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Where to Submit & Publish
Short Stories Online

Established in London, United Kingdom, in 2023 — providing authors a direct route to readers, free from gatekeepers and free at the point of access.

The Yours2Read Story

A simple goal: authors
direct to readers

Established in London, United Kingdom, in 2023, Yours2Read has a simple goal: to provide a means by which aspiring as well as established authors can reach out to readers without the cost, delay, and all-too-often the disappointment of dealing with intermediaries.

The internet has democratised many aspects of life; music, art, literature, creative genius, can now be brought directly by those who produce it to those who enjoy it without the permission or approval of gatekeepers.

We've built a dynamic, international community of authors and readers who interact with each other through our platform, trusted for its transparency of terms and guiding principle of free at the point of access.

Books
Reading
Storytelling
Our Mission

Everyone has a story
to tell

Creativity has been the driving force behind human development for millennia. Everyone — yes, everyone — has a story to tell, founded upon perceptions of life, personal experiences, dreams, or real or fictional worlds populated by characters taken from imagination or direct experience.

We provide the means by which these can be converted from ideas floating like kites in clear blue or stormy skies into electronic pages accessible to the world at any time, and anywhere.

We aim to make use of the openness, dynamism, and infinite possibilities of the internet for the benefit of authors and readers alike.

"Everyone — yes, everyone — has a story to tell, founded upon perceptions of life, personal experiences, dreams, or real or fictional worlds populated by characters taken from imagination or direct experience. We provide the means to bring those stories to the world."
— Yours2Read, Founding Principle
Transparency

The fruits of imagination
belong to those who
cultivate them

The fruits of imagination belong to those who cultivate them: we never take rights in any works posted on our platform — not legal, moral, or in any other form — and copyright always belongs to the author.

We do not take copies and we do not keep copies should an author exercise his or her right to withdraw from the platform, without needing to give a second's notice to us to do so.

We do not provide users' information to third parties. We do not charge authors to post work to the platform, and we do not charge readers to access it.

Your Rights, Always

Copyright always belongs to the author. We never take legal, moral, or any other rights in your work.

No Data Sharing

We do not provide users' information to third parties, ever.

Leave Any Time

Withdraw from the platform without giving a second's notice. We keep no copies of your work.

Always Free

Free for authors to post. Free for readers to access. No charges.

An Ethical Mission

Sharing stories promotes
understanding and empathy

Sharing stories between authors and readers across nations promotes understanding, empathy, and awareness of the human condition. We're committed to encouraging and supporting authors to do their very best to produce work of the highest standard and of which they can be proud.

We've run creative writing competitions in many countries, including the UK, Australia, the US, and across Europe; in this way we make writing fun whilst at the same time raising authors' confidence and expectations of themselves.

Visit our Africa platform by clicking on the link on the landing page: we're one of the most significant websites of its kind across the continent with an array of partners, sourcing stories which are vibrant, original, and which at times will take your breath away.

Yours2Read Africa
One of the most significant platforms of its kind on the continent

Vibrant, original, and at times breathtaking stories — sourced with an array of local partners from across Africa.

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Books
Giving a Voice to Authors

The perfect should never be the enemy of the good

Stories posted to our platform may be word-perfect and of bookstore quality: an experienced author will know that when grammar and presentation are flawless, readers will not notice these and will instead focus on content. By contrast, if an author falls short regarding these and yes, in simple spelling, this can be a distraction. But does this mean that the perfect should be the enemy of the good? That work should be excluded simply because it does not comply with traditional grammatical rules?

We endeavour to give everyone a voice: if a story is 'rough and ready' but gripping, fun to read, highly original, or includes insights or creativity which can intrigue, challenge, or emotionally move readers, then it will find a place here.