The Masterpiece Submission Guidelines
By: S M Mamunur Rahman
Tags: Publication, Reading, Writing, The Masterpiece, Submission

Yes, you’ve come to a place where quality matters — not quantity. But don’t get this wrong, quality doesn’t mean that you have to write like the NYT articles.

We believe in simplicity and look for engaging, well-structured content that connects readers.

Make your stories simple but interesting and engaging.

We would be happy to publish and spread your masterpieces.

We publish the masterpieces on the following topics.

Happiness

Self-Improvement

Environment

Travel

Relationships

Mental Health

Motivation

Social Problems

Education, Reading, Writing

Satire, Humor

Country & Culture

Business & Marketing

Personal thoughts & experiences

We publish the masterpieces between 01–15 minutes read on the above topics.

We don’t publish the stories on the following topics.

Politics

Poetry

Technology

Listicles (5ways, 10ways, 12things, 15principles, etc.)

Quotes

Law & Legal Issues

Intricate Academic Writings

How to/how I make $$$…(articles)

Food review/product review

By submitting to The Masterpiece, you are complying with the following rules and guidelines.

1. Follow Medium Rules

Submissions must comply with Medium’s Rules, Ad-Free Policy, Content Guidelines, and Curation Guidelines.

2. Submit Unpublished Drafts

You must submit original and unpublished drafts. After publishing the story in The Masterpiece, you can republish or share it on your blog, LinkedIn, Twitter, or other platforms outside Medium.

3. Original Contents

Your stories must be original, engaging, and well-organized. We do not accept vague, unclear, or intricate ones. Make sure your contents are grammatical-error-free. We recommend you to use Grammarly to check your content beforehand.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated.

If you write poetry, make sure it’s not scattered with so many spaces. Divide it stanza-wise as you see in poetry books.

4. Call to Action (CTA)

A single text link inviting newsletter subscriptions, or the medium link of your other story is acceptable. Any types of CTAs or Sign-up forms are not allowed with the content.

5. Style Guide

Follow the below style guide while submitting your draft to The Masterpiece.

Titles and subtitles: No clickbait is allowed. Your story must have a precise title and a subtitle. Write your titles in title case and subtitles in sentences case/title case.

Feature image: Make sure you have a featured image (horizontal orientation) below the titles and subtitles. Keep the image in the following style aligning in the middle. Do not fill the screen with your featured image.

Featured image style

Images within the text: If necessary, use images within the text. In that case, follow the below ‘inline’ image format.

Images within the text style

Image credit: Cite the source and usage rights in the image caption. If the photo is taken or created by the author, mention it in the image caption. You may find copyright-free images on Unsplash, Pixabay, Pexels, etc.

Section headings: Keep all the section headings in sentence case. Do not mix up your section headings. Make your masterpieces well-structured and visually stunning.

6. Submission

Submit your final draft by clicking the “…” button near the top-right corner of the page. Then select “Add to publication” and choose “The Masterpiece”. Finally, click “Add draft” to submit your story for review.

7. What we change/edit(if necessary)

We may change the title, subtitle, images if we find the existing ones less-engaging or irrelevant. We will edit sentence structures and paragraphs, if they are too long and intricate.

Moreover, we will try our best to make sure that your writing is error-free and well-structured.

8. How long it will take to publish

Within 03(three) days, you will get feedback from us. If everything is okay, we will be happy to publish your masterpiece.

But if you do not hear anything within 03 days, you are free to submit the draft elsewhere.

We are accepting new writers.

To become a writer, please drop a response below, writing ‘I want to write for The Masterpiece’ and leave your Medium @username. For example, my username is ‘@mamun.here’