I have recently received several emails asking about the 12 hour time limit. I have apparently caused some confusion about how long you have to perform each peer critique.

When you submit your work for critique you are assigned to perform a number of reviews. Once you click “start reviewing” you have 12 hours to complete that assigned review. If you do not complete that review within 12 hours the assignment will expire and you will be given something new to critique the next time you click start reviewing.

We do not care if you let an assigned review expire. We know you are busy and sometimes can’t stomach reviewing a piece written in all CAPS. You will not be penalized for letting an assignment expire. You can do one review an hour, day, week, month, or year. Set your own pace and enjoy the peer critique process.

Jacob

Our primary goal is to provide you with timely peer reviews of your stories. To ensure your stories do not get stuck in review purgatory, we have set a four twelve-hour limit for performing a review. This means once you have been assigned a review, you will have four twelve hours to complete and submit the review. For example, if Luke does not complete his review of Ben’s story within the four twelve-hour time limit the story will be assigned to another reviewer, and Luke will not be credited for completing a review.

Tell us what you think: Is the four tewlve-hour time limit too short, too long, or just about right?

Jacob