With folks wanting to hone their pitches, queries, and first chapters before PitchWars submission, I thought I’d help everyone searching for a critique partner. Contests such of these are great for finding people who write in the same category and genre as you. Here are some places and things to do:

• Put a tweet out requesting to swap material using the contest hashtag. Be specific about the age group & genre you write to be clear to prospective partners.
• Watch for posts about entrants forming groups on their blogs to give each other feedback.
• Absolute Write Forums: These forums are for all age groups and genres. Not to mention the research on agents and publishers you can find.
• CPSeek Forums: There are topics on specific age categories and one just for queries and synopsis’.
• Agent Query Connect: This is a place to post you’re looking for a crit partner.
• Sub It Club Facebook Critique Partner Group: This is a private group you have to join, so no worries about what you post.
• Ladies Who Critique: This is a sight where you can join groups by the genre.
• Romance Critters: Whoa! A place for romance writers to swoon over each others critique. Awesome!
• Query Tracker Forum: Not only can you keep track of your queries with this site, you can go to the forums and get feedback!

If you’re a member of a writers guild, you can usually find a place to get feedback on those sites too. I’m sure there are many more places to find help honing your craft, but these are a few places to get you started.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction