Submission Guidelines
By: Jennifer Geer
Tags: Submission Guidelines, Exploring Wellness, Submission, Wellness, Writing

Submission Guidelines

Format your article properly. You need a title in Title Case, a subtitle beneath that, and a featured image. For a comprehensive Medium guide in all things formatting, check out this article.

We follow Medium Curation Guidelines and Medium Rules.

You retain the rights to your article, including the right to remove it from our publication. You are giving Exploring Wellness the license to publish your work for as long as we both agree upon. In return, we may do some light editing and we will promote your piece on our media platforms.

the license to publish your work for as long as we both agree upon. In return, we may do some light editing and we will promote your piece on our media platforms. No affiliate links allowed. We do accept a short call to action at the end of your article. Per Medium’s Curation Guidelines, please keep your call to action under 40 words. No directly requesting reader email addresses, but you can direct readers to an off-site page where they can join your email list.

We prefer articles published behind Medium’s paywall. This means you’ve joined the Medium Partner Program. These stories will be reviewed by Medium Curators and if selected, generally results in an increase of readers. However, we’re willing to include articles that are not behind the paywall.

Cite your sources. We love science-backed articles but you need to include your sources. You can either embed links into the body of your article or provide resources at the end.

Images

You must cite all images. You can find beautiful free images from sites such as Unsplash and Pixabay. Even if it’s a photo you have taken yourself, you need to cite it. Don’t use random images from the internet. You must be sure you have the rights to use your images. You can find helpful information on how to add images in the article below.

Tags

Once you hit “submit” you will be prompted to add up to five tags. These tags will help others find your story and we recommend that you use all five of them.

If you’re interested in tagging your articles to get Top Writer status, check out this article below.

Update August 10, 2020: Categories

The publication is broken into six categories. The tags you choose in your story will determine where your article appears on our navigation pages.

The tags are:

Wellness

Fitness

Food

Mental Health

Lifestyle

Running

Grammar

Please carefully review your story before submitting it to Exploring Wellness. We do edit for grammar or spelling errors, but we won’t change the meaning of your article.

Grammarly is a great and free tool to help you edit your stories. But it can sometimes give incorrect suggestions. Use your judgment when using an online editing tool.

Note: if we see excessive grammar and spelling errors, we may send your story back to you for further editing.

Twitter

We will promote your stories on Twitter. If you use Twitter and your Twitter account is linked to your Medium account, you will get a notification when we have shared your story. People that follow you will see the Tweet.

Medium Curation

A common topic for Medium writers is getting curated. Let’s take a look at Medium’s discussion of curation.

What does it mean to be curated? When a story is curated, it becomes eligible to be distributed to readers across Medium surfaces — on the homepage, on topic pages, in our app, in our Daily Digest newsletter, and in other emails — and shared via Medium’s recommendation system. — Medium Curation Guidlines

Curation means more eyes on your work. And more visitors to our publication. Curation benefits everyone. For more information, you can see what Medium looks for when they review your articles here.

For an easy to understand break down of curation rules, check this out below.

Note: Many writers like to promote other pieces in their stories. Medium states that you will not get curated if you add a friend link in your article. Feel free to share your friend link across social media or in emails, but don’t include them in your stories if you’re hoping to get curated.

How to be added as a writer

To be added as a writer, please email exploringwellness-medium@outlook.com. Don’t forget to include your Medium profile.

After you become a writer

Once we’ve added you as a writer, feel free to submit your drafts directly to our publication. Go here if you need help with this.

Please give us 24 to 48 hours to publish your work. We will send you a private note if we need you to rework something in your article, or if we feel your topic doesn’t fit our publication.

That being said, we are new and evolving. We may take this publication into directions we aren’t aware of it at this writing. If you have a piece that you aren’t sure fits here, feel free to submit it anyway and we’ll take a look.

If you haven’t heard anything back from us after 48 hours, feel free to shoot a friendly email to exploringwellness-medium@outlook.com.

We can’t wait to read what you’ve got!

Thank you for your interest in writing for Exploring Wellness. We welcome writers of all levels. We strive to be a community that supports each other’s work and provides helpful feedback. We look forward to reading all of your health and wellness articles!