Featured Stories
Curated Collection #138
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
We couldn’t post our curated collection since mid-November. There were thousands of submissions in the last two weeks, which kept us very busy. But at this weekend, we collectively managed to create a collection for you.
Today, we selected great stories and believe you will enjoy this new collection full of enjoyable and informative stories. Many thanks for the valuable feedback and support to our writers.
Our goal for creating these collections is to support writers in growing their audience by introducing them to avid readers on Medium and other platforms while offering enjoyable stories to interested readers.
Our team creates visibility for the great stories of our inspiring writers. Well-written stories always find new readers in our publications. We amplify them by distributing them to relevant audiences on multiple platforms.
Essential Guides for writers
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications support every level of ethical writers, from beginners to the most accomplished ones collaborating to delight readers. We are grateful to 21,000+ contributors who choose our publications to host their stories, making our readers happy.
If you missed the previous three collections, here are the links.
Curated Collection #137, Curated Collection #136, Curated Collection #135
The ILLUMINATION Amplifier team keeps selecting stories from our curated collections and distributing them to our readers to create daily visibility of well-written and informative stories. Here is the recent one to delight our readers and writers.
There is good news for poetry writers who specialize in haiku. Today one of our editors Aiden (Illumination Gaming), introduced a new writing competition offered by Vocal Media. We hope you will find it valuable. Here is the story providing the required information.
Recently we interviewed three new writers. Please check out the linked profiles and explore their stories.
You might find out more interviews from this collection.
For new contributors, our publications support all levels of writers, from the most accomplished to beginners, to create collaboration and synergy on this platform.
Beginners gradually improve their skills by learning from the experience of accomplished writers. We don’t censor content as long as your stories meet Medium rules. Our rules are stated in the following policies.
Sample Collections for New Readers
Here are the links to the recent collections for those who missed them:
Sample collections posted by ILLUMINATION main.
Curated Collection #133, Curated Collection #132, Curated Collection #131, Curated Collection #130, Curated Collection #129, Curated Collection #128.
Sample collections posted by ILLUMINATION-Curator.
ILLUMINATION Reading Club, Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01, Outstanding Stories — Volume 88, Outstanding Stories — Volume 89, Outstanding Stories — Volume 90, Outstanding Stories — Volume 91.
Sample collections posted by ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
Hand-Picked Articles #190, Hand-Picked Articles #191, Hand-Picked Articles #192, Hand-Picked Articles #193, Hand-Picked Articles #194, Hand-Picked Articles #199, Hand-Picked Articles #200, Hand-Picked Articles #202
Other collections from different editors
First editorial bulletin of ILLUMINATION Videos and Podcasts publication on Medium
10 Inspiring Stories Published on Illumination Gaming Publication Recently
Since last month we have introduced several writers. You may check their profiles and explore their sample stories. Here are a few examples. If you are a regular writer and want to be featured, please contact our chief editor on Slack.
A Brief Introduction to Mark Sanford, Ph.D. Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Chosen Stories from Sufyan Maan’s on Medium Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Meet Don Martin: A businessman and a writer on Medium Don Martin
New Writer Communication
Based on feedback from readers, we added new writer introductions and writing-related articles to the end of the collection. This post serves both readers and writers as a communication tool. The critical requirement for new writers is to review Master Copy: Onboarding New Writers.
Readers might search for their favorite writer by pressing the Ctr+F key in the keyword or search tool in the browser.
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Updates on Stats
Last month we informed that Medium removed chosen for further distribution label from stories in an article titled Is Further Distribution on Medium, RIP? We Have No Clarity Yet.
Our chief editor shared his initial thoughts in a story highlighting declined stats. But, he informed us that there was a slight improvement.
We hope it improves. Let’s remain optimistic and keep posting our best stories.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Today, we curated engaging stories that cover a range of topics from the thousands of submissions (posted by 16K+ writers) published on Illumination to make your reading experience enjoyable. You might find many interesting stories from our regular writers in this collection.
