YOUR SPACE

This is Your Space to post your work online! While the bi-monthly e-journal section of this site is thematic in its content and offers space for serious literary submissions, Your Space is more like a blog meant for general submissions on any day, any time. You may post your poems, prose and even views on various issues. However, writings should be non-political in nature and avoid controversial and sensitive issues. For young readers, this space offers an outlet for their creative urges. They can post their poems or short fiction. Your Space is not suitable for long literary articles.


Here you can comment and react to postings of others. Grab your keyboard and tap away your appreciation or disagreement. This is the only way to engage in a healthy discussion and also help young writers refine their skills.


Matter posted in Your Space will be carried unedited, except for correcting glaring mistakes. Etiquette in language and courtesies to others are expected here. While Muse India editors would hate to play censors, they will intervene in case the language or the content of postings becomes objectionable in their opinion.

 

Posting of submissions of original works and responses may take several hours as we don't have staff continuously attending to this work. So, avoid repeatedly posting the same matter. 


It may be noted that posting of work in Your Space is not akin to getting your work published in the bi-monthly ejournal Muse India, which happens only after a rigorous appraisal and acceptance of the work by the editors of the journal.

 

Please preserve your work posted here both as soft and hard copies. Due to the large number of postings made here, we retain and display only the postings of the last 2 or 3 months. Older postings are regularly deleted. So, keep your backups.

 

Mr. Rajendra Singh Baisthakur is the Editor of Your Space. In case of any query or difficulty, you may write to him at yourspace@museindia.com, or to his individual email: rsbthakur@gmail.com 

 

 

Guidelines to be followed while posting

1. Post anything only after following these “Guidelines”.

2. Upload your submission only through the link “Post Your Work” given below. Do not mail them to the Editor, Your Space. Contact the editor only in case of difficulty.

3. When submitting for the first time, you must send a short bio-note (and not a CV/ biodata) about yourself along with a photograph (only your headshot) to create your Author profile and ID in Your Space. Without an author profile, the second submission will not be published.

4. In every subsequent submission, your name should be given just as in your author profile (as displayed), including spaces and dots.

5. Only one article/ poem can be submitted in a day by a writer.

6. Your poem should not exceed 40 lines and your article should not exceed 1000 words.

7. Always use Times New Roman font with size 12 or Verdana font with size 10. Maintain line spacing of 1.5.

8. The title of the poem/ write-up should also be given at the head of the text/ matter. All content words in the title should start with a capital letter. (e.g., The Beauty of Nature)

9. The submission should be in MS Word and not in PDF. Otherwise, it will be rejected.

10. All submissions are approved for publication after the editor’s review and with corrections where necessary. Please note the changes made in your posting and do not repeat the same mistakes in future postings.

11. Don’t use words with all CAPITALS in the text or title. Instead, use italics to highlight any word.

12. A good command of English, in constructing sentences with proper punctuation, is necessary. Clarity in what you write is essential for others to understand. Express your ideas without hurting the sentiments of others. Otherwise, this could be rejected or edited suitably.

13. Do not write ‘i’ for ‘I’. Correcting this everywhere is bothersome. Please follow punctuation carefully. Do leave space after a comma and not before a comma. Some leave a series of Question marks (?) at places. Avoid their use unnecessarily.

14. Comment only when you have something to say about a poem/ article. If you want to just thank others for their comments on your posting, just make a single note to all of them and avoid individual thanks. You may always correspond with them on their personal emails.

15. For any clarification beyond the specified guidelines, you may contact the Editor, Your Space at rsbthakur@gmail.com.