Editorial Policy

When will your work be displayed in the Gallery?

The Stories from the Web® team are in the office: Monday to Thursday: 8.30am - 5.00pm, Friday: 8.30 - 4.00pm

The team read every piece of writing sent in to us. Sometimes Stories from the Web® receives large amounts of work for display, yours will be displayed as soon as possible. All writing must be your own work.

Things for you to remember:

Stories from the Web® reserve the right to make decisions about whether contributions are displayed in the ‘Gallery’ area of the site.

Stories from the Web® does not display work from young people that contains:

writing that has been published by an author or poet
offensive language or swear words
any reference to self-harm or suicide
any reference to terrorism
writing that glorifies guns and other weapons
writing that glorifies drugs or alcohol
gangsta rap
graphic violence
writing with sexual content
offensive or personal comments
writing that we have identified as being copied from any other sources
links to websites or email addresses
content trying to influence readers towards a particular religious belief.
writing of a political nature
writing in a foreign language
any other content we believe is unsuitable

We will not display stories or poems which have been written in text language. However, we will display raps in this format.

We will only display writing that has been sent in by young people who are aged 19 and under.

How the Stories from the Web® team work:

The Stories from the Web® team work hard to ensure the website is a safe environment for young people by:

• developing content suitable for the intended age range in each area of the website.
• reading and moderating all the contributions of stories, poems, book reviews, comments and other creative writing received from young people before displaying them in the Gallery.
• editing all work received from young people to ensure there are no personal details included e.g. surnames, addresses, telephone numbers, email address, names of schools etc to protect the identity and whereabouts of people using the website. The team will change or edit work wherever necessary.
• evaluating all publisher, author and other book related websites that Stories from the Web® has external links to. We do not link to other websites.

  Remember Stories from the Web® is waiting to display your work in the Stories from the Web® Gallery - so get writing!

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