You can now submit story ideas to RuntimeWire
Ryan Merket's Submit a Story flow accepts URLs, PDFs or pasted text, and lets readers choose when a finished draft goes to editors.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Why it matters
The workflow gives readers a route from source material to an editorial submission while keeping the choice to send a finished draft with the reader and publication decisions with editors.
Send us a link, PDF, or source material. You can write the story yourself or get help turning it into a draft before you send it to our editors.
I was an early Digg user, and I later worked at Reddit. I’ve seen how often a good story starts with someone in the community spotting something the rest of us missed. Letting RuntimeWire readers bring us those finds feels like a natural next step.
Our new Submit a Story flow starts with a webpage or X post URL. You can also upload a PDF or paste text. From there, you can write the story yourself or ask for help preparing a first draft.
You get to review and edit the draft before deciding whether to send it to our editors. Starting a draft doesn’t submit it, and submitting one doesn’t guarantee publication. We’ll make the editorial call, but I’m excited to see what you find.