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Postgraduate Review

How it works

Send us your synopsis and the first three chapters of your book (or the first hour of your screenplay or radio play) for a detailed assessment of your potential, including constructive criticism of your ideas and writing skills and advice on where to go next.


Our reviewers are MA Professional Writing graduates schooled in critiquing writing of all the key genres. Many are published authors themselves.

The review costs £99 (includes entry to our Members' Room).

To access the Members' Room you'll need to Register, choose the Members' Room option and enter the password you received in your confirmation email. If you've already registered, log in and enter the Members' Room password.


What to submit:

Print out your typed-up work and send by post to:

Postgraduate Review c/o Professional Writing, University College Falmouth, Tremough Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn TR10 9ez, UK.


We cannot accept submissions by email, nor can we print out attachments.


Submissions must be in the following format:

• 12-point Times New Roman font
• double-spaced
• 2.5cm (1in) margins at top, bottom and on both sides
• each new paragraph to be indented
• printed on one side of A4 paper
• numbered pages
• with your name/book title as running head on each page
• loose sheets; no folders or binders please
• SAE for return of manuscript, if required
• with your name, address, email address and phone number on the title page
• include the book’s title, genre (eg thriller, literary novel, children’s book) and word count on the title page.


Expect to hear from us in 4 weeks.

Postgraduate Review

Sample Postgraduate Review

Reviewer: - Elfrea Lockley, author Octopus Books and MA Professional Writing graduate

What powerful stories – I have found myself thinking back to the séance scene and the revelation in the garden since first reading your manuscript. Above all, I like the way in which your narrator's misgivings about telling these stories force you to reflect on themes of gender and social mores. Your obvious struggle to come to terms with a world that is not the black and white place it seemed in childhood makes your exploration of ideas subtle and thoughtful.

 

Professional Advice

The most important thing is to write about something you feel passionate about.

Jeremy Mortimer, Executive Producer BBC Radio Drama


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