Open submissions · no reading fee

Submit a browser game

The arcade shelf is small games and playable experiments. If you made one, we would like to play it.

Send it in

What are you sending?

Title

Name to publish it under

Your email

Only ever used to reply to you about this. It is never published, never shown to anyone else, and never added to a mailing list.

Your work

0 of 40,000 characters.

How would you rate it?

G Anyone PG Mild PG-13 Some edge

We publish up to PG-13. Nothing R-rated or above, ever — it is an all-ages site.

You may also consider this for one of the printed puzzle collections. We would email you first. Required. This is my own work. I keep the copyright, and I am giving Final Boss Games permission to publish it here and to consider it for a printed collection. It may be edited for length and clarity.

A person reads everything. You will hear back within 4 months.

The things everybody asks

Does it cost anything?

No. There is no reading fee. You do not need an account either.

How long until I hear back?

Within 4 months. Jeff reads everything himself, but you will get an answer either way.

Who keeps the rights?

You do. You keep your copyright. You are giving us permission to publish the piece here, and to ask you about including it in a printed collection later. You can publish it elsewhere too.

Will I be paid?

Not at the moment. What you get is a byline, a link to your own work, and a readership. If a piece is chosen for a printed collection we will email you about that separately, before anything is printed.

Can I send something published elsewhere?

For poetry, stories and games, yes — just mention it. For guest posts we would like the piece to be original.

What will you not publish?

We publish up to PG-13. Nothing R-rated or above.

I am under 18 — can I still send something?

Yes. Just ask a parent or guardian before you send us your email address.