Submission Rules

1. All submissions must be accompanied by a complete disclaimer. If a suitable disclaimer is not included, the site administrators reserve the right to add a disclaimer. Repeat offenders may be subject to further action up to and including removal of stories and account.
   Sample Disclaimer

   Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
2. Stories must be submitted to the proper category. If there is an appropriate sub-category, DO NOT add your story to the main category. The submission form allows you to choose multiple categories for your story, and we worked very hard to add that functionality for you. So please do NOT add your story multiple times!
3. Titles and summaries must be kid friendly. No exceptions.
4. "Please read", "Untitled", etc. are not acceptable titles or summaries.
5. A number of authors have requested that fans refrain from writing fan fiction based on their work. Therefore submissions for cross over stories will not be accepted if the cross over is based on the works of P.N. Elrod, Raymond Feist, Terry Goodkind, Laurell K. Hamilton, Anne McCaffrey, Robin McKinley, Irene Radford, Anne Rice, and Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb.
6. Actor/actress stories are not permitted...not even if they're visiting an alternate reality.
7. Correct grammar and spelling are expected of all stories submitted to this site. We strongly suggest the use of a beta to hammer out those little problems with your story before you submit. We are not grammar Nazis, however, in the interest of easier reading we reserve the right to request corrections in submissions with a multitude of grammar and/or spelling errors. If such a request is ignored, the story will be rejected. If you want to know what we are looking for in a submission, check out our Grammar Guide
8. All stories must be rated correctly and have the appropriate warnings. All adult rated stories are expected to have warnings. After all, they wouldn't have that rating if there wasn't something to be warned about! The site administrators recognize that there is an audience for these stories, but please respect those who do not wish to read them by labeling them appropriately. Please note: Stories containing adults having sex with minors are strictly forbidden. Don't even go there! For legal purposes, a minor is anyone aged 16 and under.
9. Stories with multiple chapters should be archived as such and NEVER as separate stories. Upload the first chapter of your story, then go to Manage Stories in your account to add additional chapters. If you have trouble with this, please contact the site administrator or ask a friend to help you.
10. As much as possible, spoiler warnings are expected on all stories. An appropriate spoiler warning to place in your summary would be: Spoilers for Order of the Phoenix. DO NOT do anything like this: Spoilers for the one where Sirius dies.

Submissions found to be in violation of these rules may be removed and the author's account suspended at the discretion of the site administrators and/or moderators. The site administrators reserve the right to modify these rules as needed.

Explanation of Categories

Drabbles—any drabble may go here

Challenges!—has several sub-categories listed; find the right one for your story if you've answered a Potter Place Challenge

Spinner's End—stories centered around Severus Snape

Flourish and Blotts—stories centered around Hermione Granger

Hogsmeade—stories centered around any other canon characters

White Peacock Lane—stories centered around the Malfoys

Inner Circle—stories centered around Voldemort and/or Death Eaters

Godric's Hollow—stories centered around Harry Potter

Ottery St. Catchpole—stories centered around the Weasleys

Crossover Central—stories where HP characters interact with those from another fandom

**Note: Certain pairings can be noted as one of your genre selections.