Please include your name in the body of your email, no need for a cover letter. If your work is accepted, I will ask for a short Bio, which is a way for the readers to know you.

• On your Featured Page, I can embed links to your social media posts promoting your artistry. I reserve the right to decline if it doesn’t fit my style.

• No Political pieces or essays. No romance. No Westerns. No religious or work that promotes a spiritual practice.

• This opportunity is open to new writers or works that have not been published elsewhere.

• DEADLINE: September 30, 2025 - Midnight PST/PDT (West Coast, U.S.A.). Submissions accepted from adults only (18+) anywhere in the Universe.

• Any submission that does not adhere to the above will be denied.

What I am looking for:

• Tasteful poems which offer a fresh outlook on existentialism.

• Heroic journeys of a protagonist finding their own version of hope in this world.

• Genres: Mainstream Fiction, Science Fiction, Historical Fictional dramas. Get us to think deep, dream sublimely, find meaning.

Featured Writers chosen will be announced on October 1, 2025. Please check back here.

Submission Guidelines for Featured New Writer - September 2025:

No Reading Fee or Charge. If accepted, your work will be published on its own page.

• Send an email to mck@authormcking.com with subject line: September 2025 Submission.

• No attachments, no pictures, no email signatures.

• In the body of the email:

• one poem, double spaced, size 12 - Courier font

• one story, double spaced, size 12 - Courier font.