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10 Minute Novelists Facebook Group

“[A]n international group devoted to helping time-crunched writers develop the habit of writing, learn the craft, and build their careers in small increments of time.” New members are placed on a seven-day trial period before they can post to familiarize themselves with the group and its rules. The group “ONLY ACCEPTS INDIVIDUAL/PERSONAL accounts” (emphasis theirs); requests to join from a page will be rejected.

Self-promotion posts are not allowed except for a Wednesday #AuthorHappiness thread. Authors will be removed from the group for violating this rule. New releases maybe announced only on the Wednesday #THEPLATFORM thread.

Requests for feedback on blurbs, excerpts, etc., or full critiques may be requested on the Tuesday #BuddyDay thread.

Author Critique and Beta Readers

Appears to offer what the name says it does. The “About This Group” block contains limited information.

BetaReader Connect – Find Beta Readers & Critique Partners

The group is affiliated with BetaReader.io (https://betareader.io/). Its purposes are to help writers find critique partners and beta readers and to help readers “influence unpublished gems from established and debuting authors.”

Members are encouraged to beta read two works for every one they ask to be read.

BetaReaders: Connecting Authors with Betas

The subreddit’s purpose is to connect authors of unpublished works with beta readers.
Authors provide information in a specific format about the piece so potential betas can decide whether it’s something they want to review. Authors are encouraged to offer to swap critiques with their beta reader(s). Beta readers scan or sort through the list of works available to pick one they want to review. Many filters are available to help focus the search.
The subreddit provides a long wiki on critique plus extensive FAQs for both authors and betas.

Black Writers Critique Group

“[A] group designed to showcase excerpts from their works of fiction, and critiqued through messenger, also to promote the sales of their books. I want this to be a training ground and market place for new writers.”

Christian/Clean Beta Readers and Critique Group

For Christian and “clean” writing only. Members post to the group to request critique partners or beta readers and exchange work separately. Members may also share cover reveals or release dates and ask others to support their launches.

Comic Book Collaborations

Members may post requests for collaborators or critique of work. Collaboration requests must include information about the work or the poster’s past work and must identify if the collaboration will be paid or unpaid (flairs for each). AI generated work must be labeled as such.

• Artists seeking writers should provide a link to their gallery, their availability, rates, preferences, references (including at least one social media account), and a way they can be contacted.
• Writers seeking artists should provide a sample script or previous work example if available, a summary of the project, its timeline, payment rate if applicable, references if any (including at least one social media account), and a way they can be contacted.

Creative Writing

“For authors and writers to share their creative endeavors. For readers and others to comment, encourage, and hopefully purchase the books that come out of these attempts. Questions welcome and help or suggestions for others is appreciated.” Promoting a book or page is allowed, promoting paid services or content is not, although “illustrators, editors & promoters [can] post their work, as long as it isn’t excessive,” which is not otherwise defined.

No AI work is allowed, “period,” including “computer-generated ‘art’”, which is also not otherwise defined. Many other prohibitions, including “Gumroad, Patreon, and PDF books,” Kickstarter and GoFundMe campaigns, bullying or degrading comments, or scenes involving rape or sexual assault. Many behaviors can result in the poster being banned.

NOTE: With extremely large groups like this, it’s worth investigating how members actually get feedback.

Critique Partner Matchup

Hosted by acclaimed author Maggie Stiefvater. At the time this was written, over 1,300 writers had posted requests for critique partners or beta readers on the group but it was unclear how many partnerships had been formed.

Members are asked to post some basic information about their work:

• target age range
• a one-sentence blurb about the book or just the genre
• whether the author has or wants to have an agent or publisher (optional) and if they want a similar critique partner
• the last book they read and loved
• the name of a book “you feel epitomizes you as a reader”
• if they write in a language other than English
• a way to contact them.

Further guidance describes how to test the relationship if members find a potential critique partner and what to do if that test proves it’s unlikely to work.

Critique, not Criticise

Visitors can view and comment on posts but only approved members can post new material. There is very little information about this sub and how it works.The subreddit seems to be seeking critique on all sorts of things, not just writing. However, there do not appear to have been any new posts for at least five years.

DestructiveReaders

The “Rules” warn that the sub uses custom CSS code that isn’t compatible with the current version of Reddit. However, there are recent posts on this sub.

Members are expected to critique one piece for every one they submit, to critique something before they submit, and to critique something that is as long as the work they submit (for submissions under 2,500 words), or multiple critiques if the author wants to submit a piece over 2,500 words. Critiques are expected to be “high effort,” which is defined in the sub’s wiki. The very long and detailed wiki also provides a workshop on critiquing that contains links to almost two dozen additional articles. Examples and templates are provided. Failing to meet this expectation is called “leeching.” AI assistance is allowed for grammar checking of a critique, but not for anything else. Using AI to create a story is strongly discouraged and must be disclosed.

