Created by writers, for writers.

Submit Your Work

The Cuckleburr Times is putting out a call for submissions of original articles, poetry, reviews and writings to publish here online.

My husband Mike and I are happy to showcase your writing free because we enjoy writing too and have for years. We wanted to give something back in appreciation of all those that published our own submissions online over the years.

How to submit a piece of writing

The first and preferable way is to just register here and submit it. You can register free here. Once you’ve registered simply log in to the Site Admin panel, go to Posts>Add New, type or paste in your article (PLAIN TEXT please only), Save it and hit Submit for Review. That’s it! It’s very easy and the quickest way to get your submission reviewed. Registration also lets you enjoy other features like being able to comment on articles freely.

Alternatively if you prefer you can Email Your Submission. Plain text please, pasted into the body of the article – no attachments, no formatting. Anything with attachments won’t be opened.

All I ask is you don’t flood my inbox with hundreds at once! If you have a lot, please be sensible and send me a few at a time over a number of days/weeks/months. A couple every few days is no problem.

Simultaneous submissions are fine as are previously published items. You of course retain all rights to your work.

What do I get?

We’ll give you a resource box for your bio ( we’d appreciate it if you keep it around six lines or so max) and a link or two back to your website/blog at the end of the article as a thank you for allowing us to use it. Remember to also give us a book cover shot if you have one.

We can place your photo in the article. Just keep it small please! 100×100 is ideal. Add your bio information and a pic at the end of your first submission and we’ll do the rest. You won’t need to supply bio info again after the first time for any subsequent submissions. I’ll add it and your picture to your future articles as I publish them.

Keep it simple

Last but not least, please supply submissions in plain text- PLEASE! Yes I know this is the third time it’s been mentioned but that’s how important it is. It makes life far, far easier for us. Anything that includes formatting from MS Word, WordPerfect etc. has to go to the back of the queue when we’re pushed for time. Why? Because it takes forever to undo all the formatting we have to remove in order to make it work with our site’s setup. Neither of us wants that. Please, give us your articles the way we ask for them. You can trust us to make them look as good as possible on your behalf.

What kind of topics can I submit articles about?

We do give priority to anything to do with writers, writing, editing and publishing and books. Excerpts from your book are fine as are book reviews, author interviews, writing tips, publishing help, etc. We love things that are different and quirky too plus memoirs, slice of life tales, and family and relationship stories. We do not publish anything that’s unsuitable for a family friendly site like ours. ( eg adult content or articles related to anything illegal.) Read some of what we already have here to get an idea of what we like.

What we look for in all articles is interesting, informative or entertaining high quality material. Any article that’s merely a thinly veiled infomercial, a fluff piece or has typos won’t make the cut. We take great pride in our site and keep the quality high.  We don’t have time to polish your work so please send us your best pieces. If you’re simply a writer wanting to share what you know, do or have created, chances are you’ll be fine because your intentions are good.

Don’t see a category your article would fit? Don’t worry. We’ll be adding more categories as we go along if needed. Please don’t hesitate to Contact Us at the tab above with any questions, feedback, suggestions etc. We’d much rather you asked than were unsure.

Beginner or expert, you’re very welcome here!

We really want The Cuckleburr Times to be not just an online magazine for writers, but a community where writers, authors, poets and others can gather and feel comfortable, no matter their level of writing expertise. Whether you’re here to learn, share your knowledge or just relax with a coffee and enjoy our site, we’re glad to have you. We’re not ogres, promise!

Thanks for your interest. Mike and I hope to see your submission(s) soon!

Kay Elizabeth
Editor & Owner, The Cuckleburr Times.

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