Featured Stories
Curated Collection #174
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
We couldn’t compile collections last three days due to heavy publishing work but today we curated some interesting and memorable stories for your enjoyment. This list includes stories covering multiple topics, ensuring there’s something of interest to our diverse readers with many options.
These writers would appreciate your time to read and provide feedback on their creative stories. Thank you for being supportive of our contributors. We added many new writers listed at the end of this story. Please check their profiles and support them if their stories interest you.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications support all levels of writers, from beginners to the most accomplished ones collaborating to delight readers. 26,000+ writers contribute to our publications.
Our doors are open to all ethical writers. You can join or leave anytime with no obligation. Our goal is to give you a platform to showcase your stories. Thank you for being a valued part of our writing and reading community.
ILLUMINATION Amplifiers posted a new collection. We believe you will find some valuable stories from it.
If you missed ILLUMINATION’s previous collections, here are the last three we published this month: #168, #167, #166.
Update on Lampshade of Illumination
We published the conduct guidelines for the Lampshade of Illumination. If you are using AI tools for writing and editing, the following article can be helpful. If you plan to contribute to the new publication, please review it before submitting your stories.
Publishing and Conduct Guidelines for the Lampshade of ILLUMINATION
Please also review the AI-generated content policy, as it is important for writers using AI software.
AI-Generated Content Policy for ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium
Illumination readers prefer only human-generated content, so we created a new publication to support our writers experimenting with these tools. The new publication is called the Lampshade of Illumination to support writers invested in AI tools.
If you are interested in contributing to this new publication, please send your Medium ID by adding a comment “Please add me to Lampshade” in our writer registration form.
All our publication rules apply to this one, too, so please review the onboarding pack especially review the photo handling policy.
Illumination Gaming and Illumination Videos and Podcasts
For our new publications Illumination Gaming and Illumination Videos and Podcasts, the lead editor, Aiden, created curated collections selecting great stories. He believes you will find some engaging and informative pieces.
We recently celebrated Illumination’s 3rd anniversary. Illumination was established by Dr Mehmet Yildiz on 19 March 2020. Our editor Aiden compiled great stories in his piece and created a short YouTube video for us. My Tributes to Illumination’s 3rd Anniversary
ILLUMINATION-Curators compiled engaging and informative stories from our unique pub Illumination-Curated, supporting experienced writers. ILLUMINATION Reading Club #2: Curated articles from writers of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium for avid readers
Our aim for creating these collections is to give readers many options and 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.
Hand-Picked Articles #190, Hand-Picked Articles #191, Hand-Picked Articles #192, Hand-Picked Articles #193, Hand-Picked Articles #194, Hand-Picked Articles — 2023 #30
Sample collections posted by ILLUMINATION-Curator.
ILLUMINATION Reading Club, Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01, Outstanding Stories — Volume 90, Outstanding Stories — Volume 91.
Sample collections posted by ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
The team posted 25 collections this year. Other collections from different editors
First editorial bulletin of ILLUMINATION Videos and Podcasts publication
10 Inspiring Stories Published on Illumination Gaming Publication
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.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz has interviewed several top writers. The new interview is with John D. Leavy, who is a published author of multiple books. An Interview with John D. Leavy, Best-Selling Author
Here are the last three samples.
If you are a regular writer and want to be featured or interviewed, please contact our chief editor on our Slack workspace.
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.
A few writers forgot to add their Medium IDs, so we could not find them based on their names. Please re-apply, or when you get an invitation to Slack, contact our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz to give access to publications. We cannot add you to our pubs without your Medium profile name.
Illumination Integrated Publications include ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’ S MIRROR, ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, Technology Hits, SYNERGY, Readers Hope, Illumination on YouTube, Illumination Gaming, the Lampshade of Illumination, ILLUMINATION’s Blog, and the personal publication of our chief editor EUPHORIA.
