Register

Please complete this registration to receive a Weekly Writes Manuscript Consultation! You will submit your manuscript later. Please note this form will treat you like an 'event attendee' - for technical reasons - but there is no associated event. Details of the consultation are below!

What you submit:

•  A prose manuscript of no more than 6,000 words, by May 1
•  A fee of $275
•  A short cover letter stating the genre of the piece and what you are hoping to accomplish with this piece of writing (optional)

What you receive:

• A one-page, single-spaced editorial letter from one of The Common’s editors
• Carefully annotated manuscript
• Response by June 1

Please note:

We are offering this opportunity to 12 writers; slots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. We are offering consults for prose only at this time (sorry, poets! Hopefully next time!). We are not able to accommodate requests to be read by a particular editor. Consultations are not submissions to the magazine and are not considered for publication in The Common. 

What to do:

• Sign up at this portal and pay the consultation fee
• Polish your manuscript as much as possible
• Follow the emailed instructions to submit your prose manuscript by May 1 (please double-check the word count)
• Distract yourself for a month while we read and comment
• Watch your inbox for your annotated manuscript and editorial letter

We can’t wait to read your work! If you have any questions, please email managing editor Emily Everett at emily@thecommononline.org.