Here’s How I Improved My Immune System in 7 Steps and Lowered Health Risks. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Teaching Self Improvement Makes You Feel like a Butt-Naked Weirdo Tim Denning
What Eckhart Tolle Says is the Only True Purpose of Our Lives David Gerken
How I Went From Having $127 in My Checking Account to Building a Six-Figure Business and Living My… Ayodeji Awosika
Here’s How Much Money You Can Really Make on Medium Sinem Günel
How to Stay Sane in America, According to My European Husband Anastasia Frugaard
I read 27 blogging case studies — Here’s what I’ve learned Jenn Leach
Attitudes towards Bourgeois Betterment Historically Hostile Ellen Clardy, PhD
Two Insidious Reasons a Narcissist Will Always Despise Their Partner Melissa Kalt, MD
How to Strengthen Self-Discipline Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
How Digital Therapeutics Will Affect Physician Practices In The Future Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Six Facts About Smegma All Men Should Know Dr Prashanth Panta
Addiction Explored. An Impactful Story From Violet: A View From A Mental Health Provider Dr. Gabriella Korosi
My Experiences and Moments of Bonding, Fun, Love, And scare of Dogs Dr. Preeti Singh
Out of the Box — Awakened Experience Cedric Johnson, PhD
The New Covid Learning Gap In Education Dr. Deborah M. Vereen
Losing Silence: How to Cope With Tinnitus Dr. Liz White
Nature Does Not Have A Wrath, Human Beings Do Christyl Rivers, Phd.
Christianity is Not an Option Edward Robson, PhD, MFA
Connecting with others through creativity: An experiential process Dr Nicole Randick
How Will Life On Earth End? Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Spotlight Hudson Ohio Dr. Sarah Lyall-Neal
Finding Balance Dr. Stacey Maples
50+ “Truths” in 90 Seconds Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier)
Who Am I? Dr John Frederick Rose
Stillness Dr. Fatima Imam
Writing, As I Do It Teresa D Hawkes, Ph.D.
Outstanding Stories — Volume 88 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Outstanding Stories — Volume 88
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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War: What Is It Good For? Melinda Blau
When White Women Weaponize Brené Browne Against Black Women Rebecca Stevens A.
I Live In A 400-Square-Foot House And Yet I Never Felt More Free Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Elon Musk “picked a fight” with Apple Brenda Karl, M.Ed.
The Legacy of Tom Rice, a Para Trooper With a Big Heart EP McKnight, MEd
How Studying Conspiracies Can Improve Your Decisions at Work George J. Ziogas
Stepping Away From Our Collective Field of Fear Rebecca Romanelli
After Elon Musk Acquired Twitter, I Started Liking It More. Aiden Lindstrom
Why Intermittent Fasting Does Not Work For Weight-Loss It’s About What You Eat Rob Hourmont
A Glance at the Editorial Room Of Illumination and Illumination-Curated Sumera Rizwan
Meet The People Who Broke The Internet Because of Their Meme Josef Cruz
What Achieving Difficult Goals Really Looks Like A Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
Just Who Were The Castrati? a. a. gallagher
The overall best finance app 2022 Abraham Hernandez
How to Make a Successful Career Change, With Data Science Alain Saamego
Is a YouTube Channel Worth it in 2022? Alain Yunes
Putin’s Potemkin Military Erik Reich, DC
He Knew All Their Secrets Alize Henry
Potential America Zed⚡
Tree of Dashed Hope Amy Christie
The Benefits of Running Badly Amy Yoder
Dying at Twenty-Nine From This One Medical Mishap You Should Know Ange Dim
5 things I learned, painting for 30 days! Ankita Sharma
Singularity Anna Rozwadowska
Ukraine and Russia: is there a return to dialogue? Annalisa Vibio
