ILLUMINATION-Curated
Correction for Curation Instructions
It is not possible to identify topics any more. However, we continue to curate.
The purpose of this post is to provide an update on a story I published on 05 October 2020. The story titled How to Find the Topics for Curated Stories.
Since then I received several messages from writers who pointed out that my instructions were not working.
Then I checked the story comments. I saw the frustration was evident.
Here are the three responses pointing out the situation on my post.
Jennifer MacDonald revealed her frustration:
“Hmm. I just tried this with one of my curated articles and the topics are not showing up anywhere. This is rather frustrating”.
The Maverick Files pointed out findings:
“I tried this but still didn’t see this on my reader interests following the same steps — there is no “topics” under my Reader Interests — just straight “Tags” — so they either removed this too or it is selective? I did look through most of my curated stories”.
Fatim Hemraj commented:
“I noticed a new piece of mine says “chosen for further distribution” in the stats page for that piece, but now when I go to the story settings and click on reader’s interests, it no longer shows the topics it was curated in. I wonder if they’ve now removed the ability to find the topics in which pieces are curated in, for good?!”
I tried the method I used in my previous post and it did not work.
Medium removed this feature. It is not available any more.
As a writer or editor, I am unable to find the topics for curated articles. I also checked the publication dashboard and couldn’t find an indication.
That’s it. Change happened.
I understand Medium made a decision on this and respect the decision.
I believe the decision makers have compelling reasons for this.
We may find out the details soon.
In the meantime, as a publication team, we continue curating stories from ILLUMINATION and presenting them in our special collection on ILLUMINATION-Curated.
Why do we do this?
Because, there is a huge demand from our readers to read curated stories.
We honor the demand and serve accordingly.
Our goal is to delight our readers.
I sent an invitation via a post titled Yes, You Can Now Directly Write For ILLUMINATION-Curated on last week.
Since then, we have received hundreds of submissions.
Our readers are happy with the variety and the quality of stories that we curated. The number of followers for ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION- Curated are rapidly increasing. We give a pleasant reading experience to a wide variety of readers on multiple topics.
Some of our stories on ILLUMINATION-Curated gained substantial visibility, and even several of them went viral.
Here is a snapshot from the publication dashboard showing the key metrics.
We will continue curating interesting, engaging, and high-impact stories from ILLUMINATION. All writers are invited.
There are two ways to achieve this goal.
Option 1 — Self-Nomination
This method is for your currently published stories on ILLUMINATION.
Stories nominated to ILLUMINATION-Curated must meet Medium curation guidelines at a minimum. Please check Medium curation guidelines to ensure the content and formatting of your stories align with the guidelines.
You can request writer access by sending a note with your Medium ID. You may also leave a comment on this story showing your interest in being a writer for ILLUMINATION-Curated.
You can check this post to learn how to nominate your stories to be added to ILLUMINATION-Curated.
Option 2 — Direct Submission
Writers who have access to ILLUMINATION-Curated can submit their high quality stories.
If your story is not meeting the requirements of Medium curation guidelines, please don’t submit. We don’t want to waste our time with fundamentals.
If you are submitting a new story, we recommend draft format. If your story is in the draft format, when we publish it, the story will use the date it is published. If it is published and our assessment may take a few days, the story will take the date it was submitted.
We will consider exceptions for time-sensitive materials. In this case, you may point out your circumstance with a private message when submitting.
Key Considerations
Here are some quick guidelines you may consider before nominating or submitting your stories to ILLUMINATION-Curated.
Read the Medium curation guidelines.
You need to review the points in the curation guidelines before drafting and submitting your story. Make a checklist of the points in the guidelines. You can use the checklist after completing your draft and before submitting it to the publication.
Learn from the experience of other writers.
The ILLUMINATION team developed several references to improve the quality of your stories. Reviewing these stories can give you practical points reflected from the experience of other writers.
Here are three important guidelines that you can use.
Curation Guidelines for ILLUMINATION Writers — In Simple Words
99% Bulletproof Curation Methods That Can 4x Chances of Your Success
How to Transfer an Article From Illumination to Illumination-Curated
Read already curated stories to learn from.
ILLUMINATION-Curated team created multiple volumes covering hundreds of high-quality stories.
You can find Stories on ILLUMINATION-Curated — All Volumes.
We distribute the volumes using various distribution methods.
Ask for Peer Reviews.
Peer reviews are important to improve your content.
Please join our Slack group to find peer reviewers. Please request access.
Peer reviewers can help you identify your blind spots.
Leverage language and editing tools to improve your content.
I recommend the use of spell checking and grammar tools.
Some of our writers are using Grammarly and Hemingway Editor. These tools have good testimonials.
Please consider plagiarism check to ensure your content is not duplicated on Medium or other content platforms. You may try to use tools like Chegg, Copyleaks, PlagTracker, Plagiarisma, Duplichecker, and Grammarly.
If we identify plagiarism, we will reject your story, remove your writer privilege, and report the situation to Medium. ILLUMINATION has zero tolerance for plagiarism.
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