Pilot
The first round is focused on places already represented in the solar-system atlas: planets, moons, asteroids, dwarf planets, and belts.
What Fits
Shared Worlds is looking for original pieces that feel attached to a place: fiction, poems, images, narrative fragments, field notes, diagrams, found documents, and other compact forms of worldbuilding.
Scale
A strong entry can be short. A paragraph, a scene, a poem, or a single image with context may work better than a complete setting bible.
Place
Choose a real solar-system location first, then let the piece grow from that geography.
Continuity
Standalone pieces are welcome. Entries can also build near an existing thread when the connection is clear.
Tone
Quiet, strange, technical, lyrical, archival, and exploratory modes all belong here.
Include
A submission should arrive with enough context to place it on the map and present it cleanly.
- TitleThe title of the piece.
- ContributorThe name, handle, or credit line to display.
- LocationThe solar-system place where the piece belongs.
- FormatStory, poem, image, fragment, field note, artifact, or another concise description.
- DescriptionOne or two sentences for the map, directory, or featured-entry panel.
- ThreadOptional continuity notes if the piece connects to another entry or shared setting.
Review
The first round is curated by hand. Pieces may be accepted, edited lightly for presentation, held for a later thread, or declined if they do not fit the current map.
Shared continuity is encouraged, but no entry should overwrite someone else's work or require every future contributor to follow one rigid canon.
Send It
Submission address coming soon
The first submission route will be a manual email review. A public address and subject-line format will be added here before Shared Worlds opens for outside submissions.