8 Brutal Truths People in Healthy Relationships Won’t Tell You Annie Wegner
These 5 Apps Have Been on My Phone for Years Gareth Willey
The Magic World Of Vitamins Antonis Iliakis
Lost Utopia Anwesha Mishra
Manifest Destiny Author, D. Denise Dianaty
How to become a Forbes under 30 too — in 6 steps Basilio
How I Ate All I Wanted Without Gaining Weight Bebe Nicholson
Yes, You Can Reduce Your Worries Bill Abbate
What Is The Moral Code You Live By? Lanu Pitan
Get Financially Comfortable or Die Tryin’ BlackRiver
Strategies for Writing — An Invitation Brenda Mahler
The Trouble with Anthony Bourdain Bridget Stella Ruxton Wilson
Speak the Language of the Universe and Your Needs Will Be Met Carl Gerber (aka Kristopher Raphael)
“You Will Become a Master of Calming Yourself Down.” Casey Bridgham
Ensnared In An ARG Cee Arr
What Do TLDR & FFA and Other Strange Things Mean? Celine Lai
I Did Not Save My Brother’s Life Chrissie Powers
Would You Recognize Your Writer’s Voice in Your Earliest Works? Christina M. Ward
The Advantages of Being Strong and Keep Fighting Christina Sponias
Spirits in the Material World Christopher Naughton
Eat cake, Facebook! Claudio D'Andrea
A Stress-relieving Benefit of Spirituality: Easier Decision-making David Gerken
3 Lessons I Learned While Managing The Project From Hell David Hockley
Local Councillor congratulates City for destroying Black Swan Lake DC Crawford
5 Proven Ways To Ensure You Progressively Gain Wealth Over Time Dennis De Silva
⁉️What’s in YOUR TRASH Donna Maltz
How I Learned to Care for Others Because of My Selfishness Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Live Your Life With Joy Dr. Preeti Singh
Four Benefits of Yoga and Meditation Elena dL
Champion Performance: Simone Biles Elizabeth Emerald
Joipaw Is a Company Dedicated to Developing Beneficial Video Games for Dogs. Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Tales of Hollywood 4: The Agent Elizabeth Sobieski
Develop Your Creativity Instantly in 12 Minutes: Find 12 Things That Would Provide You Joy and… Fahri Karakas
Nature Brings Rainbows To Add Spectacular Beauty To The Sky Floyd Mori
Cumulina, Freda Savahl
Following the Road Less Travelled From The Future
What No One Told You About Constantly Moving From One Country To Another Gaby Spadaro
What Happened to Kids’ Books About the Future? Gray Stanback
Even The Moon Is Guiding You To Close One Chapter, Willing To Open The New? Gregory Reece-Smith
Your Life is a Painting Brooklyn Muse
Spring Cleaning On A Grand Scale. Groupe Intellex
5 Signs You’re Forcing A Relationship That Isn’t Right For You Destiny Femi
Educators Now — Making a Lasting Impact in The Metro Atlanta Area Haji
What about …. Whataboutism! Part 1 Harold De Gauche
What If You Could Prevent Aging Diseases By Treating Oxidative Stress Hello100
He Lost His Daughter and Now He Uses Her to Make Me Sign Up For His Frickin’ Newsletter Henrik Ståhl
Surprising Uses Of Blockchain Outside Cryptocurrencies. Ileke Airende
Hand-Picked Articles #144 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
High on Life: The Upcoming Game Set in the Rick & Morty Universe Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
‘Read for Read’ Club | List 145 Indigo
Are You Theory X Or Theory Y Leader? Israrkhan
Can Personal Branding Be Part of Entrepreneurship? Ivan Popov
The Problem with Facebook Usage and Family J.C. Anne Brown
How Should You Actually Know God’s Will For You? James Boylan
Don’t Let Your Dreams Become Last Years Exercise Equipment G. Hobson Goff III
Jesus Doesn’t Want You to Watch Rebel News or Read Angry Clickbait Jane Harris
Are You Over 40 and Have a Dream of Travelling Around the World but Have No Idea Where to Start? Orla K.
