Welcome to Yourstoryonline.com, an online website for anyone who is interested in posting their personal written work online for others to read. This website offers a way for you, the writer, to display fiction or non-fictional stories and your “author profile” for the world to discover. We encourage all creative writers and authors, new and experience, to inspire, share, and communicate knowledge, thoughts, ideas, and stories that speak to all of us. We may change or update the Terms of Use and encourage you to check back periodically.

The terms described below should be read in conjunction with Disclosure/Disclaimer, Privacy Act, Copy Right Notification, Community Decency Act, and Children Online Privacy Act, which encompasses the entire Terms of Usage as it is intended.

Once your story is complete, you may submit your written works by checking the submittal clause box and then clicking the “proceed” button. You will be directed to a page to authorize display of your written work submission and payment authorization through Paypal. Upon receiving and accepting your story for submission, your story will be posted by the appropriate category and displayed within 1-2 days. We reserve the right to decline any story or change the posting timeframe at anytime.

We do not offer refunds, so it is solely your responsibility to be sure that your intent to publish your story content on our website is a solid one prior to clicking the “proceed” button. You will not receive any compensation by posting your story on our website as we are alternatively publishing your story for display. We reserve the right to decline any story or change the posting timeframe at anytime.

Disclosure/Disclaimer

It is your responsibility and yours alone, prior to submitting your written work to read, acknowledge, and agreed to the Terms of Use, Disclosure/Disclaimer, Privacy Act, Copyright Notification, Community Decency Act(CDA), and the Children Online Privacy Protection Act(COPPA). Please note that we reserve the right to reject or remove any written works, for any reason, at anytime, without reason.

This website is intended for any author to authorize posting, displaying, and alternatively publishing their personal written works on Yourstoryonline.com for a minimal fee, and does so, on their own accord. As the author, you acknowledge and agree to post your personally written story on Yourstoryonline.com and take full responsibility to protect your story from copyright infringement and piracy; and hereby waive any claims against Yourstoryonline.com, its owners, and webmaster. The author shall not and does not have permission to post or otherwise publish, on this website, any material that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, or threatening. Additionally, the author shall not and does not have permission to post or otherwise publish, on this website, any written works that would contain a destructive virus or other element intended to harm or steal any information on this website. We do not accept any written works that encourage conduct that would promote a criminal offense or violate the law in any way.

Yourstoryonline.com can not review all information posted to this website and will not be responsible for any false information posted by you, or anyone claiming to be you, as the author.

Privacy Act

We take your privacy seriously and do not intend to sell your personal information collected on this website. Any information collected on this website will be for the sole purpose of payment exchange via Paypal. Please take caution and care in creating your personal author profile and acknowledge that any information disclosed on the author profile page has been authorized by you, and in doing so, you hereby waive any claims against Yourstoryonline.com, its owners, and webmaster. Any future owner of our website will have access to the same information

Copyright Notification

The story that you submit for posting on the website does not have to be exclusive, however, it must be your own written work as we do not condone nor tolerate copyright infringement or plagiarism. If you need any information regarding copyright, trademarks, or patents, please visit USPTO.gov for additional information, and it is your responsibility to do so. Yourstoryonline.com, its owners, and webmaster do not claim any rights to your written works, nor do we have intentions to distribute your written works in any way, shape, or form.

We are aware that there are often publication companies that lay claim to “first publication rights” to your written works; we do not make any such claims to your works but can not guarantee that any future publisher, found on our website or not, that you choose to deal with, will conclude the same. By participating with our website, you will make no claims against us and release us of any responsibility of your first publication rights.

It is your right and responsibility to maintain ownership and copyright your original written works, including your right to publish it elsewhere. By alternatively publishing with our website, you are granting us the right to display your story content on the worldwideweb for others to read each time a visitor views the website. Any future owner of this website will assume the right to display your content so long as you choose.

Community Decency Act

We are protected under the Community Decency Act (CDA) and may reject and/or remove any content to be obscene, indecent, or pornographic. We will not knowingly use our website “to display in any manner available to a person under 18 years of age, any comment, request, suggestion , proposal, image, or other communication that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs”. Otherwise, noted in the Community Decency Act, we do encourage “freedom of speech” as stated in the First Amendment.

Children Online Privacy Protection Act of 1988

We take your privacy very seriously, and even more so, the importance of children’s privacy rights. “The Children Online Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (COPPA), requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue and enforce rules regarding children’s online privacy. The goal of this rule is to place the parents in control of what information is collected from their children, under the age of 13.

Yourstoryonline.com, its owners, and webmaster will not knowing direct online services, collect personal information, or accept payment from minors, especially under the age of 13. Any works written by minors, as defined by the law, may be posted on our website only with parental approval and can be done so by checking the submittal box prior to submitting the story. It is solely the parent’s responsibility to know the risks involved with copyright infringements, and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and take full responsibility for the submission of their minor’s works. Any posting of your child’s written works must first be acknowledged and approved by you by checking our submittal clause box, prior to “proceed”.

By checking the submittal clause box, the authorizing parent is demonstrating clear intent to display the written works of their child as well as their profile as the parent deems fit, and furthermore, authorize payment for submissions, and hereby waive any claims against Yourstoryonline.com, its owners, and webmaster. It is the responsibility of the parent to maintain knowledge of there child’s online searches and understanding the risks involved with the internet an we will not be liable for anyone who falsely claims to be the parent as it is your responsibility to know the whereabouts of your child.

Contact Information

Please contact us for any suggestions, comments, and any other need to contact us. We do encourage suggestions, however, please note that we may not always us your idea for one reason or another. If you choose to share ideas and suggestions you are granting us authorization to use them as we deem fit, without payment or credit. We can be reached at