#264 Win an editorial critique of a short story (up to 4,000 words in length) from Vicky Grut: author, creative writing teacher and reader for The Literary Consultancy

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Vicky Grut is the author of Edge Hill Prize shortlisted short story collection, 'Live Show, Drink Included', (which you will also win as part of this prize!) and an experienced creative writing teacher and reader for The Literary Consultancy.

She will read a short story of up to 4,000 words in length and provide you with an editorial critique. 

More about Vicky:

Vicky Grut’s short fiction has been included in new writing anthologies published by Picador, Granta, Duckworths, Serpents’ Tail and Bloomsbury in the UK and by Harvard Review in the USA. One of her stories was translated into Mandarin for a dual language anthology in China. Her novel Human Geography was shortlisted for the 2017 Caledonia Novel Award. She has worked in community arts, as a freelance book editor, and as a creative writing lecturer for the Open University, London South Bank University and the University of Greenwich. She reads for the manuscript critiquing agency The Literary Consultancy. Her collected stories are published by Holland Park Press (2018) She is currently working on a creative nonfiction book.

About The Literary Consultancy:

The Literary Consultancy (TLC) was set up in 1996 as the first editorial consultancy of its kind, offering professional feedback to writers at all levels through our core manuscript assessment service. Since then, we have sent detailed feedback reports to thousands of writers on a range of writing projects: across novels, memoir, poetry, short stories and scripts, from beginner writers to well-known names. Our expert team of readers is made up of world-class writers, tutors, and publishing professionals who, guided by TLC, write reports which help our clients better understand their work, how to improve it, and where it might sit in the changing landscape. Alongside our assessment service, we also offer a popular mentoring programme, Chapter and Verse, with both online and face-to-face options available, and a range of literary events, all carefully designed to offer additional support and inspiration to writers. You can read about some of our Success Stories here, and look at a range of client testimonials across our services here.

Update at 12:29pm, 14 May 2021

*Please note, as stated on the main page this auction is UK shipping only for the physical prizes - Zoom calls and mentoring plus online critiques are open internationally*

Update at 7:48pm, 20 May 2021

The bid increment was changed from £1 to £5.

Bidding ended: 11:59pm, 21 May 202111:59pm, Friday 21 May 2021Europe/London

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Julie Curtis 11:55pm 21 May 2021 £85
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Julie Curtis 9:16pm 18 May 2021 £60
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Megan Spillane 1:32pm 18 May 2021 £36
Bill Williams 7:35pm 16 May 2021 £35
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Tom Smth 11:47am 13 May 2021 £5