Readers might search for their favorite writer by pressing the Ctr+F key in the keyword or search tool in the browser.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
8 Natural Practices Can Have Better Effects Than Man-Made Drugs on the Brain. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Hidden Advantages of Working for Yourself by Making Money Online Tim Denning
Attract the Life You Want Ayodeji Awosika
Improving My Writing Experience Dr. Deborah M. Vereen
DF7 Weird Things My Danish Husband Saw in America This Week Anastasia Frugaard
Are Physicians Intentionally Downplaying Their Intellectual Humility? Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Why Should We Clean Up Social Media? Dr. Preeti Singh
Words of Wisdom from the Realm of Spirituality Tara Desai PhD
Get Into the Flow to Improve Productivity Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
When Your Hot Button is Activated Cedric Johnson, PhD
Keeping Our Belonging And Humanity in Tough Times Christyl Rivers, Phd.
Does the Covert Narcissist Feel Like a Failure When Their Mask Slips? Melissa Kalt, MD
Your Career Success May Depend on What You Don’t Say Roger A. Reid, Ph.D.
From Russia With Love Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Humanitarian Support for Ukraine Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Stress, Trading and Stoicism Dr John Frederick Rose
Money Matters: Unlock Your Financial Freedom Dr. Ossama Khalaf
The evolutionary journey of Omicron. Agustín Muñoz-Sanz MD
How to Skin Flood Like a Minimalist, From a Dermatologist Dr. Teo Wan Lin
If you are planning on being successful, prepare to do it alone. Dwayne Adderley, MBA www.dwayneadderley.com
The Huawei P60 Pro Features a Telephoto Macro Lens Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
I Just Stopped Looking For Winter Boots Because Of Racism Rebecca Stevens A.
Blog Posts Do Nothing To Solve Any of the World’s Problems George J. Ziogas
Do You Have Animal Instincts? Good — Let’s Run, Move And Kill It! Rob Hourmont
How Our Past Experiences Affect Our Everyday, Present Life G. Hobson Goff III
My Story Has Narration! Alayne Unterberger
This One Story Earned Me $19000 (So Far) S M Mamunur Rahman
How Can We Create Our Own Money Future? Desiree Driesenaar
Covid, Oh Covid (to the Tune of Georgia on my mind) Aslynn Roe
Everything Passes — #Mood Bogdan Mtn
To Kill Our Hope America Zed⚡
Mental Disease as a Sensation Ana Strucic
Life and Love -They Come in Waves Brooklyn Muse
I Created a (Free) Notion Template for Content Creators Bryan Dijkhuizen
Why I Regret Having Started a YouTube Channel With 4 Million Views Burk
Just When The Pandemic Ends, Putin Goes And F**ks It Up Lwazi
How Vladimir Putin Changed the European Dream Christian Soschner
Stop Wishing You Had More Time. Start Using What You Have Better:Crystal Garrett
Estate Planning For Your Pets Deborah Camp
Is Death Our End Or Just The Beginning Of Something New Dominic DiFrancesco
What if a Writer has a Day Job, too? Don Martin
New Job Requirements to Be a High School Teacher Don Sabado
Trolls Don’t Live Under a bridge Anymore Elaine Hilides
Alas, Love Does Not Conquer All Elizabeth Emerald
Why March is the Perfect Month to Renew, Reset, and Begin Again Erin M.
Saying Side Hustles “Might” Pay May Be More Encouraging Floyd Mori
Begging Is Below Your Dignity Francesco Rizzuto
We Rise By Lifting Others Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
An Anonymous Healing Project Frank Ontario
You Can Retire Early Giulia Penni
How SWOT Analysis Helps Me For Self-Improvement and Business Success Gokhan Yalcuk
Observe The Transition. Are You Focused On The Headlines Or Creating Your Desires? Gregory Reece-Smith
How to Command Respect as a Quiet Person Destiny Femi
Oligarch Gets In My Way Harry Hogg
Move Away From Fossil Fuels Now Ilam Padmanabhan
Writers, If You Want To Write Books, Then Write Books J.R. Heimbigner
After You’ve Seen A Few French Villages, They All Begin To Look The Same . . . Janice Macdonald
When is an Article Not an Article? Jeff the Content Coach
Why Is the Banning of Russian Vodka Reminding People of ‘Freedom Fries’? Jennifer Geer
Here’s How Flora Lowered Back Pain and Strengthened Her Core in 7 Steps. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Are You Too Complacent? Jennifer Smith
Words you might be misusing JF Danskin
Words you might be misusing
It looks really bad when people get these common words wrong!