Authors are encouraged but not required to use Google Docs as the place to store submissions. However, critiques must be made via Reddit comments. Authors are also encouraged to request specific feedback and offer brief information about the piece. Flair buttons identify the story’s genre. NSFW (not safe for work) material needs to be marked as such.

Erotica Authors

The subreddit is for adults (18+) only. It is primarily about the craft and business of self-publishing erotica. A weekly critique thread is the only place to request critiques.

A wiki containing FAQs is available only to members of the sub.

The sub’s rules warn that it is not a safe space. “There are rude people here, and conversations about frightening, upsetting and triggering concepts.”

FanFiction: Where Magical Ponies Battle Imperial Titans

• Has an extensive rules and FAQ page under the NEWBIES START HERE! menu item.
• Members may post work (called a “Fic”) for critique, but it must be put in the appropriate thread, particularly the “Weekly Fic Showcase.” Fics may be written or in audio, video, or animated format. Members can post work for review on the weekly (Saturday) “Concrit Commune” thread.
• Members may use the weekly (Thursday) “Beta Bartering” thread to find a beta reader or offer to be one. Members looking for a beta reader are encouraged to offer to do the same in return.

• Fanart, original fiction that is not associated with a fandom, and AI-written fics are not allowed, although it’s not clear what happens if this kind of material is posted.

Fantasy & Science Fiction Writers Facebook Group

“The site is for writers to post small pieces of their work to get others’ opinions on them, to offer or request advice about the art, craft, and business of writing, and to exchange interests concerning science fiction and fantasy writing with like-minded individuals.” Some members are minors so certain material will be removed, others can cause a member to be removed from the group.

Several resource pages on Facebook that are linked to in “About this group” either are shared only with this group’s members or have been deleted.

Fantasy Writers

Has an extensive “Rules” section for members, submitters, and critiquers and an expansive community wiki.

• Rules include requiring submissions to more than 600 characters (about 125 words), no more than once a day, and not rapidly submitting book chapters in sequence.
• Fan fiction is allowed so long as it is clearly identified as such and has a “fantastical nature.”
• AI-generated content (written or art) is not allowed. If the moderators suspect a piece of artwork is AI-generated, they’ll ask you to identify the original artist. However, if the submitter refuses to provide that information, it’s only implied that the moderators could remove the suspect material.
• Provides a mechanism for seeking and providing critiques. Reviewers must be able to post comments to the document in Google Docs or may post a general review on the subreddit itself. Images may be posted to imgur.com instead.
• The wiki also includes a very extensive beginner’s guide to writing fantasy fiction accessible through the “Community Guide” near the top of the sidebar.
• Many other discussion topics.
• Includes extensive lists of related subreddits and resources.

Fantasy Writers Critique & Support Group

Administrators post a prompt each Wednesday. Friday and Sunday are for posting extremely short excerpts (100-500 words) for critique. Self-promotion is only permitted on Saturday.

The admins request that no AI created images be posted, although AI enhanced ones may be “(within reason)”, which is not otherwise defined.

Fiction Writing Facebook Group

“Fiction Writing focuses primarily on helping everyone with the stages of writing/publishing: outlining, writing, editing, query letters, formatting, artwork, blurbs, and marketing.”

They have special threads for poetry, advertising books, and social media accounts. Fan fiction or Wattpad posts are not allowed.

Posts about tacos and DeLoreans are always welcome!

This group is “AI enabled,” using Meta AI Studio’s PlotPilot AI, which can “chat one-to-one, post, comment and help in other ways.”

FREE Beta Reader Writers Club

“It’s like match.com for reading and writing!” Connects writers to beta readers and beta readers to writers. Promotions are not allowed. Potential members must answer three questions in order to join. Does not allow links unless approved by an administrator.

Historical Novel Society—Manuscript Group

For members of the Historical Novel Society (https://historicalnovelsociety.org/) only.

“The primary aim is that all of us will find script partners here: people who understand each other and each other’s work and can help to make the work as good as it can be, before sailing it off to agents or editors.”

Literary Fiction

Members “discuss, read, and most importantly write literary fiction and it’s [sic] creative counterparts.”

Literary Traditionalists: for writers, editors, publishers and agents i

The group is for writers focused on publishing “traditionally,” that is, through a major publishing house.

Members may critique each other’s work, although it’s unclear how that’s arranged. Members may also post tips and hints, markets, information on the publishing industry, promote their work (within limits), and advertise services to writers.

Posts should be limited to less than 400 words and be related to the traditional publishing model only. Discussion or promotion of self-published work or poetry, essays, short stories, novels, or novellas is not allowed. Posts about politics or religion, of videos, or for fund-raising are also prohibited.

