Rebecca Turkewitz is a writer and high school English teacher living in Portland, Maine. She is the author of the story collection Here in the Night (Black Lawrence Press), which was a finalist for the Maine Literary Award and named one of Debutiful’s Best Debuts of 2023. Her fiction and humor writing have appeared or are forthcoming in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024, Alaska Quarterly Review, Electric Literature, Best Microfiction 2023 and 2024, The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in fiction from The Ohio State University.
Rebecca will provide detailed comments on your manuscript as well as a cover letter. After receiving these files, participants who submit chapbooks and full-length manuscripts may also book phone/video conferences with Rebecca at no additional charge.
Rebecca is accepting everything from flash fiction to novels for critique. The fees and parameters for each of these categories are as follows:
- Flash fiction, up to 2 pages in length, $25
- Short stories, up to 20 pages in length, $55
- Chapbooks, up to 40 pages in length, $275
- Novellas, up to 100 pages in length, $425
- Short story collections, up to 180 pages in length, $550
- Novels, up to 300 pages in length, $795
All manuscripts should be double spaced and formatted in 12-point font. The deadline to submit work for this consultation program is July 31. Rebecca will complete her work and respond to all participants by August 31.