Adrian Van Young is the author of The Man Who Noticed Everything, a collection of stories, which won Black Lawrence Press’s St. Lawrence Book Award; the novel, Shadows in Summerland (Open Road Media); and the story collection, Midnight Self (Black Lawrence Press). He is also the author of Vampire Pool Party, a book for children (Madeleine Editions.) His fiction and non-fiction have been published in Black Warrior Review, Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, The Baffler, Conjunctions, The Believer, BOMB, Granta, McSweeney’s and The New Yorker online. He lives in New Orleans with his family where he teaches American Literature & Creative Writing.
Adrian 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 Adrian at no additional charge.
Adrian is accepting everything from flash fiction to novels. The fees and parameters for each of these categories is 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 April 30. Adrian will complete his work and respond to all participants by May 31.