Sanctuary for Writers

As a Sanctuary writer, you’ll be able to publish your stories to Sanctuary’s reader base with no barriers. No experience is required - we feel strongly that no method of assessment proves artistic merit. We’ll let your writing speak for itself.

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Build an Audience

Turn stories into audiobooks

Bring your story to life with state-of-the-art synthetic text-to-speech capabilities. You only need to click a button to convert your story into an audiobook, available almost instantly.

Showcase your Portfolio

Sharing stories through documents and links is difficult. On Sanctuary, all of your stories are visible on your profile, and your profile is visible with a single click. Share your writing portfolio with friends, family and prospective readers with no extra steps.

Share your creativity

When you publish on Sanctuary, you’ll gain access to a fresh audience. Collect reviews to hone your craft, or build readership to gain leverage for your next novel.

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Writer FAQs:

  • You’re welcome to share anything that you’ve created - no specific genres or themes are required.

    We do ask that you review the content guidelines before posting. Literature can explore into difficult topics, but some content is prohibited for safety.

  • It’s up for interpretation, but Sanctuary has a limit of 25,000 characters. If your story is longer, you’re welcome to publish it in several parts.

  • Absolutely. Publishing on Sanctuary does not, and will never, affect the ownership of your stories. Your stories are yours to create, share and enjoy - we’re here to help you do that.

  • Interacting with challenging topics is a central part of literature. When treated sensitively, there is absolutely space for dealing with sensitive content on Sanctuary.

    However, some content is expressly prohibited. Please review our content guidelines and Terms of Service for further guidance.

  • We would encourage you to exercise your own creativity without utilising generative AI. That being said, we understand that certain measures may circumvent our AI prevention tools. In a changing world, important discussions about ownership are still playing out.

    For now, therefore, if you are going to publish a story aided by A.I., you are required to select ‘mark as A.I. Generated’ upon publishing. Once again, we would like to emphasise that your story will always be more authentic when you’re the one telling it.

    Under no circumstances is it permissible to publish copyrighted material without written permission from the lawful owner. Copyright infringements will be quickly detected and swift action will be taken. If you believe your copyright has been infringed on Sanctuary, please email copyright@sanctuarystories.co.uk with details.

Questions?

Have any questions about writing, Sanctuary, or just want to say hello?

Feel free to reach out by filling in this form. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

  • “Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”

    Ray Bradbury

  • “I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”

    James Michener

  • "I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it."

    Toni Morrison

  • “Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them in order that the reader may see what they are made of.”

    Kurt Vonnegut