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How This 3-Minute Japanese Exercise Will Get You in Shape Josie Timberlake
We Need Cancel Culture — Even Though It’s Not Real Khadejah
Can Teaching Kids Online Really Be That Stressful Or Chaotic? KL Simmons
How 5 Miscarriages Actually Improved My Life and Relationship Kylie van Gelder
Subscriptions, Courses, Newsletters, and Lies Jennifer Pierce
The Critical Role of Addressing Insulin Resistance on Fat Loss and Decreasing the Waistline Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
When I dream Little Monster
How Luxury Kills Our Society And Planet Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Putin’s Finger On The Nuke Button And China In The Waiting Llewellyn (Lew) Daniels
3 Measures of Successful Stories MarkfromBoston 🌻Ukraine
Call of Duty Mobile: Tips for Winning a Battle Royale Gareth Willey
The Nihilistic Hope for the Future of the Human Race is Extinction Markus Scorelius
The ostrich syndrome or Why do we allow others to deceive us? Maximus
The Transformative Power of Discontent. Melissa Lewis Mathis
Gaslighting by well-intentioned friends Mick McIntyre
How to be More Productive- One Simple Principle Can Change Your Life Mofrad Muntasir
It’s Good To Be Back on the Medium High Mile Club Napoleon
I’m Your Movie Theater Now Natalie Forrest
“We aren’t designed for war” Natasha Israni
This Might Be The Most Rewarding Yoga Teacher’s Training Course Ntathu Allen
What Is the Biggest Mistake With Society? Øivind H. Solheim
3 Writing Markets Paying Up To $500.00 For Poetry and Articles Pamela Kazmierczak
Why Short-form Writing Is My Meal Ticket Pius Adejumobi
We Need To Stop Labelling People Rafay Hiraj
When The World Unravels, Will You? Randy Wolken
Enamored Ravyne Hawke
Pain Has No Virtue, I’m Afraid Rebecca W Morris
Welcome to my Newsletter Rosa de Saron C.
Cocoons — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
I Plan on Being the Last of the Writers on the Planet Shajedul Karim
Are You Terrified Of Your Peers Getting Ahead In the Rat Race Too? Shruthi Sundaram
Sneaky Weight Loss Hacks — Do These Two Things Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
The Sober Instagram Community Saved Me The Sober Vegan Yogi
Why Building a Library of Articles Is Crucial for Passive Writing Income Trevor Mahoney
Meet Nine Top Writers on YouTube Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Dime (Tell Me) Veritas Civis
Data Engineering — Azure Data Factory ( ADF ) interview questions Rohit Veryani
Strange Truths Victoria Ponte
This Is Inevitable When You Classify People By Race, Not Humanity Vuyo Ngcakani
Removing These Toxic People from Your Life Is the Best Thing You Can Do Sobaan Saeed
Daily Battles: Being Happy Waking Up Owls
The Backbone One: An Excellent Controller For Mobile Gaming Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Six (More) Weird New Dating Trends Every Single Should Know Wendy Scott
What Will Aaron Rodgers do? Wes Putnam
Roll, Tide Aasha Krishnan
Meet Lawson Wallace on YouTube.
There’s One Thing I Would Like To Do in 2022, At Least Two Thousand Times Lucia Landini
Meet Bill Abbate on YouTube.
