<p align="center"><strong>Submission Rules</strong></p>
<ol>
  <li>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.&nbsp; Repeat offenders may be subject to further action 
  up to and including removal of stories and account.
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<div style="background: #000; color: #FFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Sample Disclaimer</div>
<div class="tblborder" style="padding: 5px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Disclaimer:</span>  All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners.  The original characters and plot are the property of the author.&nbsp; 
        The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise.&nbsp;  No copyright infringement is intended.</div>
  </div>
  </li>
  <li>Stories must be submitted to the proper category. &nbsp;If there is an appropriate sub-category, <strong>DO NOT</strong> add your story to the main category.&nbsp; The submission 
  form allows you to choose multiple categories for your story, and we worked very hard to add that functionality for you.&nbsp;&nbsp; <u><strong>So please 
  do NOT add your story multiple times!</strong></u></li>
  <li>Titles and summaries must be kid friendly.&nbsp; No exceptions.&nbsp; </li>
  <li>&quot;Please read&quot;, &quot;Untitled&quot;, etc. are not acceptable titles or summaries.</li>
  <li>A number of authors have requested that fans refrain from writing fan 
  fiction based on their work.&nbsp; Therefore submissions will not be 
  accepted 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.&nbsp; </li>
  <li>Actor/actress stories are not permitted...not even if they're visiting an 
  alternate reality.</li>
  <li>Correct grammar and spelling are expected of all stories submitted to this 
  site.&nbsp; The site administrators are not grammar Nazis.&nbsp; However, the 
  site administrators reserve the right to request corrections in submissions 
  with a multitude of grammar and/or spelling errors.&nbsp; If such a request is 
  ignored, the story will be deleted.</li>
  <li>All stories must be rated correctly and have the appropriate warnings.&nbsp; 
  All adult rated stories are expected to have warnings.&nbsp; After all, they 
  wouldn't have that rating if there wasn't something to be warned about!&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;
  <u><strong>Please note: Stories containing adults having sex with minors are strictly forbidden.</strong></u>&nbsp; </li>
  <li>Stories with multiple chapters should be archived as such and <span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">NEVER</span> as 
  separate stories.&nbsp; Upload the first chapter of your story, then go to <a href="stories.php?action=viewstories">Manage Stories</a> 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.</li>
  <li>As much as possible, spoiler warnings are expected on all stories.  For categories with serialized content, such as series of books or television series, 
  spoilers are <strong>mandatory</strong> for the current season and/or most recent part.  An appropriate spoiler warning to place in your summary would be: Spoilers for <u>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.</u> 
  <strong>DO NOT</strong> do anything like this: <u>Spoilers for the one where Spock dies.</u></li>
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  <p>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.&nbsp; The site administrators reserve the right to modify these 
  rules as needed.</p>