SEND US A LITTLE
SOMETHING & WE’LL
WRITE FEEDBACK ON IT,
SIMPLE AS THAT.
SEND US A LITTLE
SOMETHING & WE’LL
WRITE FEEDBACK ON IT,
SIMPLE AS THAT.
Writers of all stripes thrive on feedback, and quality feedback can be tough—not to mention expensive—to come by. PENCILHOUSE endeavors to provide writers high-quality feedback at minimal to no cost.We’re doing this via open submissions calls for feedback on your work—poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction. To help keep the lights on, we’re including an inexpensive Patreon subscription where you’ll get always-available access (plus more stuff!) for $6/month. Pencilhouse also accepts one-time contributions here.
Free/Low Cost Feedback on your creative WIP
Submit your work
Poetry/Fiction/CNF; 2 pages poetry (2 poems max), 10 pages prose, double-spaced. Get first crack at our submissions cap (plus more stuff!) by joining our Patreon.
Pencilhouse Volunteers read & write feedback
Our volunteers are experienced, educated, and encouraging in their feedback and can’t wait to read your work!
Pencilhouse gets your feedback in your hands.
We’ll send your feedback within a few weeks—it really is that simple.
Pencilhouse Facilitates the Writing Process.
Feedback
We match your work with Pencilhouse staff & volunteer critics who provide thorough, encouraging feedback.
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Membership Perks
Pencilhouse’s Patreon is where we pilot new ideas and how we provide additional perks. New tiers around the corner!
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Live (Online) Events
Pencilhouse holds live events with literary magazine editors, writers, and writers’ resources to help you develop your craft.
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Zero Readers
Pencilhouse publishes Zero Readers, a magazine that works to support writers’ creative journeys by publishing quality craft articles as well as your work and more.
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COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SUPPORT FOR YOUR WRITING
Our Mission
Pencilhouse endeavors to help writers of all stripes, creeds, and classes engage the creative process and improve at their craft.
We do that by hosting regular open submission calls to our patrons and the public, working directly with writers and poets on their work through in-depth critique, notes, and discussion, and by publishing the process-centered journal Zero Readers.
Writing is an activity that’s fundamental to our relationship with the world around us, and with each other. At the same time, development opportunities for writers are frequently difficult to find, difficult to access, or prohibitively expensive.
Pencilhouse believes the writing process should be more accessible to writers—regardless of their background, skill level, demographics, or their ability to pay. We also believe the collaboration most people leverage for their development doesn’t have to be profit-driven.
Writing takes time, reading takes time, connecting with one another takes time—Pencilhouse is striving to develop a platform that just about anyone can use for the purpose of getting better at writing.
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SUPPORT FOR YOUR WRITING
OUR MISSION
Pencilhouse endeavors to help writers of all stripes, creeds, and classes engage the creative process and improve at their craft.
We do that by hosting regular open submission calls to our patrons and the public, working directly with writers and poets on their work through in-depth critique, notes, and discussion, and by publishing the process-centered journal Zero Readers.
Writing is an activity that’s fundamental to our relationship with the world around us, and with each other. At the same time, development opportunities for writers are frequently difficult to find, difficult to access, or prohibitively expensive.
Pencilhouse believes the writing process should be more accessible to writers—regardless of their background, skill level, demographics, or their ability to pay. We also believe the collaboration most people leverage for their development doesn’t have to be profit-driven.
Writing takes time, reading takes time, connecting with one another takes time—Pencilhouse is striving to develop a platform that just about anyone can use for the purpose of getting better at writing.