My Embarrassing Moment: What Would “Emily Post Etiquette” Say? Bonni Brodnick
If Earth’s Black Box Is to Record Our Planets Demise What Does That Say For Our Future Jason Morton
Top 3 Business Strategies for Online Entrepreneurs That Helped My Friend Make $1,000 in Her 1st… Jason Aro
If I “Pull Away” From You: Revisited Jessica Lyon & Joshua J. Lyon, BSQP, CNP (J & J)
Getting Found Online Made Easy Jeff the Content Profit Coach
Forgotten Cemeteries: What Is Hidden Beneath This Picturesque Chicago Park? Jennifer Geer
What is Your Measuring Stick? John Cunningham
Finding the Joy of Going Places Alone Jennifer Rosater
Want to Design An Online Course? Jennifer Smith
3 tips to make the most of your time in a funk Jenny Lytle
Evolutionary Free Masterclasses in Dec & Jan — a Good Future for ALL Desiree Driesenaar
The 5 ways to know if coaching is right for you Jerry Keszka
TO BAG, OR NOT TO BAG? Joan Didak
How can you Hire a Team of Writers and Make Money while you Sleep? John Adam Ledford
7 Ways To Feel Less Overwhelmed John Teehan
Fair and Balanced?…What a Crock of Horse Dukey John Worthington
What’s the Meaning of Life? Jordan Nguyen
Bufo, the Psychedelic Toad That Taught Me the Secret of the Universe Julia Blum
10 Reasons Why You Can’t Give Up on Your Dream Erin M.
10 Reasons Why You Can’t Give Up on Your Dream
You’ll regret it for a lifetime if you do…
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15 Tips for a Wedding That Goes to Plan Daniel Hopper
Patient-centric Value-based Healthcare Kathy Copeland Padden
How To Keep Your Mind And Body Green After A Workout Jessey Anthony
Small business owners need an inbound marketing strategy Kelly Robinson
The Destruction of the Wide-Open Playgrounds of my Mind Kim Baker
Faith is Free; Religion Comes With Fees, Tithes, Contracts, and Institutional Lies Kimberlee Jakobe
Never Ending Talkers Francine Fallara
Save The Monogamy For Your Marriage, Not Your Career The Black Working Woman
The Elvis Movie Left Me Sad Kimberly Carlson Aesara
The life satisfaction curve Kristin Austin
There’s a Plumber in You Somewhere Kristopher Keyes
8 Amazing Astronomical Events to Witness in a Lifetime Krupesh Raikar
8 Amazing Astronomical Events to Witness in a Lifetime
A wishlist of space-related events
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How to Continue to Heal from a Divorce Kunal Mehra
Dyslexia Always a Learning Disability? At One Time It Might Have Been an Advantage Lawson Wallace
The Software That Makes You Think Better Jussi Luukkonen, MBA
My friend Herbert Lassepetter
Bonjour madame ! Madame bonjour ! Lorraine Posthuma
Emotional Limiters. Love.
3 Lessons I Learned When I Found Out That My Boss Was Gossiping About Me Lucia Landini
The Guy At the Donut Shop Quit on the Spot Jonathan Morris Schwartz
I Married the Funny Guy From the Karaoke Bar in Malaysia M. Elizabeth Blair
My Friends Think I Can’t Relate to ‘Racism’ Macey Malone
I have lost it all. Manu Kiza
Why you should stop working so hard? Marcus Tan
How To Manifest Someone To Text You? Mario Davosir
How emotional safety in a relationship looks like Marta Henriques
The Biggest Mistake I’ve Heard Intelligent People Make Mats Larsson
You Need To Do This One Thing Before You Can Experience Success Matthew Kerridge
3 Productivity Lessons I Discovered Whilst Drunk On a Train Matthew Kerridge
The Discontents of Modernity: Thinking with Rousseau Meher Sethi
Old Guy Tips For The Youngs Mhstuart
A Bridge Between Two Worlds Michael Holford
Moving to London as a Student? Midori by the Sea
Southern Hospitality vs Northern Hostility Mike Caprio
3 Things That Are Proven to Make You Feel 20 Years Younger Mike Lewis
3 Secrets to Boost Your Confidence Moira Shepard
The Love-and-Light Gurus Are Ruining Your Life Mona Lazar
Three Ways to Use Options in the Current Stock Market Monomit Bhowmik
Three Ways to Use Options in the Current Stock Market
How I am generating passive income.
