The DHC virtual critique group meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 pm MT, the next meeting October 20th. Entries should be under 7500 words. Novel section submissions should be accompanied by a chapter-by-chapter synopsis (the synopsis doesn’t count toward the word total).

We post the stories in a dedicated Dropbox folder, and the critiques themselves are over Zoom. If you are interested in joining the critique group, or simply sitting in to check out the group, drop us an email at steeringcommittee@denverhorror.com message, and we will send you the links. We ask everyone to to critique at least one set of stories before you can submit.

The critiques are informal and friendly, with an emphasis on specific, constructive criticism. While the critiques are open to all skill levels, the goal is eventual publication. Genres are horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. Stories critiqued in the group in the last several months have gone on to be published in the NoSleep podcast (more than once), Dusk, Stories to Take to Your Grave, A Procession of Faeries, Take a Breath: A Collection of Claustrophobic Horror, and DHC’s latest offering, Frontiers of Fright, and elsewhere.

There is also an invitation-only novel group, where entire novels are critiqued in one session. Email steeringcommittee@denverhorror.com for more details.