After a 4 absence, WritingRaw is back! To all of our new readers we say welcome; and to those returning, we apologize for vanishing without notice. You may be asking yourself: "What the HELL happened? I spent years with you and you dumped me like yesterday's trash. No phone call, no email…" For this, we are sorry. There is no better explanation except to say that life took over and suddenly became complicated and I lost my creative spirit for a while. Well, guess what, I've found it again. It took some time and soul searching to realize that my truest love in the world is the written word, and nothing can ever change that - no matter what complications occur. So with that said, let us begin again. To quote the immortal words of T. S. Eliot: "So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing." With that being said, baby, I'm ready to dance in the creative light of words again.
Submission Guidelines
All works posted on the WritingRaw website 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 these are the authors and not WritingRaw. Our purpose is not to edit or change any given piece - thus, the Raw aspect of the site. If changes are needed, WritingRaw will contact you and ask for permission before changing anything. Thank you for your understanding.
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Submission Guidelines
IMPORTANT: All submissions MUST be in a text format - WORD preferred, but not mandatory. PDF format is NOT accepted.
Manuscript formatting should be in proper manuscript formatting style: double space, indent each paragraph with a tab and NOT spacing (spacing should never be used for indentations, centering, etc., always use tab or center function of your word processor), hard carriage return after each paragraph and NOT after each line (your writing program will wrap your text for you), if you are using page numbers place them in the HEADER of the file and NOT within the actual text, one space between punctuation and NOT two, spell check your manuscript. Always provide a brief 2-3 sentence synopsis of the manuscript to entice the reader. These are placed on the home page of WritingRaw - in the "table of contents."
Poetry formatting: single space, and use TABS and NOT spaces for indentations. That's about it for poetry since the structure of the poem can vary from piece to piece.
What We Publish: We publish original 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, we are open to new ideas and concepts as well as traditional.
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, experimental, etc. This page is designed to let your imagination and creative style free.
All articles should be related to some form of writing and publishing - a writer's life, the art of writing, publishing, etc. We will look at non-related nonfiction articles and make a judgment based on content.
What We Won't Publish: Anything that is deemed illegal in the United States and the World - child pornography, bestiality, etc, and fanfiction. Use your common sense when submitting to WritingRaw.com. Our main goal is to not limit the author in any way, without breaking laws in the process.
Simultaneous submissions: We accept simultaneous submissions but would like to be notified immediately if the piece has been accepted elsewhere.
Length Recommendations: We have no length requirements. What we do is place the first page of the piece on the site with a link to open a pdf of the story.
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), ALL copyrights are and remain the sole and exclusive property of the author.
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. If we already have your bio on the site, you do not need to submit a new one unless there are changes.
How and Where to Submit: Submissions are accepted only through email. Please send to the following:submissions@writingraw.com (some people are having problems sending to this address... if you are, please send directly to me at weeb@writingraw.com )
Be sure to include your name and email address in the body of the email, a two to three sentence synopsis of the piece submitting, and your bio.
We also promote books - FREE!
Send a jpeg of the book's cover, a very brief synopsis, and ordering information! We will place these between stories, poems, articles, etc.
Thank you.
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