Terms And Conditions Story
For us there are no specific formulae that a spine tingling story must conform to.
It doesn't have to be macabre and morose; it can be light-hearted or even uplifting.
Whether it is filled with ghosts or ghouls, possessions or poltergeists, or merely
the suggestion of something supernatural, anything is acceptable. We want you to
let your imagination run wild and come up with the story or stories that make our
spine tingle.
We are not placing any restrictions on the content but we would ask that you stick
to the following guidelines
- We would ask you to keep your stories under 5,000 words if possible. If you go a
bit over that is okay. No story will be rejected because it happens to be 5,100
words.
- Please make sure that you read through your story carefully before submitting it.
Check for spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Stories with quite a few mistakes
will be automatically rejected.
- Your story can be violent or leaning towards erotica but please nothing too explicit.
Again anything too gratuitous may be automatically rejected.
All stories will be treated equally, we are not asking for bios or previous publishing
experience. We want each story to stand on its own merit no matter what the writers
experience.
Each month we publish on the website the best five stories submitted. We do ask
for a £2 competition entry fee for each story but the good news is that the best
story each month, as well as receiving publication will also receive a £50 prize!
Whilst we may deem a particular story to be the best of those submitted we encourage
you to voice your opinion on all of the stories in our forum.
Also you will be able to rate the stories. The ratings that stories are given will
be totally based on the readers contribution and will not reflect views of the Spinetinglers
panel.
Spinetinglers is an ongoing internet site so there are no deadlines for submission.
However, we would ask for our ease, that if you wish to make your submission for
the following month, your submission must be in by the 15th of the month. If it
is submitted after the 15th your work will be considered for the following month.
Copyright Policy
All writers retain the copyright and rights to their stories. Spinetinglers however
reserves the right to publish on the Spinetinglers website and the Spinetinglers
Ezine any story submitted to the monthly competition.
Spinetinglers will not publish any stories which have been submitted to them in
any other publication without the express permission of the writer.
Privacy Policy
Spinetinglers will not use or publish any personal information without the express
permission of the individual concerned. Spinetinglers will not under any circumstances
sell or give the Spinetinglers email address list to any third party.