Please note - this contest has been extended to Jan 1st!!

Ho, ho, ho! =FatherLitmas here, telling you about a fun holiday event! Are you looking for a thoughtful, useful, and incredibly cheap gift to give a writer? Secret Santa Critiques are just the thing!

Why critiques? They're the gift that keeps on giving! Critiques help writers improve the piece that was critiqued and also gives them help for future writing. Receiving a critique that much thought and care was put into is always a treat! Examples of outstanding critiques can be found here and here in ^PoeticWar's journals that report past winners of his critique competition.

By Sunday, New Years Eve, 11:59 PST, send me a note with your critique of a piece of literature here on dA. Put "Secret Santa" as the subject line, and be sure to include a link to the piece you're critiquing! I'll post the critiques to the deviations as I receive them--some might be posted after New Years, depending on the schedules of my helpers (^imperfect, ^coshdaddy, ^adrift, ^PoeticWar, `bananaprincess).

There just might be a gift for you, too!

The top three critics will receive prizes. This includes subscriptions, lit mugs, prints and other goodies.
Additional prizes might be available for other participants as well.

The winners of the critique contest and a list of who critiqued whom will be posted on my =FatherLitmas journal, so be sure to check back for updates!

Feel free to ask questions either here by noting me.

Merry Litmas and Happy Critiquing!

Sincerely,

=FatherLitmas