If you've made it this far, you may well have what it takes to write for The Raging Face.

We welcome submissions that fit into the very broad categories of non-fiction, fiction and travel writing. We're especially excited about funny short fiction and travel writing that describes hard, dirty, unpleasant trips. But the genre doesn't really matter that much to us; we're more concerned that items on the site speak in our voice, which is, admittedly, abnormal. Reading the writing on the site is the best way to understand that voice. In particular, any of the pieces listed under "Classic TRF" (in the left-hand column of this page and most others) are a very good guide.

Some annoying ground rules: please keep pieces short--we no longer read anything over 1,500 words, and we prefer them shorter. Also, we don't really like pieces without at least some structure. And we're prudes; we try to avoid publishing pieces that use unnecessary obscenities or are too blue. Basically, avoid using "bad" language. Plus also--send us your pieces in Microsoft Word attachments. Finally, please don't use italics, bold type or any other special formatting. We won't use it and it makes it difficult to convert your piece to our format.

We've got no problem with simultaneous submissions. You should feel free to send us material under a pseudonym--we publish our own stuff that way all the time. Also, for some of our favorite writers, we'll put up stuff that's been published elsewhere, with proper attribution, as long as doing so doesn't violate laws or our own ill-thought-out code of ethics.

Finally, we can't promise we'll put your stuff up, but we'll give it a good read. We can't tell you how long it will take us to read your piece, but we do try to get back to writers as soon as we can. If you sent us something and haven't heard back in awhile, please feel free to e-mail and check in.

Please contact or submit works to us by email at master@ragingface.com. Thanks a lot for checking us out.