Contribute
We want to read what you make. Writing about the real history, art of the world, or a short tale from a corner we have not reached. Every submission is read by hand, and what we publish carries your name.
Three things, and we are specific on purpose. Pick one and make it well.
600 to 1,200 words
The Sumer behind a scene. What a scribe's working day actually held. How a cylinder seal was cut, and what it proved. What the Eanna precinct was for. Write the history, name your sources at the end, and leave our fiction out of it.
One image, 2000px on the long edge
Somewhere we have shown you, or somewhere we have not reached yet. Tell us in a line what it is, and say how you made it. By hand or with a tool, both are welcome. We only ask that you say which.
500 to 1,500 words
One scene, one place, one person. Keep to what is already published: nothing that contradicts a season you can play today, and nothing that adds new rules to the world. Small and true beats large and new.
Five steps, and you can read all of them before you make anything.
Sign in. A free account, so we can credit you and reach you about your work.
Pick the kind, give it a title, and paste the work in. Markdown is supported. Art goes in as a link or an asset id.
Confirm the work is your own, and agree to the contribution terms.
We read every submission by hand. You will hear back, sometimes with a note asking for a change.
If we publish it, it lands in Scribe Dispatches under your name. You keep ownership of what you made.
Submissions are not open yet. They open once the contribution terms are final. This is the form you will use, shown here so you can see what it asks for and have your work ready.