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Let’s Talk About the Effects of 20 Nutrients on the Body and Mind. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Haiku On Peace Andrey Pilipets
Free Tools that make me more productive on Windows Nuno Campos
Rats Prove Karens Aren’t Entitled Amy Sea
The Day I Realized I was Crazy — I Mean Creative Andrea Duran
If your Workout Progression has Stalled, do These Five Things Immediately Ange Dim
4 of the Richest Beggars in India Annie Wegner
50 Questions Of A Highly-Evolved Being Anthony V. Lombardo
The Birth of Science Fiction Antonio Melonio / Cosmos
The High Cost Of Cancer Arthur Keith
5 Pros and Cons Of Being A Digital Nomad Ashley Tavares
Are You Selfish for Chasing Your Creative Calling? Bella Martin
The 5 Significant Benefits of Meditation You Need Now Blair Abee
Depression Has More to Do with Addictions and Less with Economic Conditions. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Flipside Of Burnout You Rarely Hear About — And How You Can Overcome It Brian Curtin
The X-Rated Ruble Brian Dickens Barrabee
The Pain and Relief of Closing it Down Britta Wilk McKenna
$19,000 For a Single Medium Story In 2022 Burk a tribute to S M Mamunur Rahman
Ask Yourself 1 Question to Ensure You Don’t Hire the Wrong Person Calum James
It’s Time To Consider Your Sensory Needs Catherine Londero
Round-up of key green trends in Singapore 2021 (Energy & Carbon Edition) — Musings by Celine Celine Aung
3 Reasons Nice People Can Ignore Others Online Celine Lai
Jordan Belfort and How To Sell a Pen Christian Soschner
Are You Disappointed With Yourself? Christina Sponias
Questions of an Unknown Tree Divya Goswami
How To Survive The Dark Side Of Corporate Life Don Johnson
Is it too late to try to change your life? Eduard Sebastian
“Double-Talk” Should Be Divided Elizabeth Emerald
The war in Ukraine and gratitude for the reporters Francesco Carrubba
The Rise and Fear of Autocracy From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
Trauma and Healing After the Death of a Beloved HealingLivMama
Fading To Quiet I. Trudie Palmer
A Hidden Truth in the Lie of the Land Ian Vince
What If A Woman Led Russia Ilam Padmanabhan
Curated Collection #64 ILLUMINATION
The Sizzling Hammer of Social Justice Improv Cowboy
How The Major Players In The Universe Work With & Through Me To Transform Our World Infiniti 🦋
“Urolithin A” Supplementation Might Improve Mitochondrial Health, Muscle Strength, and Longevity. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Living and Writing on a Boat James Marinero
Becoming a Consistent Writer Comes Down To One/two Things James Ssekamatte
I Finally Got Tired of the Racism — That’s Why I Quit My Job Jaron Mays
Where Did All The Hippies Go? Jerry Pompilio
The Truth Behind Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Six Important Nutrients We Can’t Get from Vegetables or Fruits Adequately Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How Can I Be Happy When the World is Suffering? Kat OM
Tips and Tricks for Night Shift Workers Katie Churchward
The Destruction of Uniting Passion kristin schuhknecht
We Need Mystery and Magic in Our Lives Laura Mohsene
Why Do Confrontations Have to Escalate? Lawson Wallace
One Small Stroke of Paint Can Make a Painting Complete! Marsha Hamby Savage
How To Make Visualisation Work Mukundarajan V N
Promiscuity N. A. Kazi
Rant Nasar Karim
Here’s How to Get Your Cold DM’s Read and Responded To Nick Nolan
The State of Your Flow and How It Transfers to Others Nishith Goyal
My Favorite Goal-Setting Exercise Noran Azmy
Writing And Making Money With Medium Publications By Offering Solutions! Deon Christie
Will Putin Stop? Øivind H. Solheim
Portfolio Revealed for 2022! Parash Sharma
Don’t Try to Be Creative Patricia Haddock
Life Is Summed up in 6 W’s and 1 H Rafay Hiraj
This Body RBGraham
Are Your Deceptive Desires Slowly Killing You Rick Bartrand
A World Book Day Prayer Robin Emery
You Are Not A Polaroid, Don’t Let Your Past Define Your Present Self Roxy Wright
How to be Yourself in a World that Wants to Change You Sandra Di Francesco
One nutrient your brain urgently needs to guard against Alzheimer’s Sapna M
How Do You Recover from a Bad Run? Scott-Ryan Abt
Work-life Balance, 7 Tips to Keep Your Life Under Control Shi Su
100 Followers In 10 Easy Steps Sreese
If You Don’t Program Your Life, Someone Else Will Steven Gallagher
Longevity Secrets From Japan’s Oldest People — Live a Long and Healthy Life Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Thought Explosives Suntonu Bhadra
How Education May Be Changing for the Better Tavian Jean-Pierre
