Hi Blush :-) As far as pictures go, when you upload to the writers gallery, you can include 1 image of up to 300 x 300 pixels to accompany your words and of course a thumbnail. The same rules for thumbnails apply to the Writers gallery as to the rest of the galleries. If someone printed your work and said that it was theirs, then they would be taking your work. I believe most magazines do not take submissions of previously published work, so if you have already posted something on the internet or had it in print you probably will not be able to get it published. (But I could be wrong, I'm not an expert) When you view someones work in the galleries, you will see a button that says vote. If you really like an image/piece of writing you can click on the button to vote for it. The 20 pieces with the most votes in a week go into the Hot 20, so if you are in it, this is because some people liked your work enough in the last 7 days to vote for it. Hope that is some help :-) Shanna.