Women Speak Out Details ... details ... details You are woman … be heard, be loud, be proud! Submit your writing for publication on Women Writers Worldwide. All topics are considered for publication, including controversial and political, as long as a story, personal belief, or comment is presented for entertainment and/or educational value, with intelligence and without malice or prejudice. Freedom of speech is welcome here ... hate is not. Details of participation and payment links. One exceptional work will be selected as a feature link on the WWW home page and in a quarterly issue of News & Views for Women Writers Worldwide, for each calendar quarter.   Women Speak Out* is an online publication option associated with Links ~ Literary Women. If you choose this option you may submit a 1,300-word maximum writing ... essay, short story, poetry, prose, op/ed, even a book excerpt--your choice ... showcase your writing in a venue for and about women, with free readership for the world. (No erotica, pornography or “hate” diatribes. Some submissions may be subjected to complimentary editing, with mini-evaluation provided to author.) Every writing piece submitted for the Women Speak Out pages will be reviewed and approved, before publication on the WWW site. Quality writing is paramount. Should your work be found in need of editing prior to posting, you will be notified, with a free mini-evaluation. No links allowed in published writing. (Title and link at bottom of author’s work provided back to professional listing on Links ~ Literary Women.) Writing works are listed alphabetically, according to author name and alpha by first word of title (excluding "The"), for readers' convenience. Your name on the Links ~ Literary Women page will be linked to your writing page.   Women Speak Out payment terms Participation in the Links ~ Literary Women program entitles you to submit works for publication in Women Speak Out. You retain all rights to your work and can request removal from the website at any time, without refund.   Listing in Links ~ Literary Women is open to all women writers; however, no writing submissions are accepted for Women Speak Out w/o participation in the Links ~ Literary Women program; one writing submission per person. Women Speak Out submission details:   $8 per month payable annually, prorated to Dec 31 of current year - includes listing in Links ~ Literary Women > Payment must be received by the 20th of each month to ensure listing is posted by the 1st of the following month. Select your payment button accordingly. (US dollars only.)      >  i.e., if you submit your payment by June 20, it will be posted by July 1 (if I'm on the ball and it's up earlier, so much the better!) and you will pay July - December, $48. > No payments for current year will be accepted after Sep 20; however, you may purchase the balance of the year, plus the following 12 months; i.e., Oct - Dec, $24 + Jan - Dec of new year, $96 = $120 total (For professional listing in Links ~ Literary Women only, example: Oct – Dec, $15 + Jan – Dec of new year, $60 = $75.) > Online payments are made through PayPal's secure system, with your PayPal account or major credit card. US residents may mail personal check or money order (US dollars only) payable to: L. Rochelle (founder/administrator), 5663 Balboa Avenue #383, San Diego CA 92111-2705. Returned checks are subject to $30 transaction charge, plus bank fee.     > Current program participants may update, revise or replace published writing only at renewal time. All renewals are done January 1 – renewal notices are submitted on or about Nov 15 for the new year. Any listings not renewed by Dec 20 will be removed by Jan 1. You may submit a new or revised writing piece at that time.                         WWW reserves the right to refuse publication. Work may be edited; if so, author will be notified. Any inappropriate link for Links ~ Literary Women may be declined for posting.