To writers

Signes is an independent platform for authors. Generally speaking, it should not be seen as your only way to publish online. Nothing prevents you from doing so, but it is designed to be a springboard, not a centraliser of content. Our aim is to democratise literary production on the Internet without monopolising it. The ideal is for readers to discover some of your work here and, attracted by what they read, to move on to your book, your blog or your revue.

If your registration is approved, you will be able to submit one or more texts from your dashboard, at a pace that suits you.

Each text you submit is automatically sent to the editorial team. We do not impose any stylistic constraints, and we assume that there is no quality reason, once you have been accepted onto the list of authors, to refuse your work.

There's just one quantity limitation: you can't post more texts than there are authors published on the platform. If 3 authors have published at least one text, you can publish 3 texts, and so on. In this way, quality is favoured over quantity: give the best of your work.

Signes does not currently hold any rights to your texts. You are free to reproduce them wherever you like and to delete them if you need to.

Links to your work may be included in the newsletter, depending on conditions and activity on the platform. In principle, there will be no communication management for social networks.

You also have a personal page that groups together your texts and highlights the links of your choice: your blog, any publications you may have, your profiles on social networks, etc.

In exchange for the free service, we would ask you to share your Signes personal page on your various online spaces.

If you would like to publish here, please fill in the form below:

Bonus : a few tools that we think are essential for any author writing in the digital age

  1. A quality pen and A4 80g paper in quantity
  2. A monochrome and wireless printer with an ink tank and recto verso feature such as the ET-M1170 (avoid ink cartridge and laser printers)
  3. A personal computer with a matt panel monitor (avoid glossy panels)
  4. An ergonomic keyboard split and wireless such as the Corne
  5. A markdown text editor such as iAWriter (avoid Word, Pages, Notes, etc.)
  6. A personal blog generated by specialised engines such as Ghost (avoid proprietary platforms such as Substack, Medium, Blogger, etc.)
  7. A bulk emailing service for newsletter sending as Ghost again (don't post your texts on social networks)