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The 2nd Annual New York Round Table TM Writers' Conference
Advance Reading Appointments

The New York Round Table Writers' Conference is offering a distinct opportunity to meet top agents and editors one-on-one to review your work and offer specific advice about how to take your project forward -- Advance Reading Appointments. These one-on-one appointments require that you submit the opening pages of your manuscript or proposal to be read in advance of your appointment. The fifteen-minute consultations cost $50.00 and are limited to one per attendee. Please send a check payable to the Small Press Center with your submission. But before doing so, please email the Center to check there is still space.

Guidelines for Advance Reading Appointments

  1. You must be registered for the Conference.
  2. Conference fee, Advance Reading fee AND submission must be received no later than April 17, 2006 to participate in an Advance Reading Appointment. All fees may be paid together and submitted with the registration form. Submissions for Advance Reading Appointments may accompany registration and fees. (Paying of fees alone will not reserve an Advance Reading Appointment. A submission must be received to schedule an appointment.)
  3. Advance Reading Appointments are scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis once fees are paid and submissions are received.
  4. Submissions not picked up at scheduled appointments will not be returned. Missed appointments will not be rescheduled or refunded.
  5. Please do not submit your materials until your appointment has been confirmed.
  6. Materials required for your Advance Reading Appointment:
    Non-Fiction: A proposal of not more than ten pages, five pages of sample writing from the work, and a one-page bio of the author.
    Fiction: A novel synopsis of not more than two pages, fifteen pages of sample writing from the work, and a one-page bio of the author.
Pages must be typed and double-spaced on 81/2 x 11 paper in a standard, 12 point font, and numbered with your name on each page. Submissions are not returnable. The fees (if not already paid) must accompany each submission. Send all materials in a 9x12 envelope to SMALL PRESS CENTER, ATTN: Advanced Reading Appointment, 20 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036. Late, faxed or e-mailed submissions will not be accepted. Please email or call the Small Press Center (212.764.7021) if you have any additional questions.

New York Round TableTM Writers' Conference is a trademark of the Small Press Center, an Educational Program of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.