I've been thinking of entering some short stories of mine in a writing contest (not on here), and I was wondering: if I've already posted them on here, is that like they're already published?
'Hush, hush!' I whispered; 'people can have many cousins and of all sorts, Miss Cathy, without being any the worse for it; only they needn't keep their company, if they be disagreeable and bad. — Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights