During the month of September, Black Lawrence Press author Veronica Montes is on board to critique fiction manuscripts.
Veronica Montes was born in San Francisco and raised in the Filipino American enclave of Daly City, California. Her short stories have appeared in print journals such as Bamboo Ridge and Prism International, as well as in many anthologies including Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, Growing Up Filipino, and Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas. Her flash fiction appears online in various journals including SmokeLong Quarterly, Cheap Pop, and Lost Balloon, among others.She is the author of two chapbooks: The Conquered Sits at the Bus Stop, Waiting, which won the Black River Chapbook Competition and I’m Not Lost (Ethel, a Micro Press, 2023).
Veronica is accepting everything from flash fiction to full-length collections.The fees and parameters for each of these categories is as follows:
- Flash fiction, up to two pages in length, $25
- Short stories, up to 20 pages in length, $55
- Fiction chapbooks, up to 40 pages in length, $225
- Short story collections, up to 180 pages in length, $475
All manuscripts should be double spaced and formatted in twelve point font.
The deadline to submit work for this consultation program is September 30. Veronica will complete her work and respond to all participants by October 31.