These Black Women Finfluencers Are Changemakers (Women’s History Month Special) The Business Period
Here’s How I Initiate Mitophagy and Make My Mitochondria Denser in 7 Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
We are in a world crisis — Pivot Your Thinking Thinkologie by Nicole
The Path From Average To Exceptional Tom C
Exploring Context in Deleuze’s Philosophy Tomas Byrne
Be Happy If Law of Attraction Is Giving You What You Don’t Want! You, Me and Happiness
Hand-Picked Articles from SYNERGY — Volume 1 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
How To Trash Your Business With One Decision Julia E Hubbel
Anatomy of a Political Cartoon John Emmerling
How I Tamed A Wild Cat Jennifer Friebely
6 Plain and Simple Reasons Why I Choose to be “Not Fancy” Jill Reid
Those employed in essential services put on a brave face but are fearful of what it will mean for… Penofgold
Touch Starved janny’s heart
6 Most Important Things to Regain Competitive Advantage Dr Michael Heng
Amidst The Chaos Nicole Linke
Just Be More Relaxed!? Florian Hoffmann
To Tag Or Not To Tag Other Writers In Your Story? Tina Viju
Gaia’s Heart Martine Weber
5 Most Entertaining Books I Read in 2020 Anita Durairaj
The Flaw In The Pandemic Helen Cassidy Page
How to Write a Great Story Even if Your Idea Sucks Dayton Parks
Why You Will Never Become a Legend Ahsan Chaudhry
Here’s How David Reversed Fatty Liver Disease After 65 with Lifestyle Changes. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why Should You Turn Household Chores into Fun Games? Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
ILLUMINATION editors introduced Annelise Lords by interviewing her. Please enjoy this great interview. We will be interviewing more writers soon and them to this collection.
Our editor John D. Leavy posted guiding stories for our new writers.
ILLUMINATION Editors Are Not Superhuman, But Their Efforts Are Herculean
The ILLUMINATION Editors Work Tirelessly Helping Authors Bring Their Stories to Life — Part 1
The ILLUMINATION Editors Work Tirelessly Helping Authors to Bring Their Stories to Life — Part 2
Thank you for reading these profiles and exploring their stories.
Sample Collections
Featured Writer Profiles
We included some sample stories from their collections. Please explore and enjoy their engaging pieces. They are regular contributors to Illumination.
Chosen Stories from Melinda Blau’s Unique Collection on Medium
Previous Collections
ILLUMINATION Book Chapters Collections
Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator
Hand-Picked Book Chapters #01 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month Dr Mehmet Yildiz
ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication
Illumination YouTube Coordinator created a new publication for YouTube enthusiasts who can display their videos on Medium. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube related posts.
Invitation to “ILLUMINATION on YouTube” Publication on Medium
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication
If you missed the announcement of our new publication by Illumination Gaming, here is the link.
We look forward to your stories in ILLUMINATION Gaming.
Sample ILLUMINATION-Curated Collections
Featured Writers of ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATION editors feature writers to bring them new readers. We will introduce more writers contributing to our publications soon. In the meantime, you might check out selected stories of these great storytellers.
Please take the opportunity to explore the stories of these writers and support them with meaningful engagement.
Curated Writer Bios
You might also feature yourself by posting a writer bio like the stories in the attached collection that I compiled. We distribute them to our subscribers.
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Reading Club
ILLUMINATION-Curator introduced our new Reading Club. If you are a Medium member and don’t have writer access to our publications or Slack, you may request via this weblink.
We will add you to our Slack workspace upon approval of your writer application. We will also feature some of those shared stories in the club in our upcoming collections. So you may link your stories to the Reading Club channel on the Slack workspace.
We look forward to your participation.
Meet Interviewed Writers
Recently we interviewed Lawson Wallace and Dr. Preeti Singh.
Collection of Interviewed Writers
Attached is a collection of interviews conducted by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz in the attached collection.
