No-Homework Online Critique Groups:
Middle Grade/Young Adult Edition

Saturday April 11
12-2:30pm ET

CANSCAIP is delighted to announce its second No-Homework Critique Event. If you have a Middle Grade or Young Adult WIP (Work In Progress), and you’d like peer feedback, we invite you to join us.  

This a free event for CANSCAIP Friends and Members. For this initial MG/YA event, registration is limited to 35. We want to see how the program works before we offer another larger edition.  

“No-Homework” means there is no need to send your pages in advance. Just come to the event ready to read and share your story.

The event format will include arranging participants into small breakout rooms. One of the goals is to establish connections that could lead to ongoing critique groups after the initial event is over.

Whatever stage of writing you’re at, we’re hoping our friendly and supportive CANSCAIP community will help you take your manuscript to the next level. Looking at other people’s work with your ‘editor’s eye’ is also great way to fine tune your self-editing skills.

CANSCAIP is a volunteer-run organization, and our Vice President Jane Baird Warren is heading up No-Homework Critique Groups. Many people want to be part of a critique group, and we frequently get asked about that. Jane launched this new program in November 2025 for Picture Books.

We’re excited to offer the MG/YA edition.

Another No-Homework Critique Groups event for Picture Books will be offered again in fall 2026. Stay tuned!