The Open Page is where our readers become writers. Send us your original poetry and creative writing. Selected pieces are featured here on the site, under your name.
Polish matters less than honesty. First-timers are welcome. So are people who have been filling notebooks for twenty years and never showed anyone.
Up to three poems per submission. Any style, rhymed or free.
Stories up to 3,000 words. Flash fiction is welcome too.
Personal essays and true stories, up to 3,000 words.
Original pieces written to be heard. Send the words as text.
You keep your rights. By submitting, you give Free Your Mind Press permission to feature your piece on this website with your name. That is all. You can publish it anywhere else you like.
Changed your mind? Email us and we will take it down.
Anything beyond the website, like a printed anthology, only happens if we ask you first and you say yes.
It has to be yours. Original work only. No plagiarism, and nothing written by AI.
Not everything gets featured. We read every submission, but we can't publish them all. We don't run hate, harassment, or graphic sexual content.
You must be 18 or older to submit.
Paste your writing in the box below. Line breaks will come through as you typed them.
Received. Thank you for trusting us with your words.
Every submission is read by the publisher. If your piece is selected, we'll email you before it goes up.