Original Content Poetry

This community is the sister to /r/Poetry.

An extensive “Please read before posting” post discusses how the sub works, including how to format poems, given that Reddit uses a markdown coding language that isn’t well suited to poems.

Members may post original poetry here, but each post must include two links to feedback given in the previous two weeks on other posted poems. One of these must be on a poem that has not received any feedback yet. Posts without this feedback will be removed. Feedback is expected to be “high-effort” and the sub provides an extensive (and excellent) guide on what that means.

Members may post image, video, or audio poems, but the text of the pieces must also be included.

The sub’s wiki links to /r/Poetry’s wiki and consists of links to many other topics.

Playwriting

Members may submit work for critique by putting it in a post. However, this is mostly a discussion sub.

Poetry Critique

Members post work to the group for comment. Members may also copy text, photo, or video files to the group and promotion of upcoming events is allowed, however self-promotion is not.

Poetry - spoken word, literature code, less is more

The subreddit is for discussion of published poetry only. Original work for critique should be posted to the sister subreddit, Original Content Poetry.

PubTips: Your Writing and Publishing Community

The subreddit is focused on the “traditional publishing” world, that is, publication by a major publishing house. It’s also focused on providing high quality, current information.

Only queries can be submitted for critique, and they (new or revised) can only be posted seven days after the previous version. Submissions are limited to 300 words, or to the end of the sentence after hitting 300 words. Submitters are encouraged to critique other query submissions.

The “New Here? Click This” and the Resources pages are extensive, and the wiki provides useful information for authors, irrespective of how they want to be published. The Rules page is thorough and detailed.

romanceauthors

This appears to be more of a discussion sub than one where members can submit work for critique.

SciFiWriting

Allows members to post a work for critique using the “Critique” flair. Asks that posts contain a link to the piece in Google Docs. Works may also be posted as a PDF document. Strongly encourages members to critique other members’ work if they ask for critique on theirs. No information on length limits is provided.

Screenwriting

The subreddit limits new members’ ability to post until they have raised their Reddit “karma.” They also filter out basic questions and posts that would require readers to do most of the research to find the answers. New members are advised to review certain threads and flairs first to see if those questions have already been answered.

Posts requesting help on an in-text problem must include at least 3 pages of the text for context.

Fan fiction is not allowed.

Work submitted for critique must be in proper screenplay format and linked to a cloud-based sharing platform and saved in PDF format.

The sub provides a “Beginners Guide” section with 8 subsections, a “Resources & Groups” section with 6 subsections, and an extensive main wiki with links to dozens of other pages within the sub.

Five weekly threads for specific topics (e.g. Logline Monday).

Members may request critiques via posts on the sub’s Discord server as well as by posting it to the sub.

Sub It Club Critique Partner Matchup

For illustrators as well as authors. “At Sub It Club we are all about submitting well. Getting your worked critiqued is one big step on the road to making that happen.” No public information on how members find each other to become critique partners. Affiliated with the Sub It Club website, which is a support site for writers planning on submitting their work to agents or editors, not a critique site.

https://subitclub.com/

The Circle

Based in Australia. Adults-only group, meaning anyone 18 or older can view or join it, but members can see the discussions only after they’ve entered their age in their Goodreads profile.

Members may request beta readers or critique partners without limit.

The Writing Gals Critique Group

Purpose is to connect writers who want to critique or beta read for each other. Asks authors to define the genre, length, movie-like rating (PG, PG-13, R), “heat level” (for romance), when the review is needed, and to provide a short blurb about the piece. Reviews are done offline.

Attempts to DM another member to offer services will result in a ban.

Beta-reads must be for free, or at most, in exchange for a beta-read of the other member’s work. Paid beta-reads are not allowed, and if the reader asks for money after the reading, they will be banned.

Not a discussion group. They have a separate, private Facebook group for that: The Writing Gals.

WFWA Critique Forum

For paid members of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. For making contact with other members who will critique, beta read, and provide feedback on query letters and loglines.

Write – The Central Hub for Writers on Reddit

Requires members posting work to the sub to use the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike (CC-BY-SA 4.0) license. Requests for critique should be identified by the “please critique” flair. There’s no information on length limits for material to be critiqued.

Members are encouraged to offer help to another member before asking for it.

All posts must be written by a human. AI-written posts are not allowed.

The Resources for Writers section of the wiki includes lists of subreddits grouped by general topics. The “Key Book Publishing Paths” item listed here says it’s for 2021-2022, but the infographic by Jane Friedman has been updated to the 2025/26 version.

WriterChat: A place for writers to chat

While primarily a discussion forum, members can request critiques (4,000 words suggested maximum), critique partners, or beta readers through the subreddit’s IRC (text-only internet relay chat), its Discord server, or the subreddit itself.

