Ruined Music

-First and foremost: Ruined Music is looking for true stories. Nonfiction. Essays. It-really-happened-to-me. If you want to make something up, please send it to one of the many fine humor/literary sites on the internet that accept short fiction. Like this one. Or this one. Or this one. Thank you.

-Please submit your story in the text of your email or as an attached Word document. Send to submit@ruinedmusic.com.

-Please be sure to put the word SUBMISSION in the subject line of your email, so your story doesn't get eaten by the spam catcher.

-Please include, at the top of each story, your name, email address, phone number, and the name of the song/artist/album you’re writing about. (We won’t publish your contact information. That’s for us.)

-Please include, at the bottom of each story, a sentence or two about yourself, and a URL, if you have one. For example: “John Doe is a boring pseudonym who lives and surfs in La Jolla, California. He writes horrible poetry at sentimentalcrap.com.”

-Story submissions should be about 700-1,000 words long.

-Please do not submit your story more than once. Because of the volume of submissions we receive, we can't publish everything we get. Send us your best work! If you don't hear from us within three weeks of submitting, please assume your story will not be published. Don't worry - as long as you put the word 'submission' in the subject line, your story was considered (and not mistaken for spam).
-While it’s fine to include some background details about your ex and the breakup to provide context for your ruined music, please don’t get too explicit with names and identifying information. For example, do not write “I cannot listen to Prince ever since I got dumped by Ashley L. Wegman, that slut, I hear she’s driving a blue Camry and working the night shift at the Cincinnati Airport Ramada Inn now.”

-Please do not pepper your story with strange and possibly illegal expressions of threat and/or revenge.

- If you want to quote stories from the site in print or online, please ask us first. Thanks.

Hey kids, always read the fine print! By submitting your story to us, you hereby:

-Grant us a non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual license to publish and display your story here on the Ruined Music website; and
-Grant us the right to use your name (or pen name) and biographical information in connection with your story; and
-Represent that you own all rights, including copyright, in the story you're submitting; and
-Represent that your story is not defamatory or libelous to any third-party; and
-Permit us to edit your story for spelling, length, and grammar.

Stories are published at our discretion, and we reserve the right to remove any story from the site at any time and for any reason. If you don't want us to use your full name on the site – or if you want to use a pen name – just let us know how we should credit you. If you believe that your story has been published on Ruined Music without your permission, please contact us immediately.

ruined music (tm) the mayan empire 2006

-First and foremost: Ruined Music is looking for true stories. Nonfiction. Essays. It-really-happened-to-me. If you want to make something up, please send it to one of the many fine humor/literary sites on the internet that accept short fiction. Like this one. Or this one. Or this one. Thank you.

-Please submit your story in the text of your email or as an attached Word document. Send to submit@ruinedmusic.com.

-Please be sure to put the word SUBMISSION in the subject line of your email, so your story doesn't get eaten by the spam catcher.

-Please include, at the top of each story, your name, email address, phone number, and the name of the song/artist/album you’re writing about. (We won’t publish your contact information. That’s for us.)

-Please include, at the bottom of each story, a sentence or two about yourself, and a URL, if you have one. For example: “John Doe is a boring pseudonym who lives and surfs in La Jolla, California. He writes horrible poetry at sentimentalcrap.com.”

-Story submissions should be about 700-1,000 words long.

-Please do not submit your story more than once. Because of the volume of submissions we receive, we can't publish everything we get. Send us your best work! If you don't hear from us within three weeks of submitting, please assume your story will not be published. Don't worry - as long as you put the word 'submission' in the subject line, your story was considered (and not mistaken for spam).

-While it’s fine to include some background details about your ex and the breakup to provide context for your ruined music, please don’t get too explicit with names and identifying information. For example, do not write “I cannot listen to Prince ever since I got dumped by Ashley L. Wegman, that slut, I hear she’s driving a blue Camry and working the night shift at the Cincinnati Airport Ramada Inn now.”

-Please do not pepper your story with strange and possibly illegal expressions of threat and/or revenge.

- If you want to quote stories from the site in print or online, please ask us first. Thanks.

Hey kids, always read the fine print! By submitting your story to us, you hereby:

-Grant us a non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual license to publish and display your story here on the Ruined Music website; and
-Grant us the right to use your name (or pen name) and biographical information in connection with your story; and
-Represent that you own all rights, including copyright, in the story you're submitting; and
-Represent that your story is not defamatory or libelous to any third-party; and
-Permit us to edit your story for spelling, length, and grammar.

Stories are published at our discretion, and we reserve the right to remove any story from the site at any time and for any reason. If you don't want us to use your full name on the site – or if you want to use a pen name – just let us know how we should credit you. If you believe that your story has been published on Ruined Music without your permission, please contact us immediately.