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Manuscript Review Program fee

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Manuscript Review Program fee

Program fees:

  • Fiction or nonfiction: $100 for up to 2500 words + $0.006/word exceeding 2500 words
  • Fiction query letter or nonfiction pitch: $75 for up to 500 words + $0.012/word exceeding 500 words
  • Poetry or script: $100 for up to 1250 words + $0.012/word exceeding 1250 words
  • Graphic novel (including comic script and finished comic): $100 for up to 5 pages + $3/page exceeding 5 pages

Fee payment is also accepted by phone or mailed cheque.

Call us during business hours at (902) 423-8116 with your credit card details on hand.

Or mail a cheque (payable to the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, with “Manuscript Review” in the memo field) to
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia
1113 Marginal Road
Halifax, NS
B3H 4P7
In the case of a mailed cheque, please notify us at communications@writers.ns.ca when the fee is in the post.

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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, writing for young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

Occasionally, WFNS uses the phrase “emerging and established writers/authors” to mean ‘writers and authors of all experience levels.’

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with info, strategies, and skills that suit their experience. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If uncertain about your experience level with respect to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca