared, Brad, Collin, Eli, and Edean provide feedback to submitting-author Grace on the first chapter of her WIP novel.

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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Events

6/15/2021

Prose Fiction Critique Group

7pm

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8pm

ZOOM

Event Details

6/15/2021

Prose Fiction Critique Group

A double short story submission by Eli with Edean facilitating.

7pm

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8pm

ZOOM

Founders

JARED LINDER

He/him. Founding member. Administrator extraordinaire. Senior editor at Typehouse Literary Magazine, and a true delight. 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

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.

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

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

How The Critiquery works

join

MATCH

MATCH

MATCH

MATCH

MATCH

READ

MATCH

CRITIQUE

CRITIQUE

CRITIQUE

CRITIQUE

ATTEND

CRITIQUE

ATTEND

SUBMIT

CRITIQUE

ATTEND

Everything improves with the right support.

Critique in Action

What makes us different

More questions? Start a conversation

We can't wait to learn more about you and your writing.

Events

6/15/2021

Prose Fiction Critique Group

7pm

-

8pm

6/15/2021

Prose Fiction Critique Group

7pm

-

8pm

Founders

JARED LINDER

JARED LINDER

JARED LINDER

E M ISSAM

JARED LINDER

JARED LINDER

How do we do this for free?