The sub’s wiki contains an extensive list of links to information about the subreddit, assistance with the IRC chat, and guides and resources, including advice on how to give good feedback.

Writers Helping Writers

Based in Australia.

Offers reviews, critiques, and writing and marketing advice. Not clear how members may receive or provide critique to other members. Profanity, nudity (such as on book covers), and spamming are prohibited. Book writing services promotion are allowed in the “Buy and Sell” tab.

Potential members must answer a set of questions before they’ll be allowed to join.

Writers Seeking Alphas and Betas

Group is strictly for writers seeking alpha or beta readers. Not very active. There’s a template for how to ask for alpha or beta readers, available only to members.

There’s a required template for how to ask for alpha or beta readers, available only to members.

Erotica, sexually explicit scenes, LGBTQ+, or political content is not allowed. Self-promotion and charging to do an alpha or beta read are also prohibited.

Writers Unite!

The group calls itself  “a haven to support and encourage writers at all levels of knowledge and experience.” It encourages members to post work for critique, but it’s unclear exactly how critiques are delivered. Be sure to read the full set of guidelines regarding what is allowed or prohibited: there are many no’s and do nots.

Writers World Facebook Group

“We are a CRITIQUE room. [Capitalization theirs.] It isn’t a poet’s page. We seek to offer advice on making your work better, on bringing it to life, on publishing it, and for a community of us who work at this for a living.”

All critiques are done by posts in the group.

Solicitation, links, self-promotion, and spam are not allowed.

Has connections to genre-specific groups that are part of the “Writers World Campus” [no link or other information provided to non-members].

Writers, Beta Readers, Critique, Advice, Writing Exercises & Rainbows

For people looking for all of the kinds of support listed in the title (except possibly writing exercises and rainbows). Promotion allowed only incidentally to posts. Has a list of 10 group rules.

Writers’ Group

Anyone may submit work for group critiques, so long as it doesn’t violate Facebook’s Terms or is unrelated to the purpose of the group. Lists nine “things to consider,” most of which are “don’ts.” Number 6 is: “It’s a tough audience here. Cope.” Some members are minors. There are also three “group rules”: no hate speech, respect everyone’s privacy, know how to use Facebook.

Potential members must answer some questions to be admitted in a timely manner.

Connects to the private Writers’ Group: Resource Room group.

Writers' Group: Resource Room

“[A] partnership between Facebook and ArteMaestro Productions (Writers’ Group), … a forum where people interested in developing their ideas into print (fiction or nonfiction) or onto the silver screen or stage, can put their heads together to develop those concepts more effectively.”

Writing Bad

“Writing Bad was founded with the intention of providing support and resources to writers of all skill levels so that they can improve their writing ability. We don’t believe in the concept of bad writing. We only believe in the concept of undeveloped writing.”

Members are generously limited to three posts per day. (Many allow only one.)

Intended for adult members (18+).

Has a public sister Facebook group for promoting work: Writing Bad Promotions.

Writing Buddies

Strictly for people seeking critique or writing partners.

Writing Critiques

The subreddit is exclusively for submitting short works for critique (1,000 words, maximum). Longer pieces may be submitted by posting an excerpt plus a link to the full, original piece. Subsequent, less than 1,000 word posts from the same (longer) piece may only be submitted once every 24 hours. Other, unrelated work may be submitted within that 24 hour window.

Writing Historical Fiction

The group is for discussion of historical fiction and for authors seeking critique of a work in progress (WIP). Requests for beta readers may only be made by contacting the potential betas directly.

Links for self-promotion and to outside critique groups, blogs, etc. will be deleted.

Writing Hub: Where Writers Connect

The subreddit is mostly for discussion, not to request critiques. However, it does allow members to advertise a writing group or partner or the fact that they’re seeking one.

Individuals advertising a group must list the genre(s) the group reads; their goals, expectations, and commitments; their writing/experience level(s); where they meet; and their maximum size. A post template provides headings for all of these criteria.

Writers seeking a critique partner are encouraged to include information about the story’s genre, length, state of progress, a blurb or short excerpt, any appropriate content warnings, and what types of manuscript the seeker is or is not willing to review in return.

AI-related posts, including discussions about using or not using AI, are prohibited.

Feedback Friday is the only weekly feature listed in the brief wiki, and it appears to have been only used in 2021.

The sub has a Discord channel for more discussion.

Writing, Prompts & Critiques

Created by WPC Press. In addition to allowing members to post work for critique, provides exercises, challenges, and prompts. Has a 30 day probationary period for new members. Book promotion links must go in a thread dedicated to them.

YAwriters

The sub is only for discussing reading or writing young adult or middle grade work. Members may ask for beta readers or for critique partners but may not post work to be critiqued with the apparent exception of draft queries (to agents or publishers).