About us
LibraryCall connects children and families with stories through a range of platforms, including phone and web-based audio services for libraries and schools and a digital storytelling app designed for families. Our stories are carefully curated to ensure they are high-quality, inclusive, and respectful of all people.
LibraryCall connects children and families with stories through a range of platforms, including phone and web-based audio services for libraries and schools and a digital storytelling app designed for families. Our stories are carefully curated to ensure they are high-quality, inclusive, and respectful of all people.
Submission Guidelines
LibraryCall is seeking original stories and fresh adaptations of traditional tales for young children ages 3-10, and we’d love to read yours!
We’re especially interested in stories by authors whose lived experiences and cultural knowledge reflect the diversity of our world. We welcome submissions from writers closely connected to these communities:
- Asia / Pacific Islands / Asian Americans
- Black / African Americans
- First / Native Nations / American Indian / Indigenous
- Jewish Americans
- Latinx / Hispanic / Latin Americans
- Middle Eastern / North African / Arabs
Seasonal and celebration story themes we’re interested in licensing include Lunar New Year, Kwanzaa, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Holi, Easter in Mexico and other Spanish speaking traditions, ghost stories from Mexico, Pride, Juneteenth, Rosh Hashanah, Dia de los muertos, Diwali, Black History Month, and Hanukkah.
What we’re looking for:
- Original stories or creative retellings of traditional tales
- For children ages 3–10
- Up to 2,500 words
- Written in English or Spanish
- Human-written stories only. We do not accept AI-generated submissions.
Payment
We offer a $100 flat rate per story
Copyright
Stories selected for inclusion become the property of LibraryCall, which holds the copyright and manages distribution across our platforms, ensuring they remain widely accessible to children, families, and educators over time.
How to submit:
Send your story to Madeline Walton-Hadlock at madeline@galecia.com.
Include a short bio and tell us what qualifies and inspires you to write your story.
Copyright
License of Audio Rights Only You (the Rightsholder) grant to LibraryCall (the Licensee) a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, sell, publicly perform, display, and create derivative works based solely on the audiobook recording created by or for LibraryCall (“the Recording”), including excerpts and remixes thereof, in all formats and media now known or later developed.
This license applies only to the Recording, and does not include any rights to the underlying written work or intellectual property beyond what is necessary to produce and distribute the Recording. The Rightsholder retains all right, title, and interest in and to the original written work, including without limitation copyrights, trademarks, and any other rights.