If you want to be interviewed, you can contact Dr. Yildiz on Illumination Slack workspace.
Writing Prompts and Challenges
Our prolific writers might consider joining these writing challenges to find new readers and increase their reading times.
If writers participate in these challenges, they might increase the chance of becoming a top writer in three months.
How to Become a Top Writer in Three Months on Medium
Besides, if one of your stories goes viral, you can earn a significant income. So it is a good idea to increase the chance of viral stories by following key rules. Dr Yildiz analyzed the viral stories and shared his findings.
What I Learned by Reviewing 100+ Viral Articles in 2021
Guiding Stories for New Writers
Dr Mehmet Yildiz guides new writers to increase their views and reading times answering frequently asked questions by new writers.
He posted an article about being a prolific writer as a full-time worker.
We look forward to your stories in ILLUMINATION Gaming.
Welcome New Writers Joining Us Recently
We are pleased to meet so many writers this week. Thank you for joining our publications. You will also receive an invitation to your email address, so please feel free to join our Slack workspace to share your stories and collaborate with the 20K+ members.
We remind all writers to review the updated photo handling policy as we still have problems.
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, 15,000+ 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.
Participating in these challenges might increase the chance of becoming a top writer in three months. Dr. Yildiz provided guidance on this opportunity.
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 19,900 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 15,000+ 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.
Interviews with Writers of Medium
Links to Curated Collections
You may also check our curated collections posted by ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curator, and ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
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.
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
Meet Dr John Frederick Rose Dr John Frederick Rose
Meet Dr Preeti Singh — Dr. Preeti Singh
Meet Dr Michael HENG, PBM — Dr Michael Heng
Meet Arlo Hennings, PhD — Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
Meet Jennifer Geer — Jennifer Geer
Meet Bill Abbate — Bill Abbate
Meet Sufyan Maan — Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Meet Josh Balerite Acol — Josh Balerite Acol
Meet Maria Rattray — Maria Rattray
Meet Brooklyn Muse — Brooklyn Muse
Meeet Lawson Wallace — Lawson Wallace
Meet Michael Patanella — Michael Patanella
Meet John Cunningham — John Cunningham
Meet Neha Sandhir — Neha Sandhir S
Meet Julius L. Evans — Julius Evans
Meet Vidya Sury — Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Meet Helen Müller — You, Me and Happiness
Meet Bryan Dijkhuizen Bryan Dijkhuizen
Meet Krishna V Chaudhary Krishna V Chaudhary
Meet Ntathu Allen — Ntathu Allen
Meet Aldric Chen — Aldric Chen
Meet Arthur G Hernandez Arthur G. Hernandez
Meet Kristina Segarra — Kristina Segarra
Meet Michael Nagy — Michael Nagy
Meet Sumera Rizwan — Sumera Rizwan
Meet Agnes Laurens — Agnes Laurens
Meet Britni Pepper — Britni Pepper
Meet Karen Madej — Karen Madej
Meet Chelsea Mandler — Chelsea Mandler MAT
Meet Kasey Harrington — Kasey Harrington
Meet Aamir Kamal — Aamir Kamal 🚀🚀🚀
Meet Steve Alexander (Alex) — The Wordsmith™🏳️🌈🇺🇸
Meet Carrie Alice Kelly Carrie
Editorial Profile of Dr Gabriella Korosi Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Meet Dr. Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni PhD Yogesh Haribhau Kulkarni (PhD)
Meet Lilith Morningstaar, Meet Gregory Maidman,
Meet Carol Price, Meet Zen Chan
Invitation to New Writers
To join our vibrant publications, please send a request via this link. We will help you gain visibility and succeed as a writer on Medium. Please mention the publication name with your Medium account ID in the request. If you are new to Medium, you can join via this link. Readers can read thousands of stories, and writers can monetize self-published content.
Illumination Integrated Publications include ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’ S MIRROR, ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, Technology Hits, SYNERGY, Readers Hope, Illumination on YouTube, Illumination Gaming, the Lampshade of Illumination, ILLUMINATION’s Blog, and the personal publication of our chief editor EUPHORIA.
