WritingRaw Contact and Submit

All works posted on this site are copyrighted by the author. If a piece is sold, please let us know so we can all celebrate together with an announcement on WritingRaw. We would also like to stress that the author of a given piece is the sole creator. If there are grammatical or spelling mistakes, that is the author and not WritingRaw. Our purpose is not to edit or change any given piece - thus, the Raw aspect of the site. Thank you for your understanding.

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All submissions must be in a text format - WORD preferred, but not mandatory.

PDF format IS NOT accepted.

While WritingRaw.com does not afford us the income to compensate authors for accepted pieces, we believe that the exposure the author receives is compensation enough. In this day of vanishing literary markets, the actual building of a name - in our opinion - can be just as valuable as a monetary figure.

What We Publish

We publish original short fiction, poetry, assorted (non-fiction, plays, and various other writings that do not fit in the fiction or poetry category), writing related articles, book reviews, and author interviews.

As for content in the fiction and poetry categories, we are open to new ideas and concepts besides the traditional idea of how a piece should be written or structured.

The assorted category is open to virtually anything - originality and expanding ones talent in other aspects of the writing field (that does not fall easily into the fiction or poetry category) are submitted here. This can range from plays, general essays that are not writing based, experimental, etc.

All articles should be related to the aspect of a writer's life or the art of writing.

What We Won't Publish

Anything that is deemed illegal in the United States - child pornography, bestiality, etc. Use your common sense when submitting to WritingRaw.com. Our main goal is to not limit the author in any way, without breaking any laws in the process.

Simultaneous submissions.

Material that has appeared elsewhere (reprints), unless the author holds the copyright.

Seasonal material submitted during the same month (i.e., a Christmas story in December). Our lead time is short compared to print publications, but we do need time to edit, html and proof submission. A good guideline is to submit the manuscript by the first of the preceding month (i.e., submit a Christmas story before November 1st).

Length Recommendations

We have no length requirements.

Rights

All rights - other than first electronic and non-exclusive archival rights (we keep material online, on our Bio's page, until requested to remove it) are and remain the sole and exclusive property of the author.

Formats We Will Accept

Plain text - preferred format is WORD - in either the body of the email or as an attachment.

Editing

We expect you to run spell-check and to check your grammar and punctuation before submitting. We will not reject a submission for a few typos or errors, but will if there are an excessive number of errors.

Note: Since our reading audience is international, we do not require a specific version of English. Use the spelling appropriate to your region.

We will automatically correct obvious typos such as "ton" for "not" and may correct simple agreement problems. For anything beyond that, time permitting, we will return the submission to you with a request for corrections.

Getting to Know You

For all submissions, please compose your own short bio and include it to save our editors and yourself time later if/when your piece is accepted for publication. We suggest sharing a little about your background, occupation, geographical location and other writing credits.

How and Where to Submit

Email submissions only, to the appropriate department. In the "subject" line of your email, please put if you are submitting - Fiction, Poetry, Article, Assorted, Book Review, Art, Interview

Submissions can be sent through our online email on this page, or directly to one of the following email addresses:

submissions@writingraw.com

Be sure to include your name and email address in the body of the email.

Good luck!