The AI ones sound awful, so I wouldn't use that. If you don't want to do it yourself, I know that some lush people have asked other members to narrate for them. If you have a trusted friend here, that might be something to consider.

https://www.lushstories.com/profile/happytimes/stories?draft=1

Click into your story and you can publish/submit from there.

Welcome. Yes, you will be notified once it's published, or sent back for editing.

Edit: looks like your story is still in your drafts, so you will need to submit it to the verification queue.

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That said, Of course, I am obviously not a raccoon

Wait. Whaat??

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4. New Stories only should be entered, not stories you've previously submitted. Only standalone stories should be submitted, not those which are part of a series.

Is a competition entry stated (Author's notes and profile wall) as a prequel of an existing series considered as a standalone story or a part of the series?

Using existing characters is fine, so if the story works as a standalone, it will probably be okay. we just don't want a chapter of an ongoing series to be submitted.

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I think it would be better to put that info out more often in a proactive fashion rather than referencing helpful posts after the fact.

I mean, they're pinned in the 'welcome to lush' section of the forum. Not sure how much more proactive we could be. There are tools available for people to manage their experience here, but sadly, it being the internet, there will always be people trying to take advantage.

If you receive messages from accounts that sound scammy, please report them and we can investigate.

Please see this forum for threads on keeping yourself safe online.

Bump.

Please note, AI stories will be deleted and repeat offenders banned.

Let's not get bogged down in AI chat, please.

If you write your own stories, you're good.

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Ha! I knew it! (or should is 'I kent it...'.

Some things in life are just fundamental. Ancient cultures around the globe believed that the complexity of matter could be broken down to 4 simple states, broadly composed of Earth, Water, Fire and Air.

For this competition, we want you to use one of these elements as a theme for you to explore the fundamental nature of sex and eroticism.

Earth could be about connecting with nature. Water could range from a seaside holiday to someone making you cum just with a showerhead. Air could be a breath on your neck, giving you goosebumps. And fire... fire could be candlelight on someone’s face. Or it could be used to melt wax that stings when dripped onto bare skin.

These are just a few prompts on what is a very open theme. Your skill will be needed to weave this theme through your story. As always we encourage you to look through the available categories to help refine the story you want to tell.

Lush competitions bring out the best in our authors. Unfortunately, cash prizes also attract fraudsters. If we deem you to have submitted a story to the competition which uses AI for writing or editing, you will be banned from this, and all future competitions, so we would recommend keeping any working notes and drafts as you go.  If you have used AI to only edit your work in the past, we would strongly advise against. We will treat this the same as using AI to create and you may be banned for cheating.

This competition will run through April, with winners being announced on the 11th May. Stories should have a maximum of 3000 words. No poetry or micros please, but flash stories greater than 600 words are allowed.

For more info, see here

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Yes, I corrected myself about the trending stories. But if you click on all categories, it is no longer listed. Again, you guys are dealing with ever shifting policies that come from massive hypocrites. I do not envy the task, but I appreciate the freedom you established here.

It's there. Just refresh if you don't see it.

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But now it is no longer on the homepage, nor will it be listed with new stories or trending stories. I do not understand this decision and why we were not told ahead of time. What is the point of singling out this category only? If people can mute it Why not let them just do that instead of taking it away from everyone?. A vast majority of my work, including my famous story is in this category. I’m extremely disappointed in this decision. Extremely.

There haven't been any changes. They do appear on the homepage unless you've opted out.

This category has never been included in the trending stories, as far as I'm aware, since that was introduced.

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I'm now resigned to the fact that for whatever reason, that badge will never appear

It needs done manually and just hasn't been done yet. I'm sure they'll get to it. Unfortunately it's not one I can apply.

You can also create your own thread in the Self promotion forum and use that to update readers on what you're working on. A few folk do that.

How many do you have in your queue? Just wondering if you've reached an arbitrary limit.

I love when you come across a story posted years back, and remember just why you loved it so much first time around. This story effortlessly combines those elements of first time, seduction and age gap which in a lesser writer's hands might stray into dangerous territory, but in this case makes for a cracking, hot read and is ultimately a beautiful love story.

Enjoy

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/taboo/jailbait

Note to future self. Read them as they come out!

Sorry for the delay, folks. It's just been an exceptionally busy time at Lush Towers HQ. My thanks to all the judges who were able to provide me with their feedback over the holidays, and my apologies to all who have been waiting on tenterhooks for the results.

This was a fun one Christmas always seems to bring out the naughty, but there was one story which repeatedly topped the judges' naughty lists, and that was WannabeWordsmith's fantastic 24 Ways To Fuck.

In second place, we have the beautiful Vigil, from AmuseBouche, and completing the podium is the highly entertaining Come Hell or High Water, by Ascendent.

We shortlisted 15 for this competition, because the quality was so high, so here they are in their full glory.

I'll be in touch with podium people over the next day or so, re prizes

A new competition will be announced in the coming weeks.