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13 Lao Tzu Life Lessons That Hurt But Help You In Life Mr. Harsh Truth 🧠
Lazy Day Poem Ms Fischer
Sailing (And Eating!) In Sweden Murielle Hamilton
Ricky Martin Incest Scandal Could End up with a 50-Year Jail Term Napoleon
Ricky Martin Incest Scandal Could End up with a 50-Year Jail Term
Oops, this can get ugly
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I’m sick of hearing about Ukraine already Nasar Karim
That Slap Though — Our Society in a Nutshell NEBOH
End of Life Planning is Important When You Have Kids Nicole Dake
The Field of Ice and Blood — Part 2 Nikolaos Skordilis
Accidental abstract art Noel Holston
Why You’re Part of the Influencer Problem (and Might Not Even Know It) Noya Lizor
Are Men Averse to Paying Women? Olivia Love
Become A Top Writer — How to Make Money on Medium Opal A Roszell
I Have Sjögren’s Syndrome Pamela Oglesby
6 Valuable Lessons Learned After 67 Days of Incarceration Paul Marsh
5 Simple Ways of Thinking To Help Get Things Done Fast Paul Rose
Lean Philosophy Pierre Matile
Education? Yes or no. Pierre. Autistic & proud.
Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results Priyanka Rana
3 simple ways to tame the beast of “Overthinking” Reeta
A Guide To Hold Your Horses Riaz Laskar
How to Start A Successful Online T-Shirt Business for Beginners Richard Appiah
When does parenting start? Riva Kajangu
The West Wing Fantasy Anne the Vegan
Use this Mindset Shift to Deal with Vulnerability & Anxiety Rosa Diaz
F.E.A.R — There is no Illusion, Greater than Fear RozzeBud ♎️
How Hospital Parking Kills Patients, Pt. 1 Salim Afshar
Chance Satish Ramjee
5 Easy Ways to Use Aromatherapy for Health & Wellness — Talking Gurus Sharon Kinnier
Here’s How David Reversed Fatty Liver Disease After 65 with Lifestyle Changes. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Linux Commands Cheat sheet Shimon Brathwaite
Tingles for Shingles Simon Whaley
The Power of Daily Focused Blocks Srikanth Adivanna
On Squid Game & Lessons For Business Leaders! Sriram Balasubramanian
Are You A Shark Or Shark Bait? Stella Martann
White Supremacy Carnage in a Post-Trump America Is No Longer An Ominous Threat . . . It’s Here Stephen Hanks
Willing to fly with the wind using vibrant wings Sujani Hansamali
Love That Transcends Death: My Grandmother Suma Narayan
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the richest of them all? Syed Mustehsan
5 Foolproof Ways to Live and be Content as a Down to Earth Person in Today’s Materialistic World Syed Mustehsan
For My Future Followers: This Special Resume Will Showcase My Value On Medium T. Nichol
This Online Teacher Makes Millions of Dollars on Pornhub — Fully-Clothed Kristina God
Hey Freelancer Go Clone Yourself by Kathleen Krueger & Michael Stover Stephen Dalton
Fifty stories published, five lessons learned. Suzanne Johnson
Don’t Get Sued for Using Song Lyrics In Your Writing Susie Kearley
The Hard Life of High Achievers Rosennab
The Merriam-Webster 2022 Word of the Year Is Here Anne Spollen
Roe vs. Wade: I Wish My Mother Had Aborted Me TB Obwoge
Local Fishing Captain throws caution to the wind and requires others to employ rescue techniques. Terry Day
7 Reasons Why You Should Drink Lemon Water Every Morning Tiana Pongs
China Builds New Infrastructure Tree Langdon
Writers Without Goals are Worse Than a Lost Ship at Sea Tom Handy
Know the Why Utpal Kumar
Let’s Talk About Idiocysnracies of Teabagging in Gaming Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
You’re Loaded With the Coolest In-Demand Skills. Now What? Boateng Sekyere
How Do You Learn the Italian Language Easily and Quickly? — Italian Lessons # 2 Valerio
Will The Mid-Terms Be Positive Change? Veritas Civis
Why Odell Beckham, Jr., Was Kicked Off the Plane Andrew Jazprose Hill
How can you invest $1000 (or more) today Vic Danh
In an Age of Distraction, Spend Your Attention Wisely Vlad Gogish
People won’t always like you. And that’s ok. Walter Reid
I Was A Christian For 24 years. Here Are 3 Reasons Why I Avoid Dating Christian Men Now. Wellness Xplora
A Different Take on The Will Smith Slap Wynn Lavie
Elon Musk Dances Again Yancy Dennis
Elon Musk Dances Again
New Giga Berlin Factory prompts Elon to break out his dance moves!
