About

What is Flayrah?

Flayrah is an unusually good source of information for members of furry fandom, written by the community since 2001.
We seek to mix the focused variety of Slashdot, the in-depth analysis of Ars Technica, and the vibrant community of alt.fan.furry in its prime.

What we're looking for

• News and features - First and foremost, Flayrah is a news site. From the closure of a furry convention to an in-depth report on the latest fursuit tourney, artist interviews, or the release of a new race on Furcadia, we provide timely, factual news on topics our readers care about.
• Reviews - Read, seen or played something fandom-relevant, and want to let others know what you thought? This is the place.
• Opinion - While rare, well-considered and argued opinion pieces have a place here, particularly those addressing current issues. Please write these with care, and in such a way that they can be easily distinguished from news articles.
• Fiction and artwork - Flayrah is not an art archive, but we will consider publishing high-quality fiction and artwork (esp. editorial cartoons).
• Original material - Flayrah aims to be a source of original material. While some content may be derived from elsewhere (link your sources!), we encourage submitters to at least rewrite the story in their own words and add context for those unfamiliar with the topic.

If you think you've got something that fits this definition, but don't know how to write it, check out this tutorial.

What we don't want

• Promotion - Flayrah isn't a good place for unfiltered promotion – if you want that, buy an ad. Feel free to post about things you feel are important, but try to make a proper news post out of it rather than just dumping the content of your blog post or newsletter here.
• Flames - Organizations, named groups and websites are fair game for critical opinion. Individuals usually are not. Grind your axe elsewhere.
• Mature content - Readers should feel free to read Flayrah wherever they are. You can write about mature topics, but keep posts work-safe.

All stories are reviewed before posting. Posts and comments failing these criteria are likely to be edited or removed entirely.

How can I subscribe to Flayrah?

We have an RSS feed, Tumblr, LiveJournal and DreamWidth syndication, a Facebook page, a Twitter account and we're on Kindle.

Who reads Flayrah?

Hundreds of furs read Flayrah on a daily basis, including key decision-makers from all sections of the fandom. Our articles are linked and syndicated on many other community websites (including other furry news sites), and we have been accepted into Google News.

How can I get Flayrah on my website?

Flayrah welcomes attributed redistribution of its content. Our RSS feed can be processed by libraries such as MagpieRSS.

Most forum software has support for RSS auto-posting, built-in or as a plugin: vBulletin, phpBB, MyBB, IPB and Simple Machines (1.x/2.0, 2.0).
There's also a variety of JavaScript widgets - if you want to get up and running quickly, try this sample widget using the Google AJAX Feed API.

Want it in another language? Try Feed Translate.

Does Flayrah or its contributors get anything for mentioning a product?

Flayrah earns affiliate revenue for sales of certain linked products. The funds earned - very little - are used to support the upkeep of the site.
Product selection and review outcome is not determined by such revenue; we won't ignore a book just because it's not available on Amazon.

Flayrah directs review products to individual contributors, who may not sell them for personal gain. We don't accept pay for coverage.

How can I advertise on Flayrah?

We serve ads from Google AdWords. You can target your ad to Flayrah by creating a managed placement ad for flayrah.com.

For more information, and a special offer for new advertisers, please see our advertising page.

Who runs Flayrah? Who can I contact? Who writes the stories? What software does it run on?

Flayrah is edited by Laurence 'GreenReaper' Parry (wiki) - greenreaper [at] gmail _dot_ com - 219 Cimarron Trail, Apt 2, Irving, TX 75063, USA.
Our recent contributors are on the front page; biographies and contact details are on their user pages. See also the contributor list and credits.

Note that as we have a decade-long history, some past contributors may have limited biographies and contact information.
Consider checking contributors' WikiFur pages for further biographical information.