Jen x

1. WannabeWordsmith - 24 Ways To Fuck $150

2. Amusebouche - Vigil $100

3. Ascendent - Come Hell or High Water $50

4. Piquet - Mistress of All Masters

5. Lyfbuz - The Surrender Door

6. Fint - Bad Girl's Santa

7. Flowercreek - Nativity Fast

8. Arconath Resonath - The Undecorating

9. Meagananne1985 - Fabergé Eggs For Christmas

10. Ross Caliban - Stocking Stuffer

11. Joe71 - Presents Cum Early

12. El Henke - Dear Naughty Santa

13. Hughtheman - Go Elf Yourself

14. TheShyThespian - Morning Glory

15. deviantsusie - The Snow Job

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First, would the outline of a nipple through the fabric of, say, a bra or a negligee, or the hint of dark pubic hair beneath semi-sheer panties, be considered genitalia and therefore not allowed?

Totally fine

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would a story cover image showing full frontal nudity -- male or female -- be disallowed

It depends. Nudity is fine, but we don't want defined shots of genitals, so no cocks, no labia. We also won't accept really explicit shots for cover pictures, so for example, someone with their mouth full of cock. Technically, you might not be able to see cock, but we all know what's happening.

Not that we don't like these pictures, lol. We just like to keep the face of the site as non explicit as possible.

It's a daily limit, so will reset

I'm kidding myself. Too many visitors at this time of year. Announcement date will be 12th Jan to also give a chance for more judges to be around to support. Thanks.

...we resist the urge to give it a swift kick to help it on its way, lol.

Not gonna lie, 2025 has been a bit of a shit show, but as always, I'm grateful for this little smutty corner of the internet that we call home.

Thanks to all who contributed to our community this year. Whether it's reading, writing, chatting, the important thing is the connections and friendships we make here. That's what keeps us going. Well, that and the smut.

Massive thanks as always to all the moderators who keep the site running behind the scenes, and to the good folks at Lush HQ who keep the lights on.

The office is closed over the holidays and we'll be a bit quieter as folks will be spending time with loved ones. The competition will be announced next week, but other than that, it'll be a slower pace.

I hope you all have a wonderful and peaceful festive season.

Jen ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷

Please note we will be shut for new story submissions until after the new year orgy.

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Slightly off topic, but how many forum posts do we need to progress from 'active ink slinger' - a rather bland and generic label considering I've been here 16 years ?

It was automated on v1, but yeah, here you can change it to what you want.

https://www.lushstories.com/forum/settings

If anyone wants to amuse themselves while they wait/read/edit, Scotland's lovingly-named gritters are out in full force at the moment, lol.

https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker

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Jen must be hoping not too many people will enter…

Tries to keep face straight

Literally something I have never hoped

I'm debating a bonus point for any Elf On A Shelf adjacent titles.

Sprite on a Kite

Slut in a Hut

Betty on a Jetty

From the Latin adventus, meaning, coming 😄

It’s that time of year, where many are putting up trees and fairy lights, planning gifts and recipes, getting the house ready to receive friends and family over the festive period.

Although Christmas is the big day, it’s often the build-up that’s the most fun, especially for the Lush community who have an uncanny ability to inject a little naughtiness into any situation.

We want stories about the advent period, that build up before the big day... the countdown.

Perhaps you and your partner have invested in a couple of naughty elves, and leave each other an x-rated ‘elf on a shelf’ scenario that you must act out at some point that day.

It could be that someone decides to make the office Secret Santa draw a little outrageous this year, by getting a colleague a very ‘NSFW’ gift.

Or maybe putting up the Christmas decorations is made extra spicy with some eggnog, sex toys and a lack of clothing.

We’re leaving the theme fairly open, but whatever you decide, it must be set in the run up to Christmas. As we only have 24 days of advent*, this competition will only run to Dec 24th, and to mimic the short timescale, we’re imposing a word limit of 1500 words. Your story can be in the flash category (roughly 600 – 1000 words for a complete story) but please, no micros or poetry.

*Yes, I’m starting this on the 2nd. I’m a day late. Sue me, lol.

This competition will run through Dec 24th, with winners being announced on the 12th Jan.

First prize $150

Second prize $100

Third prize $50.

For full competition rules, see here.

Really well done. This was lovely writing

Premium authors go in at the top, but if we're not careful with the queue, non premium can end up waiting more time than we're comfortable with, which is why we need to manage it. We're just constantly busy these days, so we need to actively manage the queue more than we used to.

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I have a question please. I know being a mod and approving stories is probably a thankless job. For myself I always say thank you to whomever approved my story. My question is this. Lately when I send in a story it sits there a few hours like normal then maybe 12- 15 hours later it says "Your story has been sent to a mod and its too late to recall it" Okay I get that but then why does after a few days go back to "Currently being reviewed" I don't mean to be a pain I am just trying to understand why it does that. Thank you for your time.

Let me show you. The queue is split into 3 tabs. The main one, my personal one (obvs everyone sees their own) and then what anyone else has locked. We can click between the tabs.

Sometimes, to move stories out of that main queue, we 'lock' stories and it moves tab. So anyone logging in and looking at the main queue won't see it.

We do that when we're about to verify, but also if we're discussing one, or an author has submitted something 3 seconds after something has been verified and we need them to wait a bit. We use it as a queue management tool. We might verify it ourselves, or move it back. That's when you'll see different messages, so really, I wouldn't pay too much attention to the message.