Submission Guidelines

1. How to Submit Short Stories

Please refer to our Terms & Conditions before you begin writing.

Once you have decided to submit your story, please create a Writer Account or modify your existing account to a Writer Account. This will provide you with the appropriate interface and workspace to compose and submit your stories.

Stories are accepted through a Writer Account. If you have difficulty creating an account or do not wish to create one, please reach out through our Contact page. You can share the details of your story with us, and our editorial team will review it. If approved, we may upload it through a new Writer Account using your preferred pen name.

2. Why We Do This

We want to encourage everyone to write and share their stories with us and our readers. At the same time, we have established a few guidelines to make the submission and publication process smooth for everyone.

Before submitting your work, you will need to provide some basic information so that we can verify your authenticity as a writer. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain a trustworthy writing community.

3. Stories in Chapters

You may divide your story into chapters if the format suits your writing style. However, please observe the following rules:

• Maximum 15 Chapters: A story should not exceed 15 chapters.
• Complete Story Submission: If you choose to write your story in chapters, please complete the entire story and submit it as one single submission. Do not submit your story chapter by chapter.

4. Our Approach to AI-Generated Content

You may use grammar or proofreading tools to correct spelling, grammar, or basic language errors. However, please do not use AI tools to write, rewrite, generate, or substantially modify your short story.

As humans, we understand the emotions and experiences behind storytelling. Your originality and our trust in your work should always come first.

5. Submission Limits & Editorial Review

Please follow the submission limitations provided on the website when you log in to your Writer Account and submit your short stories.

• Review Window: We regularly review the stories we receive. You may receive a response from us within two weeks of your submission.
• Review Status: If you do not receive a response within this period, it may mean that your submission was not selected. An automated response may also be sent to your registered email address where applicable.

6. Submission Fees

7. Multiple Story Submissions

Yes, you can submit multiple stories to tossatale.

However, if you have already submitted several stories, submitting more than five stories at the same time may make it difficult for our team to review each submission properly.

We therefore recommend submitting your stories thoughtfully and allowing sufficient time for each submission to be reviewed before sending new batches.

8. Write Blogs for tossatale

Along with short stories, you can also contribute blogs to tossatale.

Note: Blogs and short stories are reviewed under separate criteria. A short story submitted as a blog, or vice versa, may not be accepted if it does not meet the respective submission requirements.

9. Grammar and Proofreading

Please check your grammar and spelling before submitting your work.

• You may use grammar-checking or proofreading tools to correct basic language errors.
• You may also use AI-assisted tools for proofreading or grammar corrections.
• However, AI tools should not be used to generate, rewrite, or modify the creative content of your short story.
• Your story should remain your own authentic work.