About Submitting Work

Getting Something Read is a non-commercial website. We publish short poems, short short fiction, prose, essays or short excerpts from works in progress or serial works.

We accept original unpublished works. We do not accept previously published work for which the author is not the copyright holder. Before submitting your work, please review this page, our Copyright Information page and What We’re Not.

Limits: Four poems of 12 lines or less. Two works of fiction or prose of 750 words or less. Works-in-progress and serials must begin with a short synopsis and should not exceed 1500 words. (See also: FAQ)

To submit work:

• Click here, and complete the form.
• If you don’t like forms: Emailed submission should include your full name, mailing address, phone number and an email address where we can reach you. Submissions without this information will not be considered. Attacments are OK. Send to: editor. Emailed submissions may take longer to process.
• Send mailed submissions to the address on our Copyright Information page. Include your full name, mailing address, phone number and an email address where we can reach you. Mailed submissions will not be returned.

Disclaimer: 1) This is a non-commercial website. 2) We do not charge or pay for submissions. 3) We do not publish what we do not like. 4) We will not publish submissions we find offensive or needlessly inflammatory. 5) We will delete rude or offensive comments. 6) We reserve to ourselves the right to determine what is rude, offensive or inflammatory and to block addresses that abuse our resources, contributors or readers. 7) Works published by this website are offered “in good faith.” We do not assert the accuracy or originality of any work published on this site. This is solely the responsibility of the author. 8) At our discretion, we will remove questionable work without notice or explanation.

Questions? Contact us here.