Boomerangs

Boomerangs Submission Guidelines

Old dogs learning new tricks — Updated 10/09/21

Thanks for your interest in Boomerangs, where a team of writers over the age of 50 are rebounding online and sharing their wisdom!

While writing on Medium this past year, I’ve made great connections with other writers on the platform and not surprisingly, my writing mostly resonates with people my age.

I’ve also noticed that there aren’t many publications on Medium that cater to active Baby Boomers or support all the amazing stories we have to share.

So I’ve given birth (can you believe it @ age 59!) to a new publication just for us older folks, and I’m calling it Boomerangs because no matter how hard we get thrown, we keep coming back!

We’re Baby Boomers empowering you towards a better life with our true stories, life experience and insight. We’re not grumpy old buggers, we’re extremely wise thirty-something-year-olds rebounding and retiring online. Boomerangs share life lessons about recovering our power, making money, improving relationships, and all aspects of health, and personal growth. We also share humour and rants as we learn and laugh at our crazy mistakes.

If you’d like to write for my new publication, the only requirement is that you’re age fifty + and kinda fabulous :)

Respond to this article with “I’m over 50 and want to be a writer,” — then I’ll review your profile and add you as a writer.

Submission Guidelines

Give this old girl (and my 3 editors) a break by checking your grammar and spelling before submitting your work. Sloppy stuff will be rejected, so at minimum, run it through Grammarly (or something similar).

If your story/article fits one or more of these categories listed below, we won’t censor your work, but please be sure it fits within Mediums rules and guidelines.

We prefer unpublished drafts but will also accept previously published work; please be sure they have at least one of these tags included;

Life Lessons

Relationships|Family

Work|Retirement

Health

Rants

Humour

Yes, you can write about “writing on Medium” — I’m cool with that!

Please be kind and respectful — I’m fine with swearing for humour’s sake or to make your point, but please don’t be hateful or mean.

What We’re Looking For

Stories based on life experience — what wisdom do you have to share?

We like well-written pieces that have heart and your reader in mind. Can you share a life experience that changed you and could potentially help others?

Do you have a funny story, even if it was embarrassing, that could lighten our day with a laugh?

Do you have health-related or “ageing” stories or experiences you could share to enlighten us?

How about stories based on your relationships and family — share the hard stuff you’ve learned so we know we’re not alone.

We love rants too! At our age, we’ve earned the right to let loose about what gets under our skin and makes us crazy — have fun with it!

Old Dogs ~ Some New Tricks!

Format your stories to be easy to read. Keep your paragraphs short. Include quotes, subtitles and images in your post. Please be sure you have permission to use said images and that you credit them.

We also prefer read times to be between 5 -7 minutes because they do best on Medium. That said, if it’s short and sweet or longer to make a point, we won’t reject for length.

A tasteful CTA is encouraged, but keep in mind that our mission is to serve, so your posts shouldn’t read like advertisements or come across as self-serving. It’s also a great idea to embed another piece of your work that’s relatable to the very end of each story to expose readers to more of your work.

We want to build a supportive team. Follow the other writers here; communicate and support one other. Follow the publication and join the Empowered Boomers Newsletter.

Read, respond and share the posts and we’ll do the same for you.

If you have editing skills and want to volunteer your services to help get this publication off the ground, I’d love to hear from you! Just send me a private note or respond to this article.

My Commitment to You

We’ll do our best to publish your work within 48 hours if it’s a good fit. If we’re bombarded with submissions, we may be a wee bit longer, but we’ll always communicate, so you know what’s up :)

My first goal is to make this a safe place for us Boomerangs to share our stories and wisdom.

My second is to empower this “over 50” crowd to learn from each other (without judgement) and thrive as we write!

My third is to have this Publication rockin’ and on the map to showcase all the incredible and unique voices with so much knowledge to share.

So who’s up for it!?

Sign up for our Newsletter, Empowered Boomers, right here, so I can keep you in the loop, share techie and Medium writing tips, feature your stories, and share writing prompts to keep you motivated!

I’m Liz, a personal growth fanatic that stopped shrinking into places I’ve outgrown.