Community Guidelines

We should advise you that - inevitably - there will be some house rules you will be asked to observe. Freedom of thought and expression are key values for us.  Accordingly, we’ve kept our strictures to the irreducible minimum necesssary to maintain good order. These are as follows:        

Thursday
May142009

Original Material Only

By signing up at After Literature, you certify that you are 18 years of age or older, and that all material submitted by you is original to you and does not breach any existing copyright. There is no bar against submitting material published  elsewhere, as long as you have retained the copyright to your material.

Thursday
May142009

Portfolio Post = Permission to Publish

By posting to your Portfolio, you give After Literature  permission to publish your work on the Home Page and/or in our print publications. You will however retain the copyright to your work in all cases.  

Thursday
May142009

Posting Limits

We ask you to please limit postings of original material for Critique to two pieces per calendar week, and not to make postings into another author's Portfolio without their consent.  You may post as much as you like to your own Portfolio and/or Blog.

Thursday
May142009

The work, not the worker!

While vigorous exchange of views is encouraged, you will not engage in mere personal  abuse or post any material which is illegal in any European Union Member State, Japan, Canada or the USA.