These are the guidelines I use in rating. Please be aware that not all of the stories are rated. However, I encourage all authors to rate their work when sending it for submission.
G
- low violence, humor, giddiness, no profanity.
PG - mild violence, mild profanity, mild romance.
PG-13 - violence, profanity, implied rape, romance.
R - violence, profanity, suicide, rape, sexual situations.
NC-17 - rape, gratuitous violence, gratuitous profanity, and adult sexual situations.