Submissions

Submission Guidelines

Please read all of the information below before submitting a story. When finished reading, submitting your story means that you have read this page and you have accepted the terms.

Creepypasta and True Scary Stories is a podcast made up of true crime stories, true paranormal stories, and horror fiction.

Thank you for considering Spooky Boo’s Creepypasta & True Scary Stories Podcast for your story. Please read the terms below and print a copy if you submit a story as these terms may change in the future. The only way to submit a story is via this form. We do not accept stories via email or social media.

Stories submitted to this website should be:

  • Scary stories or horror stories
  • Not pornographic
  • Owned by you
  • 1200 to 5,000 words for fiction. Short true scary stories maybe 500 to 5000 words.

By completing the submission form near the bottom of this page, you agree that

  • You are over the age of 18
  • There is no payment for the submission at this time although your name, business, or name of your channel/podcast will be mentioned on request
  • You agree that you own the rights to your story
  • You retain these rights to your story after submission.
  • You may request that it be taken down after 3 months of publication by filling out the form on the Contact Page.
  • To have your story displayed on this website and played on the various podcasts including, but not limited to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Spreaker, and their subsidiaries.
  • Your story is CC-BY-SA which means it might be copied to other websites and/or podcasts with or without your or our knowledge but it MUST be credited back to this website by these websites, which will show your credits if you so choose to present them to the public. If you wish for different story rights, please put this on the form and it will be added accordingly.

 

Please note that not all submissions are accepted. Spooky Boo does not accept stories with the following:

  • Porn.
  • Overly sexual situations which include rape and molestation in graphic detail
  • Sex for the purpose of sex.
  • Gore just for the purpose of gore.
  • True stories using real names. Please change the names where appropriate.
  • Stories owned by others.
  • Excessive swearing. We might use the story if it is possible to omit excessive swearing.
  • Stories with multiple errors of grammar and spelling or poorly written stories.

Please also note:

  • We retain the right to edit the work if accepted.
  • All stories under 5,000 words (approximately 30 minutes in speaking minutes) might be combined with other stories. This is so the podcast episodes fit the required time. The stories here are not presented individually on posts unless they are 5,000 words or more.
  • We may replay the work on the Creepypasta and True Scary Stories podcast at later times for repeats unless you have requested the story be taken off the website and podcast.
  • If someone legally claims rights to a story through a DCMA request then it will be removed. For more information about DCMA takedowns on this website, click here.
  • Please only send the text. Artwork, audio*, links, and video will not be accepted. Note that we do take 3-minute audio stories called in by listeners at 707-776-6592 to be played during the related broadcasts.
  • This story will be submitted to Creepypasta and True Scary Stories. This is not a submission for any other podcast by Spooky Boo. Spooky Boo’s Scary Story Time: Sandcastle at www.scarystorytime.com only presents stories written by Boo Rhodes.
  • All authors submitting stories must be registered with the website.

Author Registration

All authors must be registered. Please fill in the form below to register to the website before submitting your story. By submitting this information you will be informed when the story goes live on the podcast as well as other stories on the website and if changes are made to the story.

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