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10 Daoist Quotes That Will Change the Way You Look at Life Zhenya Zerkalenkov
Here’s How Flora Lowered Back Pain and Strengthened Her Core in 7 Steps. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Thank you for reading these great stories. We look forward to your feedback.
Welcome New Writers Joining Us Recently
Let’s explore their stories and engage with them meaningfully. Support and collaboration are wonderful acts on Medium. Some of them have already posted their first stories to Illumination and other pubications.
Ahmad, Dan Frischman, Ari Eng, Ife B., Kaylin Hamilton, Ph.D, Leland Roberts, Rene Schuette-Bruns, Monika Mg, Meetsonera, Vanitha Senkurichi, Stevenhuang, Martinus Marco DJ, Ian Beckett MSc, Tamara Cohron, Nikita Ponomarenko, Bea, Freeze Francis, Matt Quinn, Sankha Wanigasekara, Christina Peterson, Yvonne, Freeze Francis, Matt Quinn, Sankha Wanigasekara, Christina Peterson, Yvonne, Martin de la Foi, Thrive On Life, Sarah Cy, Robert G. Longpré — [he/him] — Canadian métis, Jay Singh, Jay Singh, Joyce Chuinkam, Diana Leotta, Christina Seliger, Dr Nicole Randick, Ashley Evon Moore, Nicolas Feldfeber, Rob Williams, Overview Effect, Suzanne Mathis McQueen, Josué, Ewan Wilson, Jack Patrick Brooks, Basia Villaro, Alexandra Cosma, Alexa Rose, Orianne Gambino, Diana ورده, BM Writes, Alex Stanton, Lynne Murray, Nourelhouda Chouia, Brian Fairchild, Sevda Çelik, Christian Neale, David Cenicola, M.Ed., Juie Desai, Cam Bass, Mark Randall Havens, Julia Kors, Nevena Pascaleva, Blake Baldwin, Libby Walkup, Peace Elohor Amiaka, Cynthia Charleen Alexander, Valorie Lasley, Mikaela Bolker, Dayo Akinrinade, Rohit Veryani, Victoria Taylor, Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni, Supreeta Arya, Robin Sherk, Tejaswini Katreddy, The Good Habit Coach, Roman Filo, Neil S, Charlotte H, Mohan Chellaswami, John Leung, Anne the Vegan, Dennis Hester, Bella Rose, Harsh N, Mark Vassilevskiy, Roman Filo, Mark Mahon, Jack Bohannan, Sekhar M. K., Narin Narula, Alfredo A. Pardo, Vivek Sinha, Sebastián Villafuerte, Ken Williams, shannon cb, shannon cb, E.I. Sultan, Blanche Durie, Savannah Carreno, Mihaela Roman, Ernestina, The Layman Speaks, Jennifer Pierce, Building Blocks, Jordan S, Danielle Morsberger, Akemi Sagawa, G. Hobson Goff III, Ross McWaters, Annalisa Filippi, Ross McWaters, Annalisa Filippi, Lisa Renard-Spicer, Rosie Stott, Just Jake, Agarwalpurav, Matthew Curtin, Dawn Ulmer, Stephenie Magister ✨
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Some writers couldn’t see publications in their profiles, so we added them again. We hope all writers can see them now. Sometimes glitches happen beyond our control. Sorry for the inconvenience!
We are sorry for the publishing delays. Some of our editors are unwell, and the ones on duty are doing their best to clear the backlog.
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
Thank you for joining our journey. We look forward to your interesting stories. Please review the attached onboarding pack before submitting your stories, as it includes helpful information to get you started quickly.
If you submit quality stories with captioned and copyright-free images, our editors can publish them faster. As a quick reminder, please particularly review the photo handling policy attached to the pack.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor, and owner of Illumination Integration Publications, will send you an invitation to our Slack workspace via the email you registered in the application form.
Slack is a tool safer than social media as editors moderate it. For more info about our publications, you may check Illumination Blog.
Joining Slack is optional and free for all members. Please contact Dr. Yildiz directly on Slack if you cannot see publications. Slack workspace has excellent benefits for writers. Currently, 13,500+ writers are members of Slack and collaborating in this moderated workspace.
Some applicants forgot to add their Medium ID when applying. Therefore, we couldn’t give them writer access.
If you see this message, please re-apply with a link to your Medium account or a link to one of your stories so that we can find you. Just your name is not enough, as multiple people have the same name.
Introducing your background in a story like the ones in this collection can help you gain more visibility. Readers enjoy reading writer bios to learn more about their background.
You may also check out great stories in our featured collection from the last three days. We believe you might find valuable and enjoyable pieces in the new and previous collections.
Writing Challenges and Prompts for Contributors
Our prolific contributors might consider joining these writing challenges to find new readers and increase their reading times.
100 Day Challenge For New Writers
1,000 Short Posts in 100 Days
Invitation To A Writing Challenge
Writing Challenge Celebration
Participating in these challenges might increase the chance of becoming a top writer in three months. Dr. Yildiz provided guidance on this opportunity.
How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
What I Learned by Reviewing 100+ Viral Articles in 2021
How to Write Content Guaranteed to Get Views and Reads
Update on Featuring Contributors of ILLUMINATION
Collaboration and cross-pollination is our goal to bring writers and readers to one place. We are a diverse and inclusive reading and writing community on Medium. Our publications support 16,500 writers.
We offer additional support to our writers via Illumination Slack Workspace, where writers safely communicate and share story links. Currently, our Slack group has 13,800+ members.
In addition, ILLUMINATION editors feature our writers and their content in the story and interview format.
Interviews with Writers
Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor, also interviews published authors and many writers contributing to our publications. You might check out interviewed writers in this collection.
Links to Curated Collections
You may also check our curated collections posted by ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curator, and ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
You might check out the previous collections by ILLUMINATION Amplifier at this link. ILLUMINATION editors keep featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories.
Using various approaches and tools, our editors enjoy amplifying our writers’ informative, engaging, and exciting content.
Here are the previous collections of Illumination-Curated.
ILLUMINATION-Curator posted two outstanding collections from our publication Illumination-Curated for experienced writers.
We are grateful for the support of our volunteer editors investing their precious time to make our writers and readers happy.
Sample Collections by ILLUMINATION
Curated Collection #115, Curated Collection #113, Curated Collection #110, Curated Collection #107, Curated Collection #106, Curated Collection #105
Illumination Reading Club
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications created a reading club. All Medium members are invited. If you are not a writer for our publications yet, you may request via this weblink. We will be delighted to include you in this club.
Essential Guides for All Contributors
Helpful Resources for New Writers
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
Editors Who Publish These Stories
These volunteer editors review and publish the stories in these collections. They are from various time zones donating their time to clear the publication queue daily.
Meet Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz Chief Editor and Owner
